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<book>
<bookinfo>
<title>Apache ActiveMQ - User Guide</title>
<releaseinfo>4.2</releaseinfo>
<releaseinfo>&version;</releaseinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>James</firstname>
<surname>Strachan</surname>
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<author>
<firstname>Brian</firstname>
<surname>McCallister</surname>
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<toc/>
<toc></toc>
<chapter id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para></para>
<para>Apache ActiveMQ is the most popular and powerful open source Message
Broker available today. Its hosted at Apache and is distributed under the
Apache Software License (2.0).
</para>
<para><ulink url="http://activemq.apache.org/">Apache ActiveMQ</ulink> is
the most popular and powerful open source Message Broker available today.
Its hosted at Apache and is distributed under the Apache Software License
(2.0).</para>
<section id="introduction-overview">
<title>Overview</title>
<para></para>
<para>ActiveMQ supports different <ulink
url="http://activemq.apache.org/cross-language-clients.html">cross
language clients</ulink> from many different languages such as Java, C# /
.Net, C, C++, Ruby, Python, Perl, PHP together with different protocols
like OpenWire, Stomp, REST, Ajax/Cometd, XMPP. ActiveMQ also provides a
whole raft of powerful <ulink
url="http://activemq.apache.org/features.html">features</ulink> like
Message Groups, Exclusive Queues, Master/Slave, Networks of Brokers and so
forth.</para>
<section>
<title>Architecture</title>
<para>Like most Message Orientated Middleware (<acronym>MOM</acronym>)
providers ActiveMQ is based on the idea of one or more <emphasis>Message
Brokers</emphasis> running on the network which act as a message router
and optional persistence store, then <emphasis>Clients</emphasis>
connect to one or more Message Broker.</para>
</section>
</chapter>
<chapter id="installation">
<title>Installing Apache ActiveMQ</title>
<para>The first thing you need to do is install Apache ActiveMQ from a binary distribution.
</para>
<para>The first thing you need to do is install Apache ActiveMQ from a
binary distribution.</para>
<para></para>
</chapter>
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<chapter id="running-broker">
<title>Running a Broker</title>
<para>The most typical deployment of Apache ActiveMQ, particularly if persistent messaging is to be used is for
brokers to be run on the network somewhere. This chapter takes you through running a broker as a stand alone
process.
</para>
<para>The most typical deployment of Apache ActiveMQ is for brokers to be
run on the network as a stand alone processes then messaging clients
connect to one or more brokers. So we will describe how to go about
running brokers, then in the <link linkend="java-client">next
chapter</link> we will describe how to connect to a broker from a
client.</para>
<para></para>
</chapter>
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<chapter id="java-client">
<title>Using the Java Client</title>
<para>Apache ActiveMQ fully supports the JMS 1.1 and J2EE 1.4 specifications so feel free to follow any
documentation you have on JMS or J2EE for more background.
</para>
<para>Apache ActiveMQ fully supports the JMS 1.1 and J2EE 1.4
specifications so feel free to follow any documentation you have on JMS or
J2EE for more background.</para>
<para></para>
</chapter>