Explain Message Oriented Middleware

Question

Explain what is meant by the term Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)?

Answer 1

MOM enables the general purpose messages to be exchanged within the Client/Server system using the message queues. Applications communicate over the networks through simply putting the messages within the queues and getting the messages from the queues. It usually gives a very simple high level APIs to its services.

MOM's messaging and queuing enables the clients and servers to communicate across the network without linked by the private, dedicated, logical connection. The clients and server may run at different times. It refers to a post-office just like metaphor.