This closes #322

artemis-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/uri/URIFactory.java

@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ public class URIFactory<T, P> {
       return schemaFactory.newObject(uri, param);
    }
 
+   public T newObject(String uri, P param) throws Exception {
+      return newObject(new URI(uri), param);
+   }
+
    public void populateObject(URI uri, T bean) throws Exception {
       URISchema<T, P> schemaFactory = schemas.get(uri.getScheme());
 
@@ -69,6 +73,11 @@ public class URIFactory<T, P> {
       schemaFactory.populateObject(uri, bean);
    }
 
+
+   public void populateObject(String uri, T bean) throws Exception {
+      populateObject(new URI(uri), bean);
+   }
+
    public URI createSchema(String scheme, T bean) throws Exception {
       URISchema<T, P> schemaFactory = schemas.get(scheme);
 

artemis-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/uri/URISchema.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtilsBean;
+import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;
 
 public abstract class URISchema<T, P> {
 
@@ -99,6 +100,12 @@ public abstract class URISchema<T, P> {
 
    private static final BeanUtilsBean beanUtils = new BeanUtilsBean();
 
+   public static void registerConverter(Converter converter, Class type) {
+      synchronized (beanUtils) {
+         beanUtils.getConvertUtils().register(converter, type);
+      }
+   }
+
    static {
       // This is to customize the BeanUtils to use Fluent Proeprties as well
       beanUtils.getPropertyUtils().addBeanIntrospector(new FluentPropertyBeanIntrospectorWithIgnores());

artemis-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/uri/URISupport.java

@@ -0,0 +1,560 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class that provides methods for parsing URI's
+ *
+ * This class can be used to split composite URI's into their component parts and is used to extract any
+ * URI options from each URI in order to set specific properties on Beans.
+ *
+ * (copied from activemq 5)
+ */
+public class URISupport {
+
+   /**
+    * A composite URI can be split into one or more CompositeData object which each represent the
+    * individual URIs that comprise the composite one.
+    */
+   public static class CompositeData {
+
+      private String host;
+      private String scheme;
+      private String path;
+      private URI[] components;
+      private Map<String, String> parameters;
+      private String fragment;
+
+      public URI[] getComponents() {
+         return components;
+      }
+
+      public String getFragment() {
+         return fragment;
+      }
+
+      public Map<String, String> getParameters() {
+         return parameters;
+      }
+
+      public String getScheme() {
+         return scheme;
+      }
+
+      public String getPath() {
+         return path;
+      }
+
+      public String getHost() {
+         return host;
+      }
+
+      public URI toURI() throws URISyntaxException {
+         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+         if (scheme != null) {
+            sb.append(scheme);
+            sb.append(':');
+         }
+
+         if (host != null && host.length() != 0) {
+            sb.append(host);
+         }
+         else {
+            sb.append('(');
+            for (int i = 0; i < components.length; i++) {
+               if (i != 0) {
+                  sb.append(',');
+               }
+               sb.append(components[i].toString());
+            }
+            sb.append(')');
+         }
+
+         if (path != null) {
+            sb.append('/');
+            sb.append(path);
+         }
+         if (!parameters.isEmpty()) {
+            sb.append("?");
+            sb.append(createQueryString(parameters));
+         }
+         if (fragment != null) {
+            sb.append("#");
+            sb.append(fragment);
+         }
+         return new URI(sb.toString());
+      }
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Give a URI break off any URI options and store them in a Key / Value Mapping.
+    *
+    * @param uri The URI whose query should be extracted and processed.
+    * @return A Mapping of the URI options.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   public static Map<String, String> parseQuery(String uri) throws URISyntaxException {
+      try {
+         uri = uri.substring(uri.lastIndexOf("?") + 1); // get only the relevant part of the query
+         Map<String, String> rc = new HashMap<String, String>();
+         if (uri != null && !uri.isEmpty()) {
+            parseParameters(rc, uri.split("&"));
+            parseParameters(rc, uri.split(";"));
+         }
+         return rc;
+      }
+      catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+         throw (URISyntaxException) new URISyntaxException(e.toString(), "Invalid encoding").initCause(e);
+      }
+   }
+
+   private static void parseParameters(Map<String, String> rc,
+                                       String[] parameters) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+      for (int i = 0; i < parameters.length; i++) {
+         int p = parameters[i].indexOf("=");
+         if (p >= 0) {
+            String name = URLDecoder.decode(parameters[i].substring(0, p), "UTF-8");
+            String value = URLDecoder.decode(parameters[i].substring(p + 1), "UTF-8");
+            rc.put(name, value);
+         }
+         else {
+            rc.put(parameters[i], null);
+         }
+      }
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Given a URI parse and extract any URI query options and return them as a Key / Value mapping.
+    *
+    * This method differs from the {@link parseQuery} method in that it handles composite URI types and
+    * will extract the URI options from the outermost composite URI.
+    *
+    * @param uri The URI whose query should be extracted and processed.
+    * @return A Mapping of the URI options.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   public static Map<String, String> parseParameters(URI uri) throws URISyntaxException {
+      if (!isCompositeURI(uri)) {
+         return uri.getQuery() == null ? emptyMap() : parseQuery(stripPrefix(uri.getQuery(), "?"));
+      }
+      else {
+         CompositeData data = URISupport.parseComposite(uri);
+         Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<String, String>();
+         parameters.putAll(data.getParameters());
+         if (parameters.isEmpty()) {
+            parameters = emptyMap();
+         }
+
+         return parameters;
+      }
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Given a Key / Value mapping create and append a URI query value that represents the mapped entries, return the
+    * newly updated URI that contains the value of the given URI and the appended query value.
+    *
+    * @param uri             The source URI that will have the Map entries appended as a URI query value.
+    * @param queryParameters The Key / Value mapping that will be transformed into a URI query string.
+    * @return A new URI value that combines the given URI and the constructed query string.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   public static URI applyParameters(URI uri, Map<String, String> queryParameters) throws URISyntaxException {
+      return applyParameters(uri, queryParameters, "");
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Given a Key / Value mapping create and append a URI query value that represents the mapped entries, return the
+    * newly updated URI that contains the value of the given URI and the appended query value.  Each entry in the query
+    * string is prefixed by the supplied optionPrefix string.
+    *
+    * @param uri             The source URI that will have the Map entries appended as a URI query value.
+    * @param queryParameters The Key / Value mapping that will be transformed into a URI query string.
+    * @param optionPrefix    A string value that when not null or empty is used to prefix each query option key.
+    * @return A new URI value that combines the given URI and the constructed query string.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   public static URI applyParameters(URI uri,
+                                     Map<String, String> queryParameters,
+                                     String optionPrefix) throws URISyntaxException {
+      if (queryParameters != null && !queryParameters.isEmpty()) {
+         StringBuffer newQuery = uri.getRawQuery() != null ? new StringBuffer(uri.getRawQuery()) : new StringBuffer();
+         for (Map.Entry<String, String> param : queryParameters.entrySet()) {
+            if (param.getKey().startsWith(optionPrefix)) {
+               if (newQuery.length() != 0) {
+                  newQuery.append('&');
+               }
+               final String key = param.getKey().substring(optionPrefix.length());
+               newQuery.append(key).append('=').append(param.getValue());
+            }
+         }
+         uri = createURIWithQuery(uri, newQuery.toString());
+      }
+      return uri;
+   }
+
+   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+   private static Map<String, String> emptyMap() {
+      return Collections.EMPTY_MAP;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Removes any URI query from the given uri and return a new URI that does not contain the query portion.
+    *
+    * @param uri The URI whose query value is to be removed.
+    * @return a new URI that does not contain a query value.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   public static URI removeQuery(URI uri) throws URISyntaxException {
+      return createURIWithQuery(uri, null);
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Creates a URI with the given query, removing an previous query value from the given URI.
+    *
+    * @param uri   The source URI whose existing query is replaced with the newly supplied one.
+    * @param query The new URI query string that should be appended to the given URI.
+    * @return a new URI that is a combination of the original URI and the given query string.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   public static URI createURIWithQuery(URI uri, String query) throws URISyntaxException {
+      String schemeSpecificPart = uri.getRawSchemeSpecificPart();
+      // strip existing query if any
+      int questionMark = schemeSpecificPart.lastIndexOf("?");
+      // make sure question mark is not within parentheses
+      if (questionMark < schemeSpecificPart.lastIndexOf(")")) {
+         questionMark = -1;
+      }
+      if (questionMark > 0) {
+         schemeSpecificPart = schemeSpecificPart.substring(0, questionMark);
+      }
+      if (query != null && query.length() > 0) {
+         schemeSpecificPart += "?" + query;
+      }
+      return new URI(uri.getScheme(), schemeSpecificPart, uri.getFragment());
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Given a composite URI, parse the individual URI elements contained within that URI and return
+    * a CompsoteData instance that contains the parsed URI values.
+    *
+    * @param uri The target URI that should be parsed.
+    * @return a new CompsiteData instance representing the parsed composite URI.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   public static CompositeData parseComposite(URI uri) throws URISyntaxException {
+
+      CompositeData rc = new CompositeData();
+      rc.scheme = uri.getScheme();
+      String ssp = stripPrefix(uri.getRawSchemeSpecificPart().trim(), "//").trim();
+
+      parseComposite(uri, rc, ssp);
+
+      rc.fragment = uri.getFragment();
+      return rc;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Examine a URI and determine if it is a Composite type or not.
+    *
+    * @param uri The URI that is to be examined.
+    * @return true if the given URI is a Compsote type.
+    */
+   public static boolean isCompositeURI(URI uri) {
+      String ssp = stripPrefix(uri.getRawSchemeSpecificPart().trim(), "//").trim();
+
+      if (ssp.indexOf('(') == 0 && checkParenthesis(ssp)) {
+         return true;
+      }
+      return false;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Given a string and a position in that string of an open parend, find the matching close parend.
+    *
+    * @param str   The string to be searched for a matching parend.
+    * @param first The index in the string of the opening parend whose close value is to be searched.
+    * @return the index in the string where the closing parend is located.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException fi the string does not contain a matching parend.
+    */
+   public static int indexOfParenthesisMatch(String str, int first) throws URISyntaxException {
+      int index = -1;
+
+      if (first < 0 || first > str.length()) {
+         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid position for first parenthesis: " + first);
+      }
+
+      if (str.charAt(first) != '(') {
+         throw new IllegalArgumentException("character at indicated position is not a parenthesis");
+      }
+
+      int depth = 1;
+      char[] array = str.toCharArray();
+      for (index = first + 1; index < array.length; ++index) {
+         char current = array[index];
+         if (current == '(') {
+            depth++;
+         }
+         else if (current == ')') {
+            if (--depth == 0) {
+               break;
+            }
+         }
+      }
+
+      if (depth != 0) {
+         throw new URISyntaxException(str, "URI did not contain a matching parenthesis.");
+      }
+
+      return index;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Given a composite URI and a CompositeData instance and the scheme specific part extracted from the source URI,
+    * parse the composite URI and populate the CompositeData object with the results.  The source URI is used only
+    * for logging as the ssp should have already been extracted from it and passed here.
+    *
+    * @param uri The original source URI whose ssp is parsed into the composite data.
+    * @param rc  The CompsositeData instance that will be populated from the given ssp.
+    * @param ssp The scheme specific part from the original string that is a composite or one or more URIs.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   private static void parseComposite(URI uri, CompositeData rc, String ssp) throws URISyntaxException {
+      String componentString;
+      String params;
+
+      if (!checkParenthesis(ssp)) {
+         throw new URISyntaxException(uri.toString(), "Not a matching number of '(' and ')' parenthesis");
+      }
+
+      int p;
+      int initialParen = ssp.indexOf("(");
+      if (initialParen == 0) {
+
+         rc.host = ssp.substring(0, initialParen);
+         p = rc.host.indexOf("/");
+
+         if (p >= 0) {
+            rc.path = rc.host.substring(p);
+            rc.host = rc.host.substring(0, p);
+         }
+
+         p = indexOfParenthesisMatch(ssp, initialParen);
+         componentString = ssp.substring(initialParen + 1, p);
+         params = ssp.substring(p + 1).trim();
+
+      }
+      else {
+         componentString = ssp;
+         params = "";
+      }
+
+      String[] components = splitComponents(componentString);
+      rc.components = new URI[components.length];
+      for (int i = 0; i < components.length; i++) {
+         rc.components[i] = new URI(components[i].trim());
+      }
+
+      p = params.indexOf("?");
+      if (p >= 0) {
+         if (p > 0) {
+            rc.path = stripPrefix(params.substring(0, p), "/");
+         }
+         rc.parameters = parseQuery(params.substring(p + 1));
+      }
+      else {
+         if (params.length() > 0) {
+            rc.path = stripPrefix(params, "/");
+         }
+         rc.parameters = emptyMap();
+      }
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Given the inner portion of a composite URI, split and return each inner URI as a string
+    * element in a new String array.
+    *
+    * @param str The inner URI elements of a composite URI string.
+    * @return an array containing each inner URI from the composite one.
+    */
+   private static String[] splitComponents(String str) {
+      List<String> l = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+      int last = 0;
+      int depth = 0;
+      char[] chars = str.toCharArray();
+      for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
+         switch (chars[i]) {
+            case '(':
+               depth++;
+               break;
+            case ')':
+               depth--;
+               break;
+            case ',':
+               if (depth == 0) {
+                  String s = str.substring(last, i);
+                  l.add(s);
+                  last = i + 1;
+               }
+               break;
+            default:
+         }
+      }
+
+      String s = str.substring(last);
+      if (s.length() != 0) {
+         l.add(s);
+      }
+
+      String[] rc = new String[l.size()];
+      l.toArray(rc);
+      return rc;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * String the given prefix from the target string and return the result.
+    *
+    * @param value  The string that should be trimmed of the given prefix if present.
+    * @param prefix The prefix to remove from the target string.
+    * @return either the original string or a new string minus the supplied prefix if present.
+    */
+   public static String stripPrefix(String value, String prefix) {
+      if (value.startsWith(prefix)) {
+         return value.substring(prefix.length());
+      }
+      return value;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Strip a URI of its scheme element.
+    *
+    * @param uri The URI whose scheme value should be stripped.
+    * @return The stripped URI value.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   public static URI stripScheme(URI uri) throws URISyntaxException {
+      return new URI(stripPrefix(uri.getSchemeSpecificPart().trim(), "//"));
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Given a key / value mapping, create and return a URI formatted query string that is valid and
+    * can be appended to a URI.
+    *
+    * @param options The Mapping that will create the new Query string.
+    * @return a URI formatted query string.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   public static String createQueryString(Map<String, ? extends Object> options) throws URISyntaxException {
+      try {
+         if (options.size() > 0) {
+            StringBuffer rc = new StringBuffer();
+            boolean first = true;
+            for (String key : options.keySet()) {
+               if (first) {
+                  first = false;
+               }
+               else {
+                  rc.append("&");
+               }
+               String value = (String) options.get(key);
+               rc.append(URLEncoder.encode(key, "UTF-8"));
+               rc.append("=");
+               rc.append(URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8"));
+            }
+            return rc.toString();
+         }
+         else {
+            return "";
+         }
+      }
+      catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+         throw (URISyntaxException) new URISyntaxException(e.toString(), "Invalid encoding").initCause(e);
+      }
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Creates a URI from the original URI and the remaining parameters.
+    *
+    * When the query options of a URI are applied to certain objects the used portion of the query options needs
+    * to be removed and replaced with those that remain so that other parts of the code can attempt to apply the
+    * remainder or give an error is unknown values were given.  This method is used to update a URI with those
+    * remainder values.
+    *
+    * @param originalURI The URI whose current parameters are remove and replaced with the given remainder value.
+    * @param params      The URI params that should be used to replace the current ones in the target.
+    * @return a new URI that matches the original one but has its query options replaced with the given ones.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   public static URI createRemainingURI(URI originalURI, Map<String, String> params) throws URISyntaxException {
+      String s = createQueryString(params);
+      if (s.length() == 0) {
+         s = null;
+      }
+      return createURIWithQuery(originalURI, s);
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Given a URI value create and return a new URI that matches the target one but with the scheme value
+    * supplied to this method.
+    *
+    * @param bindAddr The URI whose scheme value should be altered.
+    * @param scheme   The new scheme value to use for the returned URI.
+    * @return a new URI that is a copy of the original except that its scheme matches the supplied one.
+    * @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
+    */
+   public static URI changeScheme(URI bindAddr, String scheme) throws URISyntaxException {
+      return new URI(scheme, bindAddr.getUserInfo(), bindAddr.getHost(), bindAddr.getPort(), bindAddr.getPath(), bindAddr.getQuery(), bindAddr.getFragment());
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Examine the supplied string and ensure that all parends appear as matching pairs.
+    *
+    * @param str The target string to examine.
+    * @return true if the target string has valid parend pairings.
+    */
+   public static boolean checkParenthesis(String str) {
+      boolean result = true;
+      if (str != null) {
+         int open = 0;
+         int closed = 0;
+
+         int i = 0;
+         while ((i = str.indexOf('(', i)) >= 0) {
+            i++;
+            open++;
+         }
+         i = 0;
+         while ((i = str.indexOf(')', i)) >= 0) {
+            i++;
+            closed++;
+         }
+         result = open == closed;
+      }
+      return result;
+   }
+}

artemis-commons/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/URIParserTest.java

@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 
 package org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils;
 
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URIFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.Map;
-
 public class URIParserTest {
 
    /**

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/api/config/ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration.java

@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ public final class ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration {
    // the name of the address that consumers bind to receive management notifications
    private static SimpleString DEFAULT_MANAGEMENT_NOTIFICATION_ADDRESS = new SimpleString("activemq.notifications");
 
+   // The default address used for clustering
+   private static String DEFAULT_CLUSTER_ADDRESS = "jms";
+
    // Cluster username. It applies to all cluster configurations.
    private static String DEFAULT_CLUSTER_USER = "ACTIVEMQ.CLUSTER.ADMIN.USER";
 
@@ -499,6 +502,11 @@ public final class ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration {
       return DEFAULT_MANAGEMENT_NOTIFICATION_ADDRESS;
    }
 
+   /** The default Cluster address for the Cluster connection*/
+   public static String getDefaultClusterAddress() {
+      return DEFAULT_CLUSTER_ADDRESS;
+   }
+
    /**
     * Cluster username. It applies to all cluster configurations.
     */

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/api/core/client/TopologyMember.java

@@ -92,4 +92,6 @@ public interface TopologyMember {
     */
    boolean isMember(TransportConfiguration configuration);
 
+
+   String toURI();
 }

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/client/impl/TopologyMemberImpl.java

@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ package org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.client.impl;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.Pair;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.TransportConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.TopologyMember;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.netty.TransportConstants;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.spi.core.protocol.RemotingConnection;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.ConfigurationHelper;
+
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public final class TopologyMemberImpl implements TopologyMember {
 
@@ -117,6 +121,15 @@ public final class TopologyMemberImpl implements TopologyMember {
       }
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public String toURI() {
+      TransportConfiguration liveConnector = getLive();
+      Map<String, Object> props = liveConnector.getParams();
+      String host = ConfigurationHelper.getStringProperty(TransportConstants.HOST_PROP_NAME, "localhost", props);
+      int port = ConfigurationHelper.getIntProperty(TransportConstants.PORT_PROP_NAME, 0, props);
+      return "tcp://" + host + ":" + port;
+   }
+
    @Override
    public String toString() {
       return "TopologyMember[id = " + nodeId + ", connector=" + connector + ", backupGroupName=" + backupGroupName + ", scaleDownGroupName=" + scaleDownGroupName + "]";

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/ConnectorTransportConfigurationParser.java

@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.TransportConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.netty.TransportConstants;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.connector.InVMTransportConfigurationSchema;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.connector.TCPTransportConfigurationSchema;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URIFactory;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 public class ConnectorTransportConfigurationParser extends URIFactory<List<TransportConfiguration>, String> {
 
    public ConnectorTransportConfigurationParser() {

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/ServerLocatorParser.java

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ServerLocator;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator.InVMServerLocatorSchema;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator.JGroupsServerLocatorSchema;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator.TCPServerLocatorSchema;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator.UDPServerLocatorSchema;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URIFactory;
 
 public class ServerLocatorParser extends URIFactory<ServerLocator, String> {

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schema/connector/AbstractTransportConfigurationSchema.java

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.connector;
+
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.TransportConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 public abstract class AbstractTransportConfigurationSchema extends URISchema<List<TransportConfiguration>, String> {
 
 }

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schema/connector/InVMTransportConfigurationSchema.java

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.connector;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.TransportConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.SchemaConstants;

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schema/connector/TCPTransportConfigurationSchema.java

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.connector;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.TransportConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.netty.NettyConnectorFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.SchemaConstants;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;
 
 public class TCPTransportConfigurationSchema extends AbstractTransportConfigurationSchema {
 
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ public class TCPTransportConfigurationSchema extends AbstractTransportConfigurat
                                                                          String factoryName) throws URISyntaxException {
       HashMap<String, Object> props = new HashMap<>();
 
-      URISchema.setData(uri, props, allowableProperties, query);
+      setData(uri, props, allowableProperties, query);
       List<TransportConfiguration> transportConfigurations = new ArrayList<>();
 
       transportConfigurations.add(new TransportConfiguration(factoryName, props, name));
@@ -72,8 +71,8 @@ public class TCPTransportConfigurationSchema extends AbstractTransportConfigurat
          for (String s : split) {
             URI extraUri = new URI(s);
             HashMap<String, Object> newProps = new HashMap<>();
-            URISchema.setData(extraUri, newProps, allowableProperties, query);
+            setData(extraUri, newProps, allowableProperties, query);
-            URISchema.setData(extraUri, newProps, allowableProperties, URISchema.parseQuery(extraUri.getQuery(), null));
+            setData(extraUri, newProps, allowableProperties, parseQuery(extraUri.getQuery(), null));
             transportConfigurations.add(new TransportConfiguration(factoryName, newProps, name + ":" + extraUri.toString()));
          }
       }

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schema/serverLocator/AbstractServerLocatorSchema.java

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ServerLocator;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schema/serverLocator/ConnectionOptions.java

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator;
 
 /**
  * This will represent all the possible options you could setup on URLs

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schema/serverLocator/InVMServerLocatorSchema.java

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.TransportConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ActiveMQClient;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ServerLocator;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.connector.InVMTransportConfigurationSchema;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.SchemaConstants;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class InVMServerLocatorSchema extends AbstractServerLocatorSchema {
    protected ServerLocator internalNewObject(URI uri, Map<String, String> query, String name) throws Exception {
       TransportConfiguration tc = InVMTransportConfigurationSchema.createTransportConfiguration(uri, query, name, "org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.invm.InVMConnectorFactory");
       ServerLocator factory = ActiveMQClient.createServerLocatorWithoutHA(tc);
-      return URISchema.setData(uri, factory, query);
+      return setData(uri, factory, query);
    }
 
    @Override

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schema/serverLocator/JGroupsServerLocatorSchema.java

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.BroadcastEndpointFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.DiscoveryGroupConfiguration;

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schema/serverLocator/TCPServerLocatorSchema.java

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ActiveMQClient;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ServerLocator;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.netty.NettyConnectorFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.netty.TransportConstants;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.connector.TCPTransportConfigurationSchema;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.IPV6Util;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.SchemaConstants;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;
 
 public class TCPServerLocatorSchema extends AbstractServerLocatorSchema {
    @Override
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class TCPServerLocatorSchema extends AbstractServerLocatorSchema {
 
    @Override
    protected URI internalNewURI(ServerLocator bean) throws Exception {
-      String query = URISchema.getData(null, bean);
+      String query = getData(null, bean);
       TransportConfiguration[] staticConnectors = bean.getStaticTransportConfigurations();
       return getURI(query, staticConnectors);
    }

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schema/serverLocator/UDPServerLocatorSchema.java

@@ -14,23 +14,22 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator;
-
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.DiscoveryGroupConfiguration;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.UDPBroadcastEndpointFactory;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ActiveMQClient;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ServerLocator;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.SchemaConstants;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.DiscoveryGroupConfiguration;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.UDPBroadcastEndpointFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ActiveMQClient;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ServerLocator;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.SchemaConstants;
+
 public class UDPServerLocatorSchema extends AbstractServerLocatorSchema {
 
-   protected static List<String> IGNORED = new ArrayList<>();
+   public static List<String> IGNORED = new ArrayList<>();
 
    static {
       IGNORED.add("localBindAddress");
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ public class UDPServerLocatorSchema extends AbstractServerLocatorSchema {
       DiscoveryGroupConfiguration dgc = bean.getDiscoveryGroupConfiguration();
       UDPBroadcastEndpointFactory endpoint = (UDPBroadcastEndpointFactory) dgc.getBroadcastEndpointFactory();
       dgc.setBroadcastEndpointFactory(endpoint);
-      String query = URISchema.getData(IGNORED, bean, dgc, endpoint);
+      String query = getData(IGNORED, bean, dgc, endpoint);
       return new URI(SchemaConstants.UDP, null, endpoint.getGroupAddress(), endpoint.getGroupPort(), null, query, null);
    }
 
@@ -72,11 +71,11 @@ public class UDPServerLocatorSchema extends AbstractServerLocatorSchema {
                                                                             String name) throws Exception {
       UDPBroadcastEndpointFactory endpointFactoryConfiguration = new UDPBroadcastEndpointFactory().setGroupAddress(host).setGroupPort(port);
 
-      URISchema.setData(uri, endpointFactoryConfiguration, query);
+      setData(uri, endpointFactoryConfiguration, query);
 
-      DiscoveryGroupConfiguration dgc = URISchema.setData(uri, new DiscoveryGroupConfiguration(), query).setName(name).setBroadcastEndpointFactory(endpointFactoryConfiguration);
+      DiscoveryGroupConfiguration dgc = setData(uri, new DiscoveryGroupConfiguration(), query).setName(name).setBroadcastEndpointFactory(endpointFactoryConfiguration);
 
-      URISchema.setData(uri, dgc, query);
+      setData(uri, dgc, query);
       return dgc;
    }
 }

artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/ConfigurationHelper.java

@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils;
 
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.ActiveMQException;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.client.ActiveMQClientLogger;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.client.ActiveMQClientMessageBundle;
-
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.ActiveMQException;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.client.ActiveMQClientLogger;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.client.ActiveMQClientMessageBundle;
+
 public class ConfigurationHelper {
 
-   public static String getStringProperty(final String propName, final String def, final Map<String, Object> props) {
+   public static String getStringProperty(final String propName, final String def, final Map<String, ?> props) {
       if (props == null) {
          return def;
       }
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class ConfigurationHelper {
       }
    }
 
-   public static int getIntProperty(final String propName, final int def, final Map<String, Object> props) {
+   public static int getIntProperty(final String propName, final int def, final Map<String, ?> props) {
       if (props == null) {
          return def;
       }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class ConfigurationHelper {
       }
    }
 
-   public static long getLongProperty(final String propName, final long def, final Map<String, Object> props) {
+   public static long getLongProperty(final String propName, final long def, final Map<String, ?> props) {
       if (props == null) {
          return def;
       }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class ConfigurationHelper {
       }
    }
 
-   public static boolean getBooleanProperty(final String propName, final boolean def, final Map<String, Object> props) {
+   public static boolean getBooleanProperty(final String propName, final boolean def, final Map<String, ?> props) {
       if (props == null) {
          return def;
       }
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class ConfigurationHelper {
 
    public static String getPasswordProperty(final String propName,
                                             final String def,
-                                            final Map<String, Object> props,
+                                            final Map<String, ?> props,
                                             String defaultMaskPassword,
                                             String defaultPasswordCodec) {
       if (props == null) {
@@ -201,4 +201,17 @@ public class ConfigurationHelper {
       }
    }
 
+   public static double getDoubleProperty(String name, double def, Map<String, ?> props) {
+      if (props == null) {
+         return def;
+      }
+      Object prop = props.get(name);
+      if (prop == null) {
+         return def;
+      }
+      else {
+         String value = prop.toString();
+         return Double.parseDouble(value);
+      }
+   }
 }

artemis-jms-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/InVMSchema.java

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.jms.ActiveMQJMSClient;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.client.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator.InVMServerLocatorSchema;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.connector.InVMTransportConfigurationSchema;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.SchemaConstants;
 
 import java.net.URI;

artemis-jms-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/JGroupsSchema.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.JGroupsFileBroadcastEndpointFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.JGroupsPropertiesBroadcastEndpointFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.jms.ActiveMQJMSClient;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.client.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator.JGroupsServerLocatorSchema;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.SchemaConstants;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;
 

artemis-jms-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/JMSConnectionOptions.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.jms.JMSFactoryType;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator.ConnectionOptions;
 
 /**
  * This will represent all the possible options you could setup on URLs

artemis-jms-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/TCPSchema.java

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.jms.ActiveMQJMSClient;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.netty.NettyConnectorFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.netty.TransportConstants;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.client.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator.TCPServerLocatorSchema;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.connector.TCPTransportConfigurationSchema;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.SchemaConstants;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;
 

artemis-jms-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/UDPSchema.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.DiscoveryGroupConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.UDPBroadcastEndpointFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.jms.ActiveMQJMSClient;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.client.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.serverLocator.UDPServerLocatorSchema;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.SchemaConstants;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;
 

artemis-jms-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/server/embedded/EmbeddedJMS.java

@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ public class EmbeddedJMS extends EmbeddedActiveMQ {
     *
     * @param registry
     */
-   public void setRegistry(BindingRegistry registry) {
+   public EmbeddedJMS setRegistry(BindingRegistry registry) {
       this.registry = registry;
+      return this;
    }
 
    /**
@@ -64,8 +65,9 @@ public class EmbeddedJMS extends EmbeddedActiveMQ {
     *
     * @param jmsConfiguration
     */
-   public void setJmsConfiguration(JMSConfiguration jmsConfiguration) {
+   public EmbeddedJMS setJmsConfiguration(JMSConfiguration jmsConfiguration) {
       this.jmsConfiguration = jmsConfiguration;
+      return this;
    }
 
    /**
@@ -73,8 +75,9 @@ public class EmbeddedJMS extends EmbeddedActiveMQ {
     *
     * @param context
     */
-   public void setContext(Context context) {
+   public EmbeddedJMS setContext(Context context) {
       this.context = context;
+      return this;
    }
 
    /**
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ public class EmbeddedJMS extends EmbeddedActiveMQ {
    }
 
    @Override
-   public void start() throws Exception {
+   public EmbeddedJMS start() throws Exception {
       super.initStart();
       if (jmsConfiguration != null) {
          serverManager = new JMSServerManagerImpl(activeMQServer, jmsConfiguration);
@@ -116,11 +119,14 @@ public class EmbeddedJMS extends EmbeddedActiveMQ {
       }
       serverManager.setRegistry(registry);
       serverManager.start();
+
+      return this;
    }
 
    @Override
-   public void stop() throws Exception {
+   public EmbeddedJMS stop() throws Exception {
       serverManager.stop();
+      return this;
    }
 
 }

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/config/ClusterConnectionConfiguration.java

@@ -16,21 +16,29 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config;
 
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.config.ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ActiveMQClient;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.cluster.impl.MessageLoadBalancingType;
-
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.config.ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.DiscoveryGroupConfiguration;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.TransportConfiguration;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ActiveMQClient;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServerLogger;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.cluster.impl.MessageLoadBalancingType;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.ConnectorTransportConfigurationParser;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISupport;
+
 public final class ClusterConnectionConfiguration implements Serializable {
 
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8948303813427795935L;
 
    private String name;
 
-   private String address;
+   private String address = ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration.getDefaultClusterAddress();
 
    private String connectorName;
 
@@ -56,6 +64,8 @@ public final class ClusterConnectionConfiguration implements Serializable {
 
    private MessageLoadBalancingType messageLoadBalancingType = Enum.valueOf(MessageLoadBalancingType.class, ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration.getDefaultClusterMessageLoadBalancingType());
 
+   private URISupport.CompositeData compositeMembers;
+
    private List<String> staticConnectors = Collections.emptyList();
 
    private String discoveryGroupName = null;
@@ -75,6 +85,11 @@ public final class ClusterConnectionConfiguration implements Serializable {
    public ClusterConnectionConfiguration() {
    }
 
+   public ClusterConnectionConfiguration(URI uri) throws Exception {
+      ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser parser = new ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser();
+      parser.populateObject(uri, this);
+   }
+
    public String getName() {
       return name;
    }
@@ -93,6 +108,15 @@ public final class ClusterConnectionConfiguration implements Serializable {
       return this;
    }
 
+   public ClusterConnectionConfiguration setCompositeMembers(URISupport.CompositeData members) {
+      this.compositeMembers = members;
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   public URISupport.CompositeData getCompositeMembers() {
+      return compositeMembers;
+   }
+
    /**
     * @return the clientFailureCheckPeriod
     */
@@ -334,6 +358,72 @@ public final class ClusterConnectionConfiguration implements Serializable {
       return this;
    }
 
+   /**
+    * This method will match the configuration and return the proper TransportConfiguration for the Configuration
+    */
+   public TransportConfiguration[] getTransportConfigurations(Configuration configuration) throws Exception {
+
+      if (getCompositeMembers() != null) {
+         ConnectorTransportConfigurationParser connectorTransportConfigurationParser = new ConnectorTransportConfigurationParser();
+
+         URI[] members = getCompositeMembers().getComponents();
+
+         List<TransportConfiguration> list = new LinkedList<>();
+
+         for (int i = 0; i < members.length; i++) {
+            list.addAll(connectorTransportConfigurationParser.newObject(members[i], null));
+         }
+
+         return list.toArray(new TransportConfiguration[list.size()]);
+      }
+      else {
+         return configuration.getTransportConfigurations(staticConnectors);
+      }
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * This method will return the proper discovery configuration from the main configuration
+    */
+   public DiscoveryGroupConfiguration getDiscoveryGroupConfiguration(Configuration configuration) {
+      if (discoveryGroupName != null) {
+         DiscoveryGroupConfiguration dg = configuration.getDiscoveryGroupConfigurations().get(discoveryGroupName);
+
+         if (dg == null) {
+            ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.clusterConnectionNoDiscoveryGroup(discoveryGroupName);
+            return null;
+         }
+         return dg;
+      }
+      else {
+         return null;
+      }
+   }
+
+   public TransportConfiguration getTransportConfiguration(Configuration configuration) {
+      TransportConfiguration connector = configuration.getConnectorConfigurations().get(getConnectorName());
+
+      if (connector == null) {
+         ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.clusterConnectionNoConnector(connectorName);
+         return null;
+      }
+      return connector;
+   }
+
+   public boolean validateConfiguration() {
+      if (getName() == null) {
+         ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.clusterConnectionNotUnique();
+         return false;
+      }
+
+      if (getAddress() == null) {
+         ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.clusterConnectionNoForwardAddress();
+
+         return false;
+      }
+
+      return true;
+   }
+
    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
       final int prime = 31;
@@ -440,4 +530,33 @@ public final class ClusterConnectionConfiguration implements Serializable {
          return false;
       return true;
    }
+
+   @Override
+   public String toString() {
+      return "ClusterConnectionConfiguration{" +
+         "name='" + name + '\'' +
+         ", address='" + address + '\'' +
+         ", connectorName='" + connectorName + '\'' +
+         ", clientFailureCheckPeriod=" + clientFailureCheckPeriod +
+         ", connectionTTL=" + connectionTTL +
+         ", retryInterval=" + retryInterval +
+         ", retryIntervalMultiplier=" + retryIntervalMultiplier +
+         ", maxRetryInterval=" + maxRetryInterval +
+         ", initialConnectAttempts=" + initialConnectAttempts +
+         ", reconnectAttempts=" + reconnectAttempts +
+         ", callTimeout=" + callTimeout +
+         ", callFailoverTimeout=" + callFailoverTimeout +
+         ", duplicateDetection=" + duplicateDetection +
+         ", messageLoadBalancingType=" + messageLoadBalancingType +
+         ", compositeMembers=" + compositeMembers +
+         ", staticConnectors=" + staticConnectors +
+         ", discoveryGroupName='" + discoveryGroupName + '\'' +
+         ", maxHops=" + maxHops +
+         ", confirmationWindowSize=" + confirmationWindowSize +
+         ", allowDirectConnectionsOnly=" + allowDirectConnectionsOnly +
+         ", minLargeMessageSize=" + minLargeMessageSize +
+         ", clusterNotificationInterval=" + clusterNotificationInterval +
+         ", clusterNotificationAttempts=" + clusterNotificationAttempts +
+         '}';
+   }
 }

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/config/Configuration.java

@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ public interface Configuration {
 
    Configuration addClusterConfiguration(final ClusterConnectionConfiguration config);
 
+   ClusterConnectionConfiguration addClusterConfiguration(String name, String uri) throws Exception;
+
    Configuration clearClusterConfigurations();
 
    /**
@@ -911,6 +913,10 @@ public interface Configuration {
    * */
    Configuration setResolveProtocols(boolean resolveProtocols);
 
+   TransportConfiguration[] getTransportConfigurations(String ...connectorNames);
+
+   TransportConfiguration[] getTransportConfigurations(List<String> connectorNames);
+
    /*
    * @see #setResolveProtocols()
    * @return whether ActiveMQ Artemis should resolve and use any Protocols available on the classpath

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/config/impl/ConfigurationImpl.java

@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.StoreConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.ha.ReplicaPolicyConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.ha.ReplicatedPolicyConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.security.Role;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServerLogger;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.JournalType;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.SecuritySettingPlugin;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.group.impl.GroupingHandlerConfiguration;
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ public class ConfigurationImpl implements Configuration, Serializable {
 
    protected String jmxDomain = ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration.getDefaultJmxDomain();
 
-   protected boolean jmxUseBrokerName =  ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration.isDefaultJMXUseBrokerName();
+   protected boolean jmxUseBrokerName = ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration.isDefaultJMXUseBrokerName();
 
    protected long connectionTTLOverride = ActiveMQDefaultConfiguration.getDefaultConnectionTtlOverride();
 
@@ -491,6 +495,12 @@ public class ConfigurationImpl implements Configuration, Serializable {
       return this;
    }
 
+   public ClusterConnectionConfiguration addClusterConfiguration(String name, String uri) throws Exception {
+      ClusterConnectionConfiguration newConfig = new ClusterConnectionConfiguration(new URI(uri)).setName(name);
+      clusterConfigurations.add(newConfig);
+      return newConfig;
+   }
+
    @Override
    public ConfigurationImpl clearClusterConfigurations() {
       clusterConfigurations.clear();
@@ -685,7 +695,6 @@ public class ConfigurationImpl implements Configuration, Serializable {
       return this;
    }
 
-
    @Override
    public int getJournalMinFiles() {
       return journalMinFiles;
@@ -1280,6 +1289,28 @@ public class ConfigurationImpl implements Configuration, Serializable {
       return this;
    }
 
+   public TransportConfiguration[] getTransportConfigurations(String... connectorNames) {
+      return getTransportConfigurations(Arrays.asList(connectorNames));
+   }
+
+   public TransportConfiguration[] getTransportConfigurations(final List<String> connectorNames) {
+      TransportConfiguration[] tcConfigs = (TransportConfiguration[]) Array.newInstance(TransportConfiguration.class, connectorNames.size());
+      int count = 0;
+      for (String connectorName : connectorNames) {
+         TransportConfiguration connector = getConnectorConfigurations().get(connectorName);
+
+         if (connector == null) {
+            ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.warn("bridgeNoConnector(connectorName)");
+
+            return null;
+         }
+
+         tcConfigs[count++] = connector;
+      }
+
+      return tcConfigs;
+   }
+
    @Override
    public boolean isResolveProtocols() {
       return resolveProtocols;

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/deployers/impl/FileConfigurationParser.java

@@ -409,6 +409,14 @@ public final class FileConfigurationParser extends XMLConfigurationUtil {
          parseClusterConnectionConfiguration(ccNode, config);
       }
 
+      NodeList ccNodesURI = e.getElementsByTagName("cluster-connection-uri");
+
+      for (int i = 0; i < ccNodesURI.getLength(); i++) {
+         Element ccNode = (Element) ccNodesURI.item(i);
+
+         parseClusterConnectionConfigurationURI(ccNode, config);
+      }
+
       NodeList dvNodes = e.getElementsByTagName("divert");
 
       for (int i = 0; i < dvNodes.getLength(); i++) {
@@ -1236,7 +1244,18 @@ public final class FileConfigurationParser extends XMLConfigurationUtil {
       }
    }
 
-   private void parseClusterConnectionConfiguration(final Element e, final Configuration mainConfig) {
+   private void parseClusterConnectionConfigurationURI(final Element e, final Configuration mainConfig) throws Exception {
+      String name = e.getAttribute("name");
+
+
+      String uri = e.getAttribute("address");
+
+      ClusterConnectionConfiguration config = mainConfig.addClusterConfiguration(name, uri);
+
+      System.out.println("Adding cluster connection :: " + config);
+   }
+
+   private void parseClusterConnectionConfiguration(final Element e, final Configuration mainConfig) throws Exception {
       String name = e.getAttribute("name");
 
       String address = getString(e, "address", null, Validators.NOT_NULL_OR_EMPTY);

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQServerLogger.java

@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ public interface ActiveMQServerLogger extends BasicLogger {
    @LogMessage(level = Logger.Level.WARN)
    @Message(id = 222134, value = "No connector defined with name {0}. The bridge will not be deployed.",
       format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)
-   void bridgeNoConnector(String name);
+   void noConnector(String name);
 
    @LogMessage(level = Logger.Level.WARN)
    @Message(id = 222135, value = "Stopping Redistributor, Timed out waiting for tasks to complete", format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/BackupManager.java

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class BackupManager implements ActiveMQComponent {
    * configuration, informing the cluster manager so that it can add it to its topology and announce itself to the cluster.
    * */
    @Override
-   public synchronized void start() {
+   public synchronized void start() throws Exception {
       if (started)
          return;
       //deploy the backup connectors using the cluster configuration
@@ -117,14 +117,18 @@ public class BackupManager implements ActiveMQComponent {
    /*
    * create the connectors using the cluster configurations
    * */
-   private void deployBackupConnector(final ClusterConnectionConfiguration config) {
+   private void deployBackupConnector(final ClusterConnectionConfiguration config) throws Exception {
-      TransportConfiguration connector = ClusterConfigurationUtil.getTransportConfiguration(config, configuration);
+      if (!config.validateConfiguration()) {
+         return;
+      }
+
+      TransportConfiguration connector = config.getTransportConfiguration(configuration);
 
       if (connector == null)
          return;
 
       if (config.getDiscoveryGroupName() != null) {
-         DiscoveryGroupConfiguration dg = ClusterConfigurationUtil.getDiscoveryGroupConfiguration(config, configuration);
+         DiscoveryGroupConfiguration dg = config.getDiscoveryGroupConfiguration(configuration);
 
          if (dg == null)
             return;
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ public class BackupManager implements ActiveMQComponent {
          backupConnectors.add(backupConnector);
       }
       else {
-         TransportConfiguration[] tcConfigs = ClusterConfigurationUtil.getTransportConfigurations(config, configuration);
+         TransportConfiguration[] tcConfigs = config.getTransportConfigurations(configuration);
 
          StaticBackupConnector backupConnector = new StaticBackupConnector(tcConfigs, config.getName(), connector, config.getRetryInterval(), clusterManager);
 

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/ClusterConfigurationUtil.java

@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.cluster;
-
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.DiscoveryGroupConfiguration;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.TransportConfiguration;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.ClusterConnectionConfiguration;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.Configuration;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServerLogger;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Array;
-import java.util.List;
-
-public class ClusterConfigurationUtil {
-
-   public static TransportConfiguration getTransportConfiguration(ClusterConnectionConfiguration config,
-                                                                  Configuration configuration) {
-      if (config.getName() == null) {
-         ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.clusterConnectionNotUnique();
-
-         return null;
-      }
-
-      if (config.getAddress() == null) {
-         ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.clusterConnectionNoForwardAddress();
-
-         return null;
-      }
-
-      TransportConfiguration connector = configuration.getConnectorConfigurations().get(config.getConnectorName());
-
-      if (connector == null) {
-         ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.clusterConnectionNoConnector(config.getConnectorName());
-         return null;
-      }
-      return connector;
-   }
-
-   public static DiscoveryGroupConfiguration getDiscoveryGroupConfiguration(ClusterConnectionConfiguration config,
-                                                                            Configuration configuration) {
-      DiscoveryGroupConfiguration dg = configuration.getDiscoveryGroupConfigurations().get(config.getDiscoveryGroupName());
-
-      if (dg == null) {
-         ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.clusterConnectionNoDiscoveryGroup(config.getDiscoveryGroupName());
-         return null;
-      }
-      return dg;
-   }
-
-   public static TransportConfiguration[] getTransportConfigurations(ClusterConnectionConfiguration config,
-                                                                     Configuration configuration) {
-      return config.getStaticConnectors() != null ? connectorNameListToArray(config.getStaticConnectors(), configuration) : null;
-   }
-
-   public static TransportConfiguration[] connectorNameListToArray(final List<String> connectorNames,
-                                                                   Configuration configuration) {
-      TransportConfiguration[] tcConfigs = (TransportConfiguration[]) Array.newInstance(TransportConfiguration.class, connectorNames.size());
-      int count = 0;
-      for (String connectorName : connectorNames) {
-         TransportConfiguration connector = configuration.getConnectorConfigurations().get(connectorName);
-
-         if (connector == null) {
-            ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.bridgeNoConnector(connectorName);
-
-            return null;
-         }
-
-         tcConfigs[count++] = connector;
-      }
-
-      return tcConfigs;
-   }
-}

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/ClusterManager.java

@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.cluster;
 
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.ActiveMQException;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.ActiveMQExceptionType;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.BroadcastGroupConfiguration;
@@ -54,18 +66,6 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.ConcurrentHashSet;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.ExecutorFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.FutureLatch;
 
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
-import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
-
 /**
  * A ClusterManager manages {@link ClusterConnection}s, {@link BroadcastGroup}s and {@link Bridge}s.
  * <p>
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ public final class ClusterManager implements ActiveMQComponent {
 
       }
       else {
-         TransportConfiguration[] tcConfigs = ClusterConfigurationUtil.connectorNameListToArray(config.getStaticConnectors(), configuration);
+         TransportConfiguration[] tcConfigs = configuration.getTransportConfigurations(config.getStaticConnectors());
 
          if (tcConfigs == null) {
             ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.bridgeCantFindConnectors(config.getName());
@@ -581,10 +581,16 @@ public final class ClusterManager implements ActiveMQComponent {
    }
 
    private void deployClusterConnection(final ClusterConnectionConfiguration config) throws Exception {
-      TransportConfiguration connector = ClusterConfigurationUtil.getTransportConfiguration(config, configuration);
 
-      if (connector == null)
+      if (!config.validateConfiguration()) {
          return;
+      }
+
+      TransportConfiguration connector = config.getTransportConfiguration(configuration);
+
+      if (connector == null) {
+         return;
+      }
 
       if (clusterConnections.containsKey(config.getName())) {
          ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.clusterConnectionAlreadyExists(config.getConnectorName());
@@ -594,7 +600,7 @@ public final class ClusterManager implements ActiveMQComponent {
       ClusterConnectionImpl clusterConnection;
 
       if (config.getDiscoveryGroupName() != null) {
-         DiscoveryGroupConfiguration dg = ClusterConfigurationUtil.getDiscoveryGroupConfiguration(config, configuration);
+         DiscoveryGroupConfiguration dg = config.getDiscoveryGroupConfiguration(configuration);
 
          if (dg == null)
             return;
@@ -611,7 +617,7 @@ public final class ClusterManager implements ActiveMQComponent {
          clusterController.addClusterConnection(clusterConnection.getName(), dg, config);
       }
       else {
-         TransportConfiguration[] tcConfigs = ClusterConfigurationUtil.getTransportConfigurations(config, configuration);
+         TransportConfiguration[] tcConfigs = config.getTransportConfigurations(configuration);
 
          if (ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
             ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.debug(this + " defining cluster connection towards " + Arrays.toString(tcConfigs));

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/ha/ScaleDownPolicy.java

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.cluster.ha;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.ActiveMQException;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.DiscoveryGroupConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.TransportConfiguration;
@@ -24,12 +28,6 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.client.impl.ServerLocatorInternal;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.invm.InVMConnectorFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQMessageBundle;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServer;
-import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServerLogger;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Array;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 public class ScaleDownPolicy {
 
@@ -126,20 +124,6 @@ public class ScaleDownPolicy {
 
    private static TransportConfiguration[] connectorNameListToArray(final List<String> connectorNames,
                                                                     ActiveMQServer activeMQServer) {
-      TransportConfiguration[] tcConfigs = (TransportConfiguration[]) Array.newInstance(TransportConfiguration.class, connectorNames.size());
+      return activeMQServer.getConfiguration().getTransportConfigurations(connectorNames);
-      int count = 0;
-      for (String connectorName : connectorNames) {
-         TransportConfiguration connector = activeMQServer.getConfiguration().getConnectorConfigurations().get(connectorName);
-
-         if (connector == null) {
-            ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.bridgeNoConnector(connectorName);
-
-            return null;
-         }
-
-         tcConfigs[count++] = connector;
-      }
-
-      return tcConfigs;
    }
 }

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/cluster/impl/MessageLoadBalancingType.java

@@ -16,9 +16,25 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.cluster.impl;
 
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;
+import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;
+
 public enum MessageLoadBalancingType {
    OFF("OFF"), STRICT("STRICT"), ON_DEMAND("ON_DEMAND");
 
+   static {
+      // for URI support on ClusterConnection
+      URISchema.registerConverter(new MessageLoadBalancingTypeConverter(), MessageLoadBalancingType.class);
+   }
+
+   static class MessageLoadBalancingTypeConverter implements Converter {
+
+      @Override
+      public <T> T convert(Class<T> type, Object value) {
+         return type.cast(MessageLoadBalancingType.getType(value.toString()));
+      }
+   }
+
    private String type;
 
    MessageLoadBalancingType(final String type) {
@@ -28,4 +44,19 @@ public enum MessageLoadBalancingType {
    public String getType() {
       return type;
    }
+
+   public static MessageLoadBalancingType getType(String string) {
+      if (string.equals(OFF.getType())) {
+         return MessageLoadBalancingType.OFF;
+      }
+      else if (string.equals(STRICT.getType())) {
+         return MessageLoadBalancingType.STRICT;
+      }
+      else if (string.equals(ON_DEMAND.getType())) {
+         return MessageLoadBalancingType.ON_DEMAND;
+      }
+      else {
+         return null;
+      }
+   }
 }

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/embedded/EmbeddedActiveMQ.java

@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ package org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.embedded;
 
 import javax.management.MBeanServer;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.Configuration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.FileDeploymentManager;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.impl.FileConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServer;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.cluster.ClusterConnection;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.impl.ActiveMQServerImpl;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.spi.core.security.ActiveMQJAASSecurityManager;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.spi.core.security.ActiveMQSecurityManager;
@@ -42,8 +45,9 @@ public class EmbeddedActiveMQ {
     *
     * @param filename
     */
-   public void setConfigResourcePath(String filename) {
+   public EmbeddedActiveMQ setConfigResourcePath(String filename) {
       configResourcePath = filename;
+      return this;
    }
 
    /**
@@ -51,8 +55,30 @@ public class EmbeddedActiveMQ {
     *
     * @param securityManager
     */
-   public void setSecurityManager(ActiveMQSecurityManager securityManager) {
+   public EmbeddedActiveMQ setSecurityManager(ActiveMQSecurityManager securityManager) {
       this.securityManager = securityManager;
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * It will iterate the cluster connections until you have at least the number of expected servers
+    * @param timeWait Time to wait on each iteration
+    * @param unit unit of time to wait
+    * @param iterations number of iterations
+    * @param servers number of minimal servers
+    * @return
+    */
+   public boolean waitClusterForming(long timeWait, TimeUnit unit, int iterations, int servers) throws Exception {
+      for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+         for (ClusterConnection connection : activeMQServer.getClusterManager().getClusterConnections()) {
+            if (connection.getTopology().getMembers().size() == servers) {
+               return true;
+            }
+            Thread.sleep(unit.toMillis(timeWait));
+         }
+      }
+
+      return false;
    }
 
    /**
@@ -60,8 +86,9 @@ public class EmbeddedActiveMQ {
     *
     * @param mbeanServer
     */
-   public void setMbeanServer(MBeanServer mbeanServer) {
+   public EmbeddedActiveMQ setMbeanServer(MBeanServer mbeanServer) {
       this.mbeanServer = mbeanServer;
+      return this;
    }
 
    /**
@@ -70,18 +97,19 @@ public class EmbeddedActiveMQ {
     *
     * @param configuration
     */
-   public void setConfiguration(Configuration configuration) {
+   public EmbeddedActiveMQ setConfiguration(Configuration configuration) {
       this.configuration = configuration;
+      return this;
    }
 
    public ActiveMQServer getActiveMQServer() {
       return activeMQServer;
    }
 
-   public void start() throws Exception {
+   public EmbeddedActiveMQ start() throws Exception {
       initStart();
       activeMQServer.start();
-
+      return this;
    }
 
    protected void initStart() throws Exception {
@@ -105,7 +133,8 @@ public class EmbeddedActiveMQ {
       }
    }
 
-   public void stop() throws Exception {
+   public EmbeddedActiveMQ stop() throws Exception {
       activeMQServer.stop();
+      return this;
    }
 }

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/impl/SharedNothingLiveActivation.java

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.cluster.ClusterConnection;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.cluster.ha.ReplicatedPolicy;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.spi.core.remoting.Acceptor;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -392,20 +391,6 @@ public class SharedNothingLiveActivation extends LiveActivation {
    }
 
    private TransportConfiguration[] connectorNameListToArray(final List<String> connectorNames) {
-      TransportConfiguration[] tcConfigs = (TransportConfiguration[]) Array.newInstance(TransportConfiguration.class, connectorNames.size());
+      return activeMQServer.getConfiguration().getTransportConfigurations(connectorNames);
-      int count = 0;
-      for (String connectorName : connectorNames) {
-         TransportConfiguration connector = activeMQServer.getConfiguration().getConnectorConfigurations().get(connectorName);
-
-         if (connector == null) {
-            ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.bridgeNoConnector(connectorName);
-
-            return null;
-         }
-
-         tcConfigs[count++] = connector;
-      }
-
-      return tcConfigs;
    }
 }

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/AcceptorTransportConfigurationParser.java

@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.TransportConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.netty.TransportConstants;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schemas.acceptor.InVMAcceptorTransportConfigurationSchema;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schemas.acceptor.TCPAcceptorTransportConfigurationSchema;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URIFactory;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 public class AcceptorTransportConfigurationParser extends URIFactory<List<TransportConfiguration>, String> {
 
    public AcceptorTransportConfigurationParser() {

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.ClusterConnectionConfiguration;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schemas.clusterConnection.ClusterConnectionMulticastSchema;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schemas.clusterConnection.ClusterConnectionStaticSchema;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URIFactory;
+
+public class ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser extends URIFactory<ClusterConnectionConfiguration, String> {
+
+   public ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser() {
+      registerSchema(new ClusterConnectionStaticSchema());
+      registerSchema(new ClusterConnectionMulticastSchema());
+   }
+}

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schemas/acceptor/InVMAcceptorTransportConfigurationSchema.java

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schemas.acceptor;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.invm.InVMAcceptorFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.connector.InVMTransportConfigurationSchema;
 
 public class InVMAcceptorTransportConfigurationSchema extends InVMTransportConfigurationSchema {
 

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schemas/acceptor/TCPAcceptorTransportConfigurationSchema.java

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schemas.acceptor;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.netty.NettyAcceptorFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schema.connector.TCPTransportConfigurationSchema;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Set;

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schemas/clusterConnection/ClusterConnectionMulticastSchema.java

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schemas.clusterConnection;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.ClusterConnectionConfiguration;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISupport;
+
+public class ClusterConnectionMulticastSchema extends ClusterConnectionStaticSchema {
+
+   // nothing different ATM. This is like a placeholder for future changes
+   @Override
+   public String getSchemaName() {
+      return "multicast";
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void populateObject(URI uri, ClusterConnectionConfiguration bean) throws Exception {
+
+      if (URISupport.isCompositeURI(uri)) {
+         super.populateObject(uri, bean);
+      }
+      else {
+         bean.setDiscoveryGroupName(uri.getHost());
+         Map<String, String> parameters = URISupport.parseParameters(uri);
+         setData(uri, bean, parameters);
+
+      }
+   }
+
+}

artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/schemas/clusterConnection/ClusterConnectionStaticSchema.java

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri.schemas.clusterConnection;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.ClusterConnectionConfiguration;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISchema;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.uri.URISupport;
+
+public class ClusterConnectionStaticSchema extends URISchema<ClusterConnectionConfiguration, String> {
+
+   @Override
+   public String getSchemaName() {
+      return "static";
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected ClusterConnectionConfiguration internalNewObject(URI uri,
+                                                              Map<String, String> query,
+                                                              String param) throws Exception {
+
+
+      ClusterConnectionConfiguration configuration = new ClusterConnectionConfiguration();
+
+      populateObject(uri, configuration);
+
+      return configuration;
+   }
+
+
+   @Override
+   public void populateObject(URI uri, ClusterConnectionConfiguration bean) throws Exception {
+      URISupport.CompositeData compositeData = URISupport.parseComposite(uri);
+      bean.setCompositeMembers(compositeData);
+
+      setData(uri, bean, compositeData.getParameters());
+   }
+
+
+   @Override
+   protected URI internalNewURI(ClusterConnectionConfiguration bean) throws Exception {
+      return null;
+   }
+}

artemis-server/src/main/resources/schema/artemis-configuration.xsd

@@ -458,18 +458,12 @@
             </xsd:annotation>
          </xsd:element>
 
-         <xsd:element name="cluster-connections" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0">
+         <xsd:element name="cluster-connections" type="clusterConnectionChoiceType" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0">
             <xsd:annotation>
                <xsd:documentation>
                   a list of cluster connections
                </xsd:documentation>
             </xsd:annotation>
-            <xsd:complexType>
-               <xsd:sequence>
-                  <xsd:element name="cluster-connection" type="cluster-connectionType" maxOccurs="unbounded"
-                               minOccurs="0"/>
-               </xsd:sequence>
-            </xsd:complexType>
          </xsd:element>
 
          <xsd:element name="grouping-handler" type="groupingHandlerType" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0">
@@ -1181,6 +1175,33 @@
 
    <!-- CLUSTER CONNECTION CONFIGURATION -->
 
+   <xsd:complexType name="clusterConnectionChoiceType">
+      <xsd:sequence>
+      <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+         <xsd:element name="cluster-connection-uri" type="cluster-connectionUriType"/>
+         <xsd:element name="cluster-connection" type="cluster-connectionType">
+         </xsd:element>
+      </xsd:choice>
+      </xsd:sequence>
+   </xsd:complexType>
+
+   <xsd:complexType name="cluster-connectionUriType">
+      <xsd:attribute name="address" type="xsd:string" use="required">
+         <xsd:annotation>
+            <xsd:documentation>
+               uri of the cluster connection
+            </xsd:documentation>
+         </xsd:annotation>
+      </xsd:attribute>
+      <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required">
+         <xsd:annotation>
+            <xsd:documentation>
+               name of the cluster connection
+            </xsd:documentation>
+         </xsd:annotation>
+      </xsd:attribute>
+   </xsd:complexType>
+
    <xsd:complexType name="cluster-connectionType">
       <xsd:sequence>
          <xsd:element name="address" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1">
@@ -1388,6 +1409,31 @@
             </xsd:documentation>
          </xsd:annotation>
       </xsd:attribute>
+      <xsd:attribute name="uri" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+         <xsd:annotation>
+            <xsd:documentation>
+               The URI for the cluster connection options
+            </xsd:documentation>
+         </xsd:annotation>
+      </xsd:attribute>
+   </xsd:complexType>
+
+
+   <xsd:complexType name="cluster-connection-uri-type">
+      <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:ID" use="required">
+         <xsd:annotation>
+            <xsd:documentation>
+               unique name for this cluster connection
+            </xsd:documentation>
+         </xsd:annotation>
+      </xsd:attribute>
+      <xsd:attribute name="uri" type="xsd:string" use="required">
+         <xsd:annotation>
+            <xsd:documentation>
+               The URI for the cluster connection options
+            </xsd:documentation>
+         </xsd:annotation>
+      </xsd:attribute>
    </xsd:complexType>
 
    <!-- DIVERT CONFIGURATION TYPE -->

artemis-server/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/config/impl/FileConfigurationParserTest.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.FileDeploymentManager;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.deployers.impl.FileConfigurationParser;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.ActiveMQTestBase;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.DefaultSensitiveStringCodec;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class FileConfigurationParserTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
@@ -69,6 +70,23 @@ public class FileConfigurationParserTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
       deploymentManager.readConfiguration();
    }
 
+   @Test
+   public void testParsingClusterConnectionURIs() throws Exception {
+      FileConfigurationParser parser = new FileConfigurationParser();
+
+      String configStr = firstPart + "<cluster-connections>\n" +
+         "   <cluster-connection-uri name=\"my-cluster\" address=\"multicast://my-discovery-group?messageLoadBalancingType=STRICT;retryInterval=333;connectorName=netty-connector;maxHops=1\"/>\n" +
+         "</cluster-connections>\n" + lastPart;
+      ByteArrayInputStream input = new ByteArrayInputStream(configStr.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+
+      Configuration config = parser.parseMainConfig(input);
+
+      Assert.assertEquals(1, config.getClusterConfigurations().size());
+
+      Assert.assertEquals("my-discovery-group", config.getClusterConfigurations().get(0).getDiscoveryGroupName());
+      Assert.assertEquals(333, config.getClusterConfigurations().get(0).getRetryInterval());
+   }
+
    @Test
    public void testParsingDefaultServerConfig() throws Exception {
       FileConfigurationParser parser = new FileConfigurationParser();

artemis-server/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/util/ActiveMQTestBase.java

@@ -499,13 +499,22 @@ public abstract class ActiveMQTestBase extends Assert {
       }
    }
 
+   private static int failedGCCalls = 0;
+
    public static void forceGC() {
+
+      if (failedGCCalls >= 10) {
+         log.info("ignoring forceGC call since it seems System.gc is not working anyways");
+         return;
+      }
       log.info("#test forceGC");
       CountDownLatch finalized = new CountDownLatch(1);
       WeakReference<DumbReference> dumbReference = new WeakReference<>(new DumbReference(finalized));
 
+      long timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() + 1000;
+
       // A loop that will wait GC, using the minimal time as possible
-      while (!(dumbReference.get() == null && finalized.getCount() == 0)) {
+      while (!(dumbReference.get() == null && finalized.getCount() == 0) && System.currentTimeMillis() < timeout) {
          System.gc();
          System.runFinalization();
          try {
@@ -514,7 +523,16 @@ public abstract class ActiveMQTestBase extends Assert {
          catch (InterruptedException e) {
          }
       }
-      log.info("#test forceGC Done");
+
+      if (dumbReference.get() != null) {
+         failedGCCalls++;
+         log.info("It seems that GC is disabled at your VM");
+      }
+      else {
+         // a success would reset the count
+         failedGCCalls = 0;
+      }
+      log.info("#test forceGC Done ");
    }
 
    public static void forceGC(final Reference<?> ref, final long timeout) {

artemis-server/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/uri/ClusterConnectionConfigurationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.uri;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.config.ClusterConnectionConfiguration;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.cluster.impl.MessageLoadBalancingType;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ClusterConnectionConfigurationTest {
+
+   @Test
+   public void testClusterConnectionStatic() throws Exception {
+      ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser parser = new ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser();
+      ClusterConnectionConfiguration configuration = parser.newObject(new URI("static:(tcp://localhost:6556,tcp://localhost:6557)?minLargeMessageSize=132;s&messageLoadBalancingType=OFF"), null);
+      Assert.assertEquals(MessageLoadBalancingType.OFF, configuration.getMessageLoadBalancingType());
+      Assert.assertEquals(132, configuration.getMinLargeMessageSize());
+      Assert.assertEquals("tcp://localhost:6556", configuration.getCompositeMembers().getComponents()[0].toString());
+      Assert.assertEquals("tcp://localhost:6557", configuration.getCompositeMembers().getComponents()[1].toString());
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testClusterConnectionStatic2() throws Exception {
+      ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser parser = new ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser();
+      ClusterConnectionConfiguration configuration = parser.newObject(new URI("static://(tcp://localhost:6556,tcp://localhost:6557)?minLargeMessageSize=132;messageLoadBalancingType=OFF"), null);
+      Assert.assertEquals(132, configuration.getMinLargeMessageSize());
+      Assert.assertEquals(MessageLoadBalancingType.OFF, configuration.getMessageLoadBalancingType());
+      Assert.assertEquals(2, configuration.getCompositeMembers().getComponents().length);
+      Assert.assertEquals("tcp://localhost:6556", configuration.getCompositeMembers().getComponents()[0].toString());
+      Assert.assertEquals("tcp://localhost:6557", configuration.getCompositeMembers().getComponents()[1].toString());
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testClusterConnectionStaticOnConstrcutor() throws Exception {
+      ClusterConnectionConfiguration configuration = new ClusterConnectionConfiguration(new URI("static:(tcp://localhost:6556,tcp://localhost:6557)?minLargeMessageSize=132"));
+      Assert.assertEquals(132, configuration.getMinLargeMessageSize());
+      Assert.assertEquals("tcp://localhost:6556", configuration.getCompositeMembers().getComponents()[0].toString());
+      Assert.assertEquals("tcp://localhost:6557", configuration.getCompositeMembers().getComponents()[1].toString());
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testClusterConnectionMulticast() throws Exception {
+      ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser parser = new ClusterConnectionConfigurationParser();
+      ClusterConnectionConfiguration configuration = parser.newObject(new URI("multicast://myGroup?minLargeMessageSize=132"), null);
+      Assert.assertEquals("myGroup", configuration.getDiscoveryGroupName());
+      Assert.assertEquals(132, configuration.getMinLargeMessageSize());
+   }
+}

examples/features/clustered/clustered-static-discovery-uri/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>org.apache.activemq.examples.clustered</groupId>
+      <artifactId>broker-clustered</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   </parent>
+
+   <artifactId>clustered-static-discovery-uri</artifactId>
+   <packaging>jar</packaging>
+   <name>ActiveMQ Artemis JMS Clustered Static Discovery Example</name>
+
+   <properties>
+      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/../../../..</activemq.basedir>
+   </properties>
+
+   <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+         <artifactId>artemis-cli</artifactId>
+         <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+         <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
+         <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+   </dependencies>
+
+   <build>
+      <plugins>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>create0</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>create</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <instance>${basedir}/target/server0</instance>
+                     <configuration>${basedir}/target/classes/activemq/server0</configuration>
+                     <!-- this makes it easier in certain envs -->
+                     <javaOptions>-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true</javaOptions>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>create1</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>create</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <instance>${basedir}/target/server1</instance>
+                     <configuration>${basedir}/target/classes/activemq/server1</configuration>
+                     <!-- this makes it easier in certain envs -->
+                     <javaOptions>-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true</javaOptions>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>create2</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>create</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <instance>${basedir}/target/server2</instance>
+                     <configuration>${basedir}/target/classes/activemq/server2</configuration>
+                     <!-- this makes it easier in certain envs -->
+                     <javaOptions>-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true</javaOptions>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>create3</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>create</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <instance>${basedir}/target/server3</instance>
+                     <configuration>${basedir}/target/classes/activemq/server3</configuration>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>start0</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <spawn>true</spawn>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server0</location>
+                     <testURI>tcp://localhost:61616</testURI>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>run</param>
+                     </args>
+                     <name>server0</name>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>start1</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <spawn>true</spawn>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server1</location>
+                     <testURI>tcp://localhost:61617</testURI>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>run</param>
+                     </args>
+                     <name>server1</name>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>start2</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <spawn>true</spawn>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server2</location>
+                     <testURI>tcp://localhost:61618</testURI>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>run</param>
+                     </args>
+                     <name>server2</name>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>start3</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <spawn>true</spawn>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server3</location>
+                     <testURI>tcp://localhost:61619</testURI>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>run</param>
+                     </args>
+                     <name>server3</name>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>runClient</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>runClient</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <clientClass>org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.example.StaticClusteredQueueExample</clientClass>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>stop0</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server0</location>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>stop</param>
+                     </args>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>stop1</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server1</location>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>stop</param>
+                     </args>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>stop2</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server2</location>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>stop</param>
+                     </args>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>stop3</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server3</location>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>stop</param>
+                     </args>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <dependencies>
+               <dependency>
+                  <groupId>org.apache.activemq.examples.clustered</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>clustered-static-discovery-uri</artifactId>
+                  <version>${project.version}</version>
+               </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+         </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+   </build>
+
+</project>

examples/features/clustered/clustered-static-discovery-uri/readme.html

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>ActiveMQ Artemis JMS Load Balanced Static Clustered Queue Example</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../common/common.css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../common/prettify.css" />
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../common/prettify.js"></script>
+  </head>
+  <body onload="prettyPrint()">
+     <h1>JMS Load Balanced Static Clustered Queue Example</h1>
+     <pre>To run the example, simply type <b>mvn verify</b> from this directory, <br>or <b>mvn -PnoServer verify</b> if you want to start and create the server manually.</pre>
+
+     <p>This example demonstrates a JMS queue deployed on two different nodes. The two nodes are configured to form a cluster
+       from a <em>static</em> list of nodes.</p>
+     <p>We then create a consumer on the queue on each node, and we create a producer on only one of the nodes.</p>
+     <p>We then send some messages via the producer, and we verify that <b>both</b> consumers receive the sent messages
+     in a round-robin fashion.</p>
+     <p>In other words, ActiveMQ Artemis <b>load balances</b> the sent messages across all consumers on the cluster</p>
+     <p>This example uses JNDI to lookup the JMS Queue and ConnectionFactory objects. If you prefer not to use
+     JNDI, these could be instantiated directly.</p>
+     <p>Here's the relevant snippet from the server configuration, which tells the server to form a cluster between the two nodes
+     and to load balance the messages between the nodes.</p>
+     <pre class="prettyprint">
+     <code>&lt;cluster-connection name="my-cluster"&gt;
+        &lt;address&gt;jms&lt;/address&gt;
+        &lt;connector-ref>netty-connector&lt;/connector-ref>
+        &lt;retry-interval&gt;500&lt;/retry-interval&gt;
+        &lt;use-duplicate-detection&gt;true&lt;/use-duplicate-detection&gt;
+        &lt;message-load-balancing&gt;STRICT&lt;/message-load-balancing&gt;
+        &lt;max-hops&gt;1&lt;/max-hops&gt;
+        &lt;static-connectors>
+           &lt;connector-ref>server1-connector&lt;/connector-ref>
+        &lt;/static-connectors>
+     &lt;/cluster-connection&gt;
+     </code>
+     </pre>
+     <p>For more information on ActiveMQ Artemis load balancing, and clustering in general, please see the clustering
+     section of the user manual.</p>
+  </body>
+</html>

examples/features/clustered/clustered-static-discovery-uri/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/StaticClusteredQueueExample.java

@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.example;
+
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
+import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
+import javax.jms.Queue;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.jms.TextMessage;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.jms.ActiveMQJMSClient;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.client.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.util.ServerUtil;
+
+/**
+ * A simple example that demonstrates server side load-balancing of messages between the queue instances on different
+ * nodes of the cluster. The cluster is created from a static list of nodes.
+ */
+public class StaticClusteredQueueExample {
+
+   public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
+      Connection initialConnection = null;
+
+      Connection connection0 = null;
+
+      Connection connection1 = null;
+
+      Connection connection2 = null;
+
+      Connection connection3 = null;
+
+      try {
+         // Step 2. Use direct instantiation (or JNDI if you like)
+         Queue queue = ActiveMQJMSClient.createQueue("exampleQueue");
+
+         // Step 3. new JMS Connection Factory object from JNDI on server 3
+         ConnectionFactory cf0 = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory("tcp://localhost:61619");
+
+         //grab an initial connection and wait, in reality you wouldn't do it this way but since we want to ensure an
+         // equal load balance we do this and then create 4 connections round robined
+         initialConnection = cf0.createConnection();
+
+         Thread.sleep(2000);
+         // Step 6. We create a JMS Connection connection0 which is a connection to server 0
+         connection0 = cf0.createConnection();
+
+         // Step 7. We create a JMS Connection connection1 which is a connection to server 1
+         connection1 = cf0.createConnection();
+
+         // Step 6. We create a JMS Connection connection0 which is a connection to server 0
+         connection2 = cf0.createConnection();
+
+         // Step 7. We create a JMS Connection connection1 which is a connection to server 1
+         connection3 = cf0.createConnection();
+
+         // Step 8. We create a JMS Session on server 0
+         Session session0 = connection0.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+
+         // Step 9. We create a JMS Session on server 1
+         Session session1 = connection1.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+
+         // Step 8. We create a JMS Session on server 0
+         Session session2 = connection2.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+
+         // Step 9. We create a JMS Session on server 1
+         Session session3 = connection3.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+
+         // Step 10. We start the connections to ensure delivery occurs on them
+         connection0.start();
+
+         connection1.start();
+
+         connection2.start();
+
+         connection3.start();
+
+         // Step 11. We create JMS MessageConsumer objects on server 0 and server 1
+         MessageConsumer consumer0 = session0.createConsumer(queue);
+
+         MessageConsumer consumer1 = session1.createConsumer(queue);
+
+         MessageConsumer consumer2 = session2.createConsumer(queue);
+
+         MessageConsumer consumer3 = session3.createConsumer(queue);
+
+         Thread.sleep(2000);
+
+         // Step 12. We create a JMS MessageProducer object on server 3
+         MessageProducer producer = session3.createProducer(queue);
+
+         // Step 13. We send some messages to server 0
+
+         final int numMessages = 20;
+
+         for (int i = 0; i < numMessages; i++) {
+            TextMessage message = session0.createTextMessage("This is text message " + i);
+
+            producer.send(message);
+
+            System.out.println("Sent message: " + message.getText());
+         }
+         Thread.sleep(2000);
+         // Step 14. We now consume those messages on *both* server 0 and server 1.
+         // We note the messages have been distributed between servers in a round robin fashion
+         // JMS Queues implement point-to-point message where each message is only ever consumed by a
+         // maximum of one consumer
+         int con0Node = ServerUtil.getServer(connection0);
+         int con1Node = ServerUtil.getServer(connection1);
+         int con2Node = ServerUtil.getServer(connection2);
+         int con3Node = ServerUtil.getServer(connection3);
+
+         if (con0Node + con1Node + con2Node + con3Node != 6) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException();
+         }
+         for (int i = 0; i < numMessages; i += 4) {
+            TextMessage message0 = (TextMessage) consumer0.receive(5000);
+
+            System.out.println("Got message: " + message0.getText() + " from node " + con0Node);
+
+            TextMessage message1 = (TextMessage) consumer1.receive(5000);
+
+            System.out.println("Got message: " + message1.getText() + " from node " + con1Node);
+
+            TextMessage message2 = (TextMessage) consumer2.receive(5000);
+
+            System.out.println("Got message: " + message2.getText() + " from node " + con2Node);
+
+            TextMessage message3 = (TextMessage) consumer3.receive(5000);
+
+            System.out.println("Got message: " + message3.getText() + " from node " + con3Node);
+         }
+      }
+      finally {
+         // Step 15. Be sure to close our resources!
+
+         if (initialConnection != null) {
+            initialConnection.close();
+         }
+
+         if (connection0 != null) {
+            connection0.close();
+         }
+
+         if (connection1 != null) {
+            connection1.close();
+         }
+
+         if (connection2 != null) {
+            connection2.close();
+         }
+
+         if (connection3 != null) {
+            connection3.close();
+         }
+      }
+   }
+}

examples/features/clustered/clustered-static-discovery-uri/src/main/resources/activemq/server0/broker.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+               xmlns="urn:activemq"
+               xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq /schema/artemis-server.xsd">
+
+   <jms xmlns="urn:activemq:jms">
+      <!--the queue used by the example-->
+      <queue name="exampleQueue"/>
+   </jms>
+
+   <core xmlns="urn:activemq:core">
+
+      <bindings-directory>./data/bindings</bindings-directory>
+
+      <journal-directory>./data/journal</journal-directory>
+
+      <large-messages-directory>./data/largemessages</large-messages-directory>
+
+      <paging-directory>./data/paging</paging-directory>
+
+      <!-- Connectors -->
+
+      <connectors>
+         <connector name="netty-connector">tcp://localhost:61616</connector>
+      </connectors>
+
+      <!-- Acceptors -->
+      <acceptors>
+         <acceptor name="netty-acceptor">tcp://localhost:61616</acceptor>
+      </acceptors>
+
+      <cluster-connections>
+         <cluster-connection-uri name="my-cluster" address="static://(tcp://localhost:61617)?connectorName=netty-connector;retryInterval=500;messageLoadBalancingType=STRICT;maxHops=1"/>
+      </cluster-connections>
+
+      <!-- Other config -->
+
+      <security-settings>
+         <!--security for example queue-->
+         <security-setting match="jms.queue.exampleQueue">
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="guest"/>
+         </security-setting>
+      </security-settings>
+
+   </core>
+</configuration>

examples/features/clustered/clustered-static-discovery-uri/src/main/resources/activemq/server1/broker.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+               xmlns="urn:activemq"
+               xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq /schema/artemis-server.xsd">
+
+   <jms xmlns="urn:activemq:jms">
+      <!--the queue used by the example-->
+      <queue name="exampleQueue"/>
+   </jms>
+
+   <core xmlns="urn:activemq:core">
+
+      <bindings-directory>./data/bindings</bindings-directory>
+
+      <journal-directory>./data/journal</journal-directory>
+
+      <large-messages-directory>./data/largemessages</large-messages-directory>
+
+      <paging-directory>./data/paging</paging-directory>
+
+      <!-- Connectors -->
+      <connectors>
+         <connector name="netty-connector">tcp://localhost:61617</connector>
+      </connectors>
+
+      <!-- Acceptors -->
+      <acceptors>
+         <acceptor name="netty-acceptor">tcp://localhost:61617</acceptor>
+      </acceptors>
+
+      <!-- Clustering configuration -->
+      <cluster-connections>
+         <cluster-connection-uri name="my-cluster" address="static://(tcp://localhost:61616)?connectorName=netty-connector;retryInterval=500;messageLoadBalancingType=STRICT;maxHops=1"/>
+      </cluster-connections>
+
+      <!-- Other config -->
+
+      <security-settings>
+         <!--security for example queue-->
+         <security-setting match="jms.queue.exampleQueue">
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="guest"/>
+         </security-setting>
+      </security-settings>
+
+   </core>
+</configuration>

examples/features/clustered/clustered-static-discovery-uri/src/main/resources/activemq/server2/broker.xml

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+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  ~ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  ~ The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  ~ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+               xmlns="urn:activemq"
+               xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq /schema/artemis-server.xsd">
+
+   <jms xmlns="urn:activemq:jms">
+      <!--the queue used by the example-->
+      <queue name="exampleQueue"/>
+   </jms>
+
+   <core xmlns="urn:activemq:core">
+
+      <bindings-directory>./data/bindings</bindings-directory>
+
+      <journal-directory>./data/journal</journal-directory>
+
+      <large-messages-directory>./data/largemessages</large-messages-directory>
+
+      <paging-directory>./data/paging</paging-directory>
+
+      <!-- Connectors -->
+      <connectors>
+         <connector name="netty-connector">tcp://localhost:61618</connector>
+      </connectors>
+
+      <!-- Acceptors -->
+      <acceptors>
+         <acceptor name="netty-acceptor">tcp://localhost:61618</acceptor>
+      </acceptors>
+
+      <cluster-connections>
+         <cluster-connection-uri name="my-cluster" address="static://(tcp://localhost:61616)?connectorName=netty-connector;retryInterval=500;messageLoadBalancingType=STRICT;maxHops=1"/>
+      </cluster-connections>
+
+      <!-- Other config -->
+
+      <security-settings>
+         <!--security for example queue-->
+         <security-setting match="jms.queue.exampleQueue">
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="guest"/>
+         </security-setting>
+      </security-settings>
+
+   </core>
+</configuration>

examples/features/clustered/clustered-static-discovery-uri/src/main/resources/activemq/server3/broker.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  ~ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  ~ The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  ~ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+               xmlns="urn:activemq"
+               xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq /schema/artemis-server.xsd">
+
+   <jms xmlns="urn:activemq:jms">
+      <!--the queue used by the example-->
+      <queue name="exampleQueue"/>
+   </jms>
+
+   <core xmlns="urn:activemq:core">
+
+      <bindings-directory>./data/bindings</bindings-directory>
+
+      <journal-directory>./data/journal</journal-directory>
+
+      <large-messages-directory>./data/largemessages</large-messages-directory>
+
+      <paging-directory>./data/paging</paging-directory>
+
+      <!-- Connectors -->
+      <connectors>
+         <connector name="netty-connector">tcp://localhost:61619</connector>
+      </connectors>
+
+      <!-- Acceptors -->
+      <acceptors>
+         <acceptor name="netty-acceptor">tcp://localhost:61619</acceptor>
+      </acceptors>
+
+      <!-- Clustering configuration -->
+      <cluster-connections>
+         <cluster-connection-uri name="my-cluster" address="static://(tcp://localhost:61616)?connectorName=netty-connector;retryInterval=500;messageLoadBalancingType=STRICT;maxHops=1"/>
+      </cluster-connections>
+
+      <!-- Other config -->
+
+      <security-settings>
+         <!--security for example queue-->
+         <security-setting match="jms.queue.exampleQueue">
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="guest"/>
+         </security-setting>
+      </security-settings>
+
+   </core>
+</configuration>

examples/features/clustered/clustered-topic-uri/pom.xml

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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>org.apache.activemq.examples.clustered</groupId>
+      <artifactId>broker-clustered</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   </parent>
+
+   <artifactId>clustered-topic-uri</artifactId>
+   <packaging>jar</packaging>
+   <name>ActiveMQ Artemis JMS Clustered Topic Example</name>
+
+   <properties>
+      <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/../../../..</activemq.basedir>
+   </properties>
+
+   <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+         <artifactId>artemis-jms-client</artifactId>
+         <version>${project.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+   </dependencies>
+
+   <build>
+      <plugins>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artemis-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>create0</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>create</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <instance>${basedir}/target/server0</instance>
+                     <configuration>${basedir}/target/classes/activemq/server0</configuration>
+                     <!-- this makes it easier in certain envs -->
+                     <javaOptions>-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true</javaOptions>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>create1</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>create</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <instance>${basedir}/target/server1</instance>
+                     <configuration>${basedir}/target/classes/activemq/server1</configuration>
+                     <!-- this makes it easier in certain envs -->
+                     <javaOptions>-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true</javaOptions>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>start0</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <spawn>true</spawn>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server0</location>
+                     <testURI>tcp://localhost:61616</testURI>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>run</param>
+                     </args>
+                     <name>server0</name>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>start1</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <spawn>true</spawn>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server1</location>
+                     <testURI>tcp://localhost:61617</testURI>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>run</param>
+                     </args>
+                     <name>server1</name>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>runClient</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>runClient</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <clientClass>org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.example.ClusteredTopicExample</clientClass>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>stop0</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server0</location>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>stop</param>
+                     </args>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+               <execution>
+                  <id>stop1</id>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>cli</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <ignore>${noServer}</ignore>
+                     <location>${basedir}/target/server1</location>
+                     <args>
+                        <param>stop</param>
+                     </args>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <dependencies>
+               <dependency>
+                  <groupId>org.apache.activemq.examples.clustered</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>clustered-topic-uri</artifactId>
+                  <version>${project.version}</version>
+               </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+         </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+   </build>
+</project>

examples/features/clustered/clustered-topic-uri/readme.html

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+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>ActiveMQ Artemis JMS Clustered Topic Example</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../common/common.css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../common/prettify.css" />
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../common/prettify.js"></script>
+  </head>
+  <body onload="prettyPrint()">
+     <h1>JMS Clustered Topic Example</h1>
+     <pre>To run the example, simply type <b>mvn verify</b> from this directory, <br>or <b>mvn -PnoServer verify</b> if you want to start and create the server manually.</pre>
+
+     <p>This example demonstrates a JMS Topic deployed on two different nodes. The two nodes are configured to form a cluster.</p>
+     <p>We then create a subscriber on the topic on each node, and we create a producer on only one of the nodes.</p>
+     <p>We then send some messages via the producer, and we verify that <b>both</b> subscribers receive all the
+     sent messages.</p>
+     <p>A JMS Topic is an example of <b>publish-subscribe</b> messaging where all subscribers receive all the
+     messages sent to the topic (assuming they have no message selectors).</p>
+     <p>This example uses JNDI to lookup the JMS Queue and ConnectionFactory objects. If you prefer not to use
+     JNDI, these could be instantiated directly.
+     <p>Here's the relevant snippet from the server configuration, which tells the server to form a cluster between the two nodes
+     and to load balance the messages between the nodes.</p>
+     <p>This example differes from different-topic as it will use an URI to define the cluster connection.</p>
+     <pre class="prettyprint"><code>&lt;cluster-connection-uri name="my-cluster" address="uri="multicast://my-discovery-group?messageLoadBalancingType=STRICT;retryInterval=500;connectorName=netty-connector;maxHops=1"/&gt;</code></pre>
+     <p>For more information on ActiveMQ Artemis load balancing, and clustering in general, please see the clustering
+     section of the user manual.</p>
+  </body>
+</html>

examples/features/clustered/clustered-topic-uri/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/ClusteredTopicExample.java

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.example;
+
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
+import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.jms.TextMessage;
+import javax.jms.Topic;
+import javax.naming.InitialContext;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.jms.ActiveMQJMSClient;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.client.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+
+/**
+ * A simple example that shows a JMS Topic clustered across two nodes of a cluster.
+ * Messages are sent on one node and received by consumers on both nodes.
+ */
+public class ClusteredTopicExample {
+
+   public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
+      Connection connection0 = null;
+
+      Connection connection1 = null;
+
+      InitialContext ic0 = null;
+
+      InitialContext ic1 = null;
+
+      try {
+
+         // Step 1. Instantiate topic
+         Topic topic = ActiveMQJMSClient.createTopic("exampleTopic");
+
+         // Step 2. Look-up a JMS Connection Factory object from JNDI on server 0
+         ConnectionFactory cf0 = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory("tcp://localhost:61616");
+
+         // Step 3. Look-up a JMS Connection Factory object from JNDI on server 1
+         ConnectionFactory cf1 = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory("tcp://localhost:61617");
+
+         // Step 4. We create a JMS Connection connection0 which is a connection to server 0
+         connection0 = cf0.createConnection();
+
+         // Step 5. We create a JMS Connection connection1 which is a connection to server 1
+         connection1 = cf1.createConnection();
+
+         // Step 6. We create a JMS Session on server 0
+         Session session0 = connection0.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+
+         // Step 7. We create a JMS Session on server 1
+         Session session1 = connection1.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+
+         // Step 8. We start the connections to ensure delivery occurs on them
+         connection0.start();
+
+         connection1.start();
+
+         // Step 9. We create JMS MessageConsumer objects on server 0 and server 1
+         MessageConsumer consumer0 = session0.createConsumer(topic);
+
+         MessageConsumer consumer1 = session1.createConsumer(topic);
+
+         Thread.sleep(1000);
+
+         // Step 10. We create a JMS MessageProducer object on server 0
+         MessageProducer producer = session0.createProducer(topic);
+
+         // Step 11. We send some messages to server 0
+
+         final int numMessages = 10;
+
+         for (int i = 0; i < numMessages; i++) {
+            TextMessage message = session0.createTextMessage("This is text message " + i);
+
+            producer.send(message);
+
+            System.out.println("Sent message: " + message.getText());
+         }
+
+         // Step 12. We now consume those messages on *both* server 0 and server 1.
+         // We note that all messages have been consumed by *both* consumers.
+         // JMS Topics implement *publish-subscribe* messaging where all consumers get a copy of all messages
+
+         for (int i = 0; i < numMessages; i++) {
+            TextMessage message0 = (TextMessage) consumer0.receive(5000);
+
+            System.out.println("Got message: " + message0.getText() + " from node 0");
+
+            TextMessage message1 = (TextMessage) consumer1.receive(5000);
+
+            System.out.println("Got message: " + message1.getText() + " from node 1");
+         }
+      }
+      finally {
+         // Step 15. Be sure to close our JMS resources!
+         if (connection0 != null) {
+            connection0.close();
+         }
+
+         if (connection1 != null) {
+            connection1.close();
+         }
+
+         if (ic0 != null) {
+            ic0.close();
+         }
+
+         if (ic1 != null) {
+            ic1.close();
+         }
+      }
+   }
+}

examples/features/clustered/clustered-topic-uri/src/main/resources/activemq/server0/broker.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+               xmlns="urn:activemq"
+               xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq /schema/artemis-server.xsd">
+
+   <jms xmlns="urn:activemq:jms">
+      <!--the topic used by the example-->
+      <topic name="exampleTopic"/>
+   </jms>
+
+   <core xmlns="urn:activemq:core">
+
+      <bindings-directory>./data/bindings</bindings-directory>
+
+      <journal-directory>./data/journal</journal-directory>
+
+      <large-messages-directory>./data/largemessages</large-messages-directory>
+
+      <paging-directory>./data/paging</paging-directory>
+
+      <!-- Connectors -->
+
+      <connectors>
+         <connector name="netty-connector">tcp://localhost:61616</connector>
+      </connectors>
+
+      <!-- Acceptors -->
+      <acceptors>
+         <acceptor name="netty-acceptor">tcp://localhost:61616</acceptor>
+      </acceptors>
+
+      <!-- Clustering configuration -->
+
+      <broadcast-groups>
+         <broadcast-group name="my-broadcast-group">
+            <group-address>${udp-address:231.7.7.7}</group-address>
+            <group-port>9876</group-port>
+            <broadcast-period>100</broadcast-period>
+            <connector-ref>netty-connector</connector-ref>
+         </broadcast-group>
+      </broadcast-groups>
+
+      <discovery-groups>
+         <discovery-group name="my-discovery-group">
+            <group-address>${udp-address:231.7.7.7}</group-address>
+            <group-port>9876</group-port>
+            <refresh-timeout>10000</refresh-timeout>
+         </discovery-group>
+      </discovery-groups>
+
+      <cluster-connections>
+         <cluster-connection-uri name="my-cluster" address="multicast://my-discovery-group?messageLoadBalancingType=STRICT;retryInterval=500;connectorName=netty-connector;maxHops=1"/>
+      </cluster-connections>
+
+      <!--  other configuration -->
+
+      <security-settings>
+         <!--security for example queue-->
+         <security-setting match="jms.topic.exampleTopic">
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="guest"/>
+         </security-setting>
+      </security-settings>
+
+   </core>
+</configuration>

examples/features/clustered/clustered-topic-uri/src/main/resources/activemq/server1/broker.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+               xmlns="urn:activemq"
+               xsi:schemaLocation="urn:activemq /schema/artemis-server.xsd">
+
+   <jms xmlns="urn:activemq:jms">
+      <!--the topic used by the example-->
+      <topic name="exampleTopic"/>
+   </jms>
+
+   <core xmlns="urn:activemq:core">
+
+      <bindings-directory>./data/bindings</bindings-directory>
+
+      <journal-directory>./data/journal</journal-directory>
+
+      <large-messages-directory>./data/largemessages</large-messages-directory>
+
+      <paging-directory>./data/paging</paging-directory>
+
+      <!-- Connectors -->
+      <connectors>
+         <connector name="netty-connector">tcp://localhost:61617</connector>
+      </connectors>
+
+      <!-- Acceptors -->
+      <acceptors>
+         <acceptor name="netty-acceptor">tcp://localhost:61617</acceptor>
+      </acceptors>
+
+      <!-- Clustering configuration -->
+      <broadcast-groups>
+         <broadcast-group name="my-broadcast-group">
+            <group-address>${udp-address:231.7.7.7}</group-address>
+            <group-port>9876</group-port>
+            <broadcast-period>100</broadcast-period>
+            <connector-ref>netty-connector</connector-ref>
+         </broadcast-group>
+      </broadcast-groups>
+
+      <discovery-groups>
+         <discovery-group name="my-discovery-group">
+            <group-address>${udp-address:231.7.7.7}</group-address>
+            <group-port>9876</group-port>
+            <refresh-timeout>10000</refresh-timeout>
+         </discovery-group>
+      </discovery-groups>
+
+      <cluster-connections>
+         <cluster-connection-uri name="my-cluster" address="multicast://my-discovery-group?messageLoadBalancingType=STRICT;retryInterval=500;connectorName=netty-connector;maxHops=1"/>
+      </cluster-connections>
+
+      <!--  other configuration -->
+
+      <security-settings>
+         <!--security for example queue-->
+         <security-setting match="jms.topic.exampleTopic">
+            <permission type="createDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="createNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="deleteNonDurableQueue" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="consume" roles="guest"/>
+            <permission type="send" roles="guest"/>
+         </security-setting>
+      </security-settings>
+
+   </core>
+</configuration>

examples/features/clustered/pom.xml

@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ under the License.
             <module>clustered-queue</module>
             <module>clustered-static-oneway</module>
             <module>clustered-static-discovery</module>
+            <module>clustered-static-discovery-uri</module>
             <module>clustered-topic</module>
+            <module>clustered-topic-uri</module>
             <module>queue-message-redistribution</module>
             <module>symmetric-cluster</module>
          </modules>
@@ -69,7 +71,9 @@ under the License.
             <module>clustered-queue</module>
             <module>clustered-static-oneway</module>
             <module>clustered-static-discovery</module>
+            <module>clustered-static-discovery-uri</module>
             <module>clustered-topic</module>
+            <module>clustered-topic-uri</module>
             <module>queue-message-redistribution</module>
             <module>symmetric-cluster</module>
          </modules>

tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/cluster/distribution/ClusterTestBase.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.integration.cluster.distribution;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -1691,6 +1692,23 @@ public abstract class ClusterTestBase extends ActiveMQTestBase {
       config.getClusterConfigurations().add(clusterConf);
    }
 
+
+   protected void setupClusterConnection(final String name,
+                                         final String uri,
+                                         int server) throws Exception {
+      ActiveMQServer serverFrom = servers[server];
+
+      if (serverFrom == null) {
+         throw new IllegalStateException("No server at node " + server);
+      }
+
+      ClusterConnectionConfiguration configuration = new ClusterConnectionConfiguration(new URI(uri)).setName(name);
+
+      serverFrom.getConfiguration().addClusterConfiguration(configuration);
+
+
+   }
+
    protected void setupClusterConnection(final String name,
                                          final String address,
                                          final MessageLoadBalancingType messageLoadBalancingType,

tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/cluster/distribution/URISimpleClusterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.integration.cluster.distribution;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.cluster.impl.MessageLoadBalancingType;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.integration.IntegrationTestLogger;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * A SymmetricClusterTest
+ *
+ * Most of the cases are covered in OneWayTwoNodeClusterTest - we don't duplicate them all here
+ */
+public class URISimpleClusterTest extends ClusterTestBase {
+
+   private static final IntegrationTestLogger log = IntegrationTestLogger.LOGGER;
+
+   @Override
+   @Before
+   public void setUp() throws Exception {
+      super.setUp();
+
+      setupServers();
+   }
+
+   protected boolean isNetty() {
+      return true;
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void testBasicRoundRobin() throws Exception {
+      setupCluster(MessageLoadBalancingType.ON_DEMAND);
+
+      startServers();
+
+      setupSessionFactory(0, isNetty());
+      setupSessionFactory(1, isNetty());
+      setupSessionFactory(2, isNetty());
+      setupSessionFactory(3, isNetty());
+      setupSessionFactory(4, isNetty());
+
+      createQueue(0, "queues.testaddress", "queue0", null, false);
+      createQueue(1, "queues.testaddress", "queue0", null, false);
+      createQueue(2, "queues.testaddress", "queue0", null, false);
+      createQueue(3, "queues.testaddress", "queue0", null, false);
+      createQueue(4, "queues.testaddress", "queue0", null, false);
+
+      addConsumer(0, 0, "queue0", null);
+      addConsumer(1, 1, "queue0", null);
+      addConsumer(2, 2, "queue0", null);
+      addConsumer(3, 3, "queue0", null);
+      addConsumer(4, 4, "queue0", null);
+
+      waitForBindings(0, "queues.testaddress", 1, 1, true);
+      waitForBindings(1, "queues.testaddress", 1, 1, true);
+      waitForBindings(2, "queues.testaddress", 1, 1, true);
+      waitForBindings(3, "queues.testaddress", 1, 1, true);
+      waitForBindings(4, "queues.testaddress", 1, 1, true);
+
+      waitForBindings(0, "queues.testaddress", 4, 4, false);
+      waitForBindings(1, "queues.testaddress", 4, 4, false);
+      waitForBindings(2, "queues.testaddress", 4, 4, false);
+      waitForBindings(3, "queues.testaddress", 4, 4, false);
+      waitForBindings(4, "queues.testaddress", 4, 4, false);
+
+      send(0, "queues.testaddress", 10, false, null);
+
+      verifyReceiveRoundRobinInSomeOrder(10, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4);
+
+      verifyNotReceive(0, 1, 2, 3, 4);
+   }
+
+   protected static String generateURI(int serverID) {
+      return "tcp://127.0.0.1:" + (org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.remoting.impl.netty.TransportConstants.DEFAULT_PORT + serverID);
+   }
+
+   protected void setupCluster(final MessageLoadBalancingType messageLoadBalancingType) throws Exception {
+      for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+         servers[i].getConfiguration().addConnectorConfiguration("netty-connector", generateURI(i));
+      }
+
+      setupClusterConnection("cluster", "static://(" + generateURI(1) + "," + generateURI(2) + "," + generateURI(3) + "," + generateURI(4) + ")?connectorName=netty-connector;retryInterval=500;messageLoadBalancingType=" + messageLoadBalancingType.toString() + ";maxHops=1;address=queues", 0);
+      setupClusterConnection("cluster", "static://(" + generateURI(0) + "," + generateURI(2) + "," + generateURI(3) + "," + generateURI(4) + ")?connectorName=netty-connector;retryInterval=500;messageLoadBalancingType=" + messageLoadBalancingType.toString() + ";maxHops=1;address=queues", 1);
+      setupClusterConnection("cluster", "static://(" + generateURI(0) + "," + generateURI(1) + "," + generateURI(3) + "," + generateURI(4) + ")?connectorName=netty-connector;retryInterval=500;messageLoadBalancingType=" + messageLoadBalancingType.toString() + ";maxHops=1;address=queues", 2);
+      setupClusterConnection("cluster", "static://(" + generateURI(0) + "," + generateURI(1) + "," + generateURI(2) + "," + generateURI(4) + ")?connectorName=netty-connector;retryInterval=500;messageLoadBalancingType=" + messageLoadBalancingType.toString() + ";maxHops=1;address=queues", 3);
+      setupClusterConnection("cluster", "static://(" + generateURI(0) + "," + generateURI(1) + "," + generateURI(2) + "," + generateURI(3) + ")?connectorName=netty-connector;retryInterval=500;messageLoadBalancingType=" + messageLoadBalancingType.toString() + ";maxHops=1;address=queues", 4);
+   }
+
+   protected void setupServers() throws Exception {
+      setupServer(0, isFileStorage(), isNetty());
+      setupServer(1, isFileStorage(), isNetty());
+      setupServer(2, isFileStorage(), isNetty());
+      setupServer(3, isFileStorage(), isNetty());
+      setupServer(4, isFileStorage(), isNetty());
+   }
+
+   protected void startServers() throws Exception {
+      startServers(0, 1, 2, 3, 4);
+   }
+
+   protected void stopServers() throws Exception {
+      closeAllConsumers();
+
+      closeAllSessionFactories();
+
+      closeAllServerLocatorsFactories();
+
+      stopServers(0, 1, 2, 3, 4);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected boolean isFileStorage() {
+      return false;
+   }
+}