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diff --git a/doc/book/src/java-broker/Java-Broker-Introduction.xml b/doc/book/src/java-broker/Java-Broker-Introduction.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..651389d0ac --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/book/src/java-broker/Java-Broker-Introduction.xml @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +<?xml version="1.0"?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter[ +<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "commonEntities.xml"> +%entities; +]> +<!-- + + 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. + +--> + +<chapter id="Java-Broker-Introduction"> + <title>Introduction</title> + <para>The Java Broker is a powerful open-source message broker that implements all versions of the + <ulink url="http://www.amqp.org"> Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP)</ulink>. The Java + Broker is actually one of two message brokers provided by the <ulink + url="http://qpid.apache.org">Apache Qpid project</ulink>: the Java Broker and the C++ + Broker.</para> + <para>This document relates to the Java Broker. The <ulink url="&qpidCppBook;">C++ Broker is + described separately</ulink>.</para> + <para><emphasis>Headline features</emphasis></para> + <itemizedlist mark="circle"> + <listitem> + <para>100% Java implementation - runs on any platform supporting Java 1.6 or higher</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Messaging clients support in Java, C++, Python.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>JMS 1.1 compliance (Java client).</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Persistent and non-persistent (transient) message support</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Supports for all common messaging patterns (point-to-point, publish/subscribe, fan-out + etc).</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Transaction support including XA<footnote> + <para>XA provided when using AMQP 0-10</para> + </footnote></para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Supports for all versions of the AMQP protocol</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Automatic message translation, allowing clients using different AMQP versions to communicate with each other.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Pluggable authentication architecture with out-of-the-box support for Kerberos, LDAP, + External, and file-based authentication mechanisms.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Pluggable message store architecture with implementations based on <ulink + url="http://db.apache.org/derby/">Apache Derby</ulink>, <ulink + url="&oracleBdbProductOverviewUrl;">Oracle BDB JE</ulink><footnote> + <para>Oracle BDB JE must be downloaded separately.</para> + </footnote>, and Memory Store</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Web based management interface and programmatic management interfaces via REST and JMX + APIs.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>SSL support</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>High availability (HA) support.<footnote> + <para>HA currently only available to users of the optional BDB JE HA based message store.</para> + </footnote></para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</chapter> |