Open Message Queue (OpenMQ or Open MQ) is an

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project by

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(formerly

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) that implements the

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2.0 API (JMS). It is the default JMS provider integrated into

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. In addition to support for the JMS API, OpenMQ provides additional enterprise features including clustering for scalability and

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, a C API, and a full JMX administration API. It also includes an implementation of the

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(JCA) called the JMSRA, that allows OpenMQ to be used by a

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compliant

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