User-defined output nodes
A user-defined output node is an extension to the integration node that provides a new message flow output node in addition to the nodes supplied with the product.
If you want your message flow to send messages by using a protocol that is not supported by IBM® Integration Bus, you can create your own output node.
- MQOutput - delivers an output message from a message flow to a WebSphere® MQ queue
- MQReply - sends a response to the originator of the input message.
- SCADAOutput - sends a message to a client connecting using the MQIsdp protocol
- Publication - filters output messages from a message flow and transmit them to subscribers who have registered an interest in a particular set of topics.
- JMSOutput - sends a message to a JMS destination
- EmailOutput - sends an email message to one or more recipients
- FileOutput - writes a message to a file
If the target application expects to receive message in any other way, you must use a user-defined output node.
User-defined output nodes can be considered together with user-defined message processing nodes. Conceptually, these two kinds of user-defined nodes are the same. Although a message processing node is typically used to process a message, and an output node is used to provide an output, in the form of a bit stream, from a message, you construct output nodes and message processing nodes in a similar way, and you can use either type of node to perform either function.
You can also create a user-defined output node from a subflow, see Using a subflow as a user-defined node
For more information about user-defined output nodes, read the topics that cover user-defined message processing nodes, see User-defined message processing nodes.