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+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.test;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+/**
+ * A helper class which can be handy for running a broker in your IDE from the activemq-core module.
+ * 
+ * @version $Revision$
+ */
+public class Main {
+
+    /**
+     * @param args
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String brokerURI = "broker:(tcp://localhost:61616)?persistent=false&useJmx=true";
+        if (args.length > 0) {
+            brokerURI = args[0];
+        }
+        try {
+            BrokerService broker = BrokerFactory.createBroker(new URI(brokerURI));
+            broker.start();
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            System.out.println("Failed: " + e);
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+}