Apache ActiveMQ

Apache ActiveMQ has many features that have made it a choice for messaging. The latest release is 5.10. The advantages of using ActiveMQ are as follows:

  • It supports REST API
  • It supports CXF Web services
  • It supports AJAX implementations
  • It provides complete support to the Spring framework
  • It works with all the major application servers, such as JBoss, Tomcat, Weblogic and Glassfish servers

Setting up ApacheMQ for point-to-point messaging

The following are the steps for setting up ApacheMQ:

  1. Download the latest Apache ActiveMQ.zip from http://activemq.apache.org/download.html.
  2. Unzip the ZIP file to E:\apachemq\.
  3. In the Command Prompt, go to the location E:\apachemq\apache-activemq-5.10-SNAPSHOT\bin\win32 and then click on apachemq.bat to start ...

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