Administration of a broker-based publish/subscribe messaging system

• US 7,949,704 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2005
• Issued: 05/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Stanford-Clark, Andrew James, Jones, David Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Pwu; Jeffrey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Waqas; Saad A
• Application Number:
  US11/295,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20060167897A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,994 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/102, 707/E17.005, 707/1, 707/6, 707/E17.032, 707/100, 707/3, 707/E17.109, 707/104.1, 709/201, 709/206, 709/230, 709/231, 709/202, 709/224, 709/246, 709/223, 709/207, 709/238, 709/225, 709/244, 719/318, 719/313, 719/328, 705/37, 706/62
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes

Abstract

A broker-based publish/subscribe messaging system is administered in which a session-based network connection (such as TCP/IP) from an administrator publish/subscribe client application is established with a broker. Administration commands are received as messages from the administrator publish/subscribe client application at the broker via the session-based network connection and response messages are sent from the broker via the session-based network connection to only the administrator publish/subscribe client application.

Claims

1. A method for administration of a broker-based publish/subscribe messaging system, comprising:

with a processor executing a broker, establishing a session-based network connection with a processor executing a publish/subscribe client application;

with said processor executing said broker, receiving administration commands as messages from the processor executing said publish/subscribe client application via the session-based network connection; and

with said processor executing said broker, sending response messages via the session-based network connection to only the processor executing said administering publish/subscribe client application;

wherein a first said response message from the broker specifies a randomly generated session topic name, and wherein the broker only accepts as administration commands messages sent with the randomly generated session topic name.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein receiving administration commands as messages from the processor executing said publish/subscribe client application to the broker via the session-based network connection comprises using a message topic to publish the command messages to the broker.

3. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the message topic is a predefined topic for administrative sessions.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the publish/subscribe client application subscribes to a topic for receiving the response messages from the broker.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the session-based network connection is a direct socket connection using a TCP/IP protocol.

6. A system for administration of a broker-based publish/subscribe messaging system, comprising:

a computer-implemented message broker configured to provide message handling for publish/subscribe client applications;

said computer-implemented message broker being communicatively coupled to an administrator computer-implemented publish/subscribe client application via a session-based network connection;

wherein said computer-implemented message broker is configured to receive administration commands as messages from the administrator publish/subscribe client application to the broker via the session-based network connection and send response messages via the session-based network connection to only the administrator publish/subscribe client application;

wherein a first said response message from the broker specifies a randomly generated session topic name, and wherein the broker only accepts as administration commands messages sent with the randomly generated session topic name.

7. A system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the administrator publish/subscribe client application configured to send administration commands uses a message topic to publish the command messages to the broker.

8. A system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the message topic is a predefined topic for administrative sessions.

9. A system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the administrator publish/subscribe client application is configured to subscribe to a topic for receiving the response messages from the broker.

10. A system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the session-based network connection is a direct socket connection using a TCP/IP protocol.

11. A computer program product for administration of a broker-based publish/subscribe messaging system, said computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer useable program code embodied therewith, the computer useable program code comprising

computer usable program code configured to establish a session-based network connection from a publish/subscribe client application to a broker;

computer usable program code configured to receive administration commands as messages from the publish/subscribe client application to the broker via the session-based network connection; and

computer usable program code configured to send response messages from the broker via the session-based network connection to only the publish/subscribe client application;

wherein a first said response message from the broker specifies a randomly generated session topic name, and wherein the broker only accepts as administration commands messages sent with the randomly generated session topic name.

12. A computer program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein the computer usable program code configured to receive administration commands as messages from the client application to the broker via the session-based network connection comprises computer usable program code configured to receive administration commands as messages from the publish/subscribe client application to the broker via the session-based network connection comprises using a message topic to publish the command messages to the broker.

13. A computer program product as claimed in claim 12, wherein the message topic is a predefined topic for administrative sessions.

14. A computer program product as claimed in claim 11, wherein the publish/subscribe client application subscribes to a topic for receiving the response messages from the broker.