activemq-artemis/docs/user-manual/en/exclusive-queues.md
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ARTEMIS-3657 refactor address docs
Mainly refactoring the address docs. This commit has the following
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 - Remove examples for discouraged use-cases (e.g. using anycast and
multicast on the same address).
 - Reword to use configuration terms wherever possible. For example,
instead of saying "point-to-point" (which is not a configuration term)
say "anycast". References to things like "point-to-point" and
"publish-subscribe" are still there since users are familiar with these
terms. They're just used much less often.
 - Remove duplicate explanation of exclusive queues.
 - Remove duplicate explanation of auto-create and auto-delete elements.
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 - Give non-destructive queues its own chapter.
 - Add details about specifying routing type using a message property.
 - Update the styling on the user manual's cover page to look better.
 - Lots of re-wording for clarity's sake.
 - Re-order sub-sections for clarity's sake.
 - Break up the address model and the settings documentation. The
settings documentation is large and deserves its own chapter. The
original anchor link is still available with a link to the new chapter.

In general the address-specific documentation should be much more clear,
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# Exclusive Queues
Exclusive queues are special queues which dispatch all messages to only one
consumer at a time.
This is useful when you want all messages to be processed _serially_ but you
can't or don't want to use [Message Grouping](message-grouping.md).
An example might be orders sent to an address and you need to consume them
in the exact same order they were produced.
Obviously exclusive queues have a draw back that you cannot scale out the
consumers to improve consumption as only one consumer would technically be active.
Here we advise that you look at message groups first.
## Configuring Exclusive Queues
Exclusive queues can be statically configured using the `exclusive` boolean
property:
```xml
<address name="foo.bar">
<multicast>
<queue name="orders1" exclusive="true"/>
</multicast>
</address>
```
Specified on creating a Queue by using the CORE api specifying the parameter
`exclusive` to `true`.
Or on auto-create when using the JMS Client by using address parameters when
creating the destination used by the consumer.
```java
Queue queue = session.createQueue("my.destination.name?exclusive=true");
Topic topic = session.createTopic("my.destination.name?exclusive=true");
```
Also the default for all queues under and address can be defaulted using the
`address-setting` configuration:
```xml
<address-setting match="lastValueQueue">
<default-exclusive-queue>true</default-exclusive-queue>
</address-setting>
```
By default, `default-exclusive-queue` is `false`. Address
[wildcards](wildcard-syntax.md) can be used to configure exclusive queues for a
set of addresses.
## Example
See the [exclusive queue example](examples.md#exclusive) which shows how
exclusive queues are configured and used with JMS.