Sending and receiving messages

The following table describes the tasks performed to send and receive messages using PTP messaging.

Table 2. PTP messagingtasks
Step	Who	What
1.	Receiver	Binds to a queue¹
2.	Sender	Creates and populates a message
3.	Sender	Sends the message to the queue
4.	Message broker	Removes the message from the queue and delivers it to the receiver
5.	Receiver	Consumes the message
6.	Receiver	Acknowledges message receipt to the broker
7.	Message broker	Deletes the message after it is acknowledged

¹ Before starting your session, queues must be defined.