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= Wildcard Syntax
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Apache ActiveMQ Artemis uses a specific syntax for representing wildcards in security settings, address settings and when creating consumers.
The syntax is similar to that used by https://www.amqp.org[AMQP].
An Apache ActiveMQ Artemis wildcard expression contains *words separated by a delimiter*.
The default delimiter is `.` (full stop).
The special characters `#` and `*` also have special meaning and can take the place of a **word**.
To be clear, the wildcard characters cannot be used like wildcards in a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression[regular expression].
They operate exclusively on *words separated by a delimiter*.
== Matching Any Word
The character `#` means "match any sequence of zero or more words".
So the wildcard `news.europe.#` would match:
* `news.europe`
* `news.europe.sport`
* `news.europe.politics`
* `news.europe.politics.regional`
But `news.europe.#` would _not_ match:
* `news.usa`
* `news.usa.sport`
* `entertainment`
== Matching a Single Word
The character `*` means "match a single word".
The wildcard `news.*` would match:
* `news.europe`
* `news.usa`
But `news.*` would _not_ match:
* `news.europe.sport`
* `news.usa.sport`
* `news.europe.politics.regional`
The wildcard `news.*.sport` would match:
* `news.europe.sport`
* `news.usa.sport`
But `news.*.sport` would _not_ match:
* `news.europe.politics`
== Customizing the Syntax
It's possible to further configure the syntax of the wildcard addresses using the broker configuration.
For that, the `<wildcard-addresses>` configuration tag is used.
[,xml]
----
<wildcard-addresses>
<routing-enabled>true</routing-enabled>
<delimiter>.</delimiter>
<any-words>#</any-words>
<single-word>*</single-word>
</wildcard-addresses>
----
The example above shows the default configuration.