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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+import sys
+from qpid.messaging import *
+
+if len(sys.argv)<2:
+  broker =  "localhost:5672" 
+else:
+  broker = sys.argv[1]
+
+if len(sys.argv)<3: 
+  address = "amq.topic" 
+else:
+  address = sys.argv[2]
+
+connection = Connection(broker)
+
+try:
+  connection.open()
+  session = connection.session()
+
+  sender = session.sender(address)
+  receiver = session.receiver(address)
+
+  sender.send(Message("Hello world!"));
+
+  message = receiver.fetch()
+  print message.content
+  session.acknowledge()
+
+except MessagingError,m:
+  print m
+
+connection.close()