JNDI Newbe questions : Connecting to MQSeries queue using JMS

Question

Hi.
I'm trying to make a connection to a MQseries cueue using JMS and as I understand it I have to look some things up in a JNDI server.
Right now I'm using the IBM Websphere test environment inluded in Visual Age for Java but later this aplication will be deployed on a Webphere 3.5 server.
Question 1 : (code grabbed from an example)
queueConnectionFactory = (QueueConnectionFactory)           jndiContext.lookup("QueueConnectionFactory");
queue = (Queue) jndiContext.lookup(queueName);
When i run an lookup on from my initial context I take it that it tries to search through the JNDI directory which lives within my Websphere Test environment. Ofcourse it doesn't find anything called "QueueConnectionFactory" so: What am I looking for here?
I guess I want to find the MQseries server here right? Firstly I don't know what that one is called (is there a generic name?!) and second i suspect that the MQ server is not registrated in my local JNDI server...
which lead me to Question 2 :
Do I register a remote server in my JNDI directory OR do I try to connect to the real JNDI directry (that might have information on the MQ service) ?

Answer 1

You are looking for the queue manager name in this case. You need a queue manager name and a queue name in you code, you also need define a queue manager and a queue in MQSeries. Then in your WebSphere Test Environment (Or run MQSeries command when you deploy this application, refer to its document) to define the relation between these two pairs of managers and queues. You may actually go to read these two articals and you'll feel much better to do this:
http://www.developer.ibm.com/library/articles/programmer/farrell1.html
http://www.developer.ibm.com/library/articles/programmer/farrell2.html
Hope its helpful. Don't forget my 'dollars' if you feel this info is good for you.
PC