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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.bugs;
+
+import javax.jms.BytesMessage;
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.JMSException;
+import javax.jms.Message;
+import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
+import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+import javax.jms.Topic;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+/**
+ * @version $Revision: 1.5 $
+ * A Test case for AMQ-1479
+ */
+public class DurableConsumerTest extends TestCase {
+    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(DurableConsumerTest.class);
+    private static int COUNT = 1024*100;
+    private static String CONSUMER_NAME = "DURABLE_TEST";
+    protected BrokerService broker;
+   
+    protected String bindAddress="tcp://localhost:61616";
+  
+    
+   
+    
+  
+    protected byte[] payload = new byte[1024*16];
+    protected ConnectionFactory factory;
+   
+  
+    
+    public void testConsumer() throws Exception{
+        factory = createConnectionFactory();
+        Connection consumerConnection = factory.createConnection();
+        consumerConnection.setClientID(CONSUMER_NAME);
+        Session consumerSession = consumerConnection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+        Topic topic  = consumerSession.createTopic(getClass().getName());
+        MessageConsumer consumer = consumerSession.createDurableSubscriber(topic, CONSUMER_NAME);
+        consumerConnection.start();
+        consumerConnection.close();
+        
+        Connection producerConnection = factory.createConnection();
+       
+        Session producerSession = producerConnection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+        
+        MessageProducer producer = producerSession.createProducer(topic);
+        producerConnection.start();
+        for (int i =0; i < COUNT;i++) {
+            BytesMessage msg = producerSession.createBytesMessage();
+            msg.writeBytes(payload);
+            producer.send(msg);
+            if (i != 0 && i%1000==0) {
+                LOG.info("Sent msg " + i);
+            }
+        }
+        producerConnection.close();
+        
+        
+        consumerConnection = factory.createConnection();
+        consumerConnection.setClientID(CONSUMER_NAME);
+        consumerSession = consumerConnection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+       
+        consumer = consumerSession.createDurableSubscriber(topic, CONSUMER_NAME);
+        consumerConnection.start();
+        for (int i =0; i < COUNT;i++) {
+            Message msg =  consumer.receive(1000);
+            assertNotNull(msg);
+            if (i != 0 && i%1000==0) {
+                LOG.info("Received msg " + i);
+            }
+            
+        }
+        consumerConnection.close();
+        
+        
+    }
+    
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        if (broker == null) {
+            broker = createBroker();
+        }
+        
+       
+       
+        super.setUp();
+    }
+
+    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        super.tearDown();
+        
+        if (broker != null) {
+            broker.stop();
+            broker = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected Topic creatTopic(Session s, String destinationName) throws JMSException {
+        return s.createTopic(destinationName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory method to create a new broker
+     * 
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    protected BrokerService createBroker() throws Exception {
+        BrokerService answer = new BrokerService();
+        configureBroker(answer);
+        answer.start();
+        return answer;
+    }
+
+    
+
+    protected void configureBroker(BrokerService answer) throws Exception {
+        answer.addConnector(bindAddress);
+        answer.setDeleteAllMessagesOnStartup(true);
+        answer.setUseShutdownHook(false);
+    }
+
+    protected ActiveMQConnectionFactory createConnectionFactory() throws Exception {
+        return new ActiveMQConnectionFactory(bindAddress);
+    }
+
+   
+}