The Stomp protocol is a simplified messaging protocol that is being developed as an open source project (http://stomp.codehaus.org/). The advantage of the stomp protocol is that you can easily improvise a messaging client—even when a specific client API is not available—because the protocol is so simple.
Table 3.1 shows the transport protocols supported by the Stomp wire protocol:
Table 3.1. Transport Protocols Supported by Stomp
| Transport Protocol | URL | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TCP | stomp:// |
Endpoint URL for Stomp over TCP/IP. The broker listens for TCP connections on the host
machine, |
| SSL | stomp+ssl://Host:Port |
Endpoint URL for secure Stomp over SSL. The broker listens for TCP connections on the
host machine, |
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