Tag M4 RC9M4

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid/tags/M4@734202 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

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diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/declare_queues.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/declare_queues.py
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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.
+#
+"""
+ declare_queues.py 
+
+ Creates and binds a queue on an AMQP direct exchange.
+
+ All messages using the routing key "routing_key" are
+ sent to the queue named "message_queue".
+"""
+
+# Common includes
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+#----- Initialization -----------------------------------
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+#----- Create a queue -------------------------------------
+
+# queue_declare() creates an AMQP queue, which is held
+# on the broker. Published messages are sent to the AMQP queue, 
+# from which messages are delivered to consumers. 
+# 
+# exchange_bind() determines which messages are routed to a queue. 
+# Route all messages with the binding key "routing_key" to
+# the AMQP queue named "message_queue".
+
+session.queue_declare(queue="message_queue")
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="amq.direct", queue="message_queue", binding_key="routing_key")
+
+#----- Cleanup ---------------------------------------------
+
+session.close(timeout=10)
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/direct_consumer.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/direct_consumer.py
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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.
+#
+"""
+ direct_consumer.py
+
+ This AMQP client reads messages from a message
+ queue named "message_queue".
+"""
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from random import randint
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+
+#----- Initialization --------------------------------------
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+#----- Read from queue --------------------------------------------
+
+# Now let's create a local client queue and tell it to read
+# incoming messages.
+
+# The consumer tag identifies the client-side queue.
+
+local_queue_name = "local_queue"
+queue = session.incoming(local_queue_name)
+
+# Call message_subscribe() to tell the broker to deliver messages
+# from the AMQP queue to this local client queue. The broker will
+# start delivering messages as soon as credit is allocated using
+# queue.start().
+
+session.message_subscribe(queue="message_queue", destination=local_queue_name)
+queue.start()
+
+#  Initialize 'final' and 'content', variables used to identify the last message.
+
+final = "That's all, folks!"   # In a message body, signals the last message
+content = ""		       # Content of the last message read
+
+message = None
+while content != final:
+	message = queue.get(timeout=10)
+	content = message.body          
+        session.message_accept(RangedSet(message.id))
+	print content
+
+#----- Cleanup ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+#
+
+session.close(timeout=10)
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/direct_producer.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/direct_producer.py
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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.
+#
+"""
+ direct_producer.py
+
+ Publishes messages to an AMQP direct exchange, using
+ the routing key "routing_key"
+"""
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message
+from qpid.datatypes import uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+
+#----- Initialization -----------------------------------
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+#----- Publish some messages ------------------------------
+
+# Create some messages and put them on the broker.
+props = session.delivery_properties(routing_key="routing_key")
+
+for i in range(10):
+     session.message_transfer(destination="amq.direct", message=Message(props,"message " + str(i)))
+
+session.message_transfer(destination="amq.direct", message=Message(props,"That's all, folks!"))
+
+#----- Cleanup --------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+
+session.close(timeout=10)
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/listener.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/listener.py
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index 0000000000..9d06bd3929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/listener.py
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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.
+#
+"""
+ listener.py
+
+ This AMQP client reads messages from a message
+ queue named "message_queue". It is implemented
+ as a message listener.
+"""
+
+# Common includes
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+# Includes specific to this example
+
+from time         import sleep
+
+
+#----- Message Receive Handler -----------------------------
+class Receiver:
+  def __init__ (self):
+    self.finalReceived = False
+
+  def isFinal (self):
+    return self.finalReceived
+    
+  def Handler (self, message):
+    content = message.body
+    session.message_accept(RangedSet(message.id)) 
+    print content
+    if content == "That's all, folks!":
+      self.finalReceived = True
+
+#----- Initialization --------------------------------------
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+#----- Read from queue --------------------------------------------
+
+# Now let's create a local client queue and tell it to read
+# incoming messages.
+
+# The local_queue_name identifies the client-side queue.
+
+local_queue_name = "local_queue"
+queue = session.incoming(local_queue_name)
+
+# Call message_subscribe() to tell the broker to deliver messages
+# from the AMQP queue to this local client queue. The broker will
+# start delivering messages as soon as message_subscribe() is called.
+
+session.message_subscribe(queue="message_queue", destination=local_queue_name)
+queue.start()
+
+receiver = Receiver()
+queue.listen (receiver.Handler)
+
+while not receiver.isFinal() :
+  sleep (1)
+
+
+#----- Cleanup ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+#
+
+session.close(timeout=10)
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/verify b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/verify
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+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/verify
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+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+# See https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/qpid/trunk/qpid/bin/verify 
+clients ./declare_queues.py ./direct_producer.py ./direct_consumer.py
+outputs ./declare_queues.py.out ./direct_producer.py.out ./direct_consumer.py.out
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/verify.in b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/verify.in
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index 0000000000..5e691619d9
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+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/direct/verify.in
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+==== declare_queues.py.out
+==== direct_producer.py.out
+==== direct_consumer.py.out
+message 0
+message 1
+message 2
+message 3
+message 4
+message 5
+message 6
+message 7
+message 8
+message 9
+That's all, folks!
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/fanout_consumer.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/fanout_consumer.py
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+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/fanout_consumer.py
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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.
+#
+"""
+ fanout_consumer.py
+
+ This AMQP client reads messages from a message
+ queue named "message_queue".
+"""
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+#----- Initialization --------------------------------------
+
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+     host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+     port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+
+#----- Main Body -------------------------------------------
+
+# Create a server-side queue and route messages to it.
+# The server-side queue must have a unique name. Use the
+# session id for that.
+server_queue_name = session.name
+session.queue_declare(queue=server_queue_name)
+session.exchange_bind(queue=server_queue_name, exchange="amq.fanout")
+
+# Create a local queue to receive messages from the server-side
+# queue.
+local_queue_name = "local_queue"
+local_queue = session.incoming(local_queue_name)
+
+# Call message_subscribe() to tell the server to deliver messages
+# from the AMQP queue to this local client queue. 
+
+session.message_subscribe(queue=server_queue_name, destination=local_queue_name)
+local_queue.start()
+
+print "Subscribed to queue " + server_queue_name
+sys.stdout.flush()
+
+#  Initialize 'final' and 'content', variables used to identify the last message.
+final = "That's all, folks!"   # In a message body, signals the last message
+content = ""		       # Content of the last message read
+
+# Read the messages - acknowledge each one
+message = None
+while content != final:
+	message = local_queue.get(timeout=10)
+	content = message.body          
+        session.message_accept(RangedSet(message.id))
+	print content
+
+
+#----- Cleanup ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+#
+
+session.close(timeout=10)
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/fanout_producer.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/fanout_producer.py
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index 0000000000..c4df252c70
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+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/fanout_producer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/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.
+#
+"""
+ fanout_producer.py
+
+ Publishes messages to an AMQP direct exchange, using
+ the routing key "routing_key"
+"""
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+#----- Initialization -----------------------------------
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+     host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+     port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+
+#----- Publish some messages ------------------------------
+
+# Create some messages and put them on the broker.
+
+delivery_properties = session.delivery_properties(routing_key="routing_key")
+
+for i in range(10):
+     session.message_transfer(destination="amq.fanout", message=Message(delivery_properties,"message " + str(i)))
+
+session.message_transfer(destination="amq.fanout", message=Message(delivery_properties, "That's all, folks!"))
+
+#----- Cleanup --------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+
+session.close(timeout=10)
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/listener.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/listener.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..29db402e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/listener.py
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#!/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.
+#
+"""
+ listener.py
+
+ This AMQP client reads messages from a message
+ queue named "message_queue".
+"""
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+# 
+
+from time         import sleep
+
+#----- Message Receive Handler -----------------------------
+class Receiver:
+  def __init__ (self):
+    self.finalReceived = False
+
+  def isFinal (self):
+    return self.finalReceived
+    
+  def Handler (self, message):
+    content = message.body
+    session.message_accept(RangedSet(message.id))
+    print content
+    if content == "That's all, folks!":
+      self.finalReceived = True
+
+
+#----- Initialization --------------------------------------
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+#----- Read from queue --------------------------------------------
+
+# Create a server-side queue and route messages to it.
+# The server-side queue must have a unique name. Use the
+# session id for that.
+
+server_queue_name = session.name
+session.queue_declare(queue=server_queue_name)
+session.exchange_bind(queue=server_queue_name, exchange="amq.fanout")
+
+# Create a local queue to receive messages from the server-side
+# queue.
+local_queue_name = "local_queue"
+local_queue = session.incoming(local_queue_name)
+
+
+# The local queue name identifies the client-side queue.
+
+local_queue_name = "local_queue"
+local_queue = session.incoming(local_queue_name)
+
+# Call message_subscribe() to tell the broker to deliver messages
+# from the AMQP queue to this local client queue. The broker will
+# start delivering messages as soon as local_queue.start() is called.
+
+session.message_subscribe(queue=server_queue_name, destination=local_queue_name)
+local_queue.start()
+
+receiver = Receiver ()
+local_queue.listen (receiver.Handler)
+
+while not receiver.isFinal ():
+  sleep (1)
+
+
+#----- Cleanup ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+#
+
+session.close()
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/verify b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/verify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e5c364bfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/verify
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+# See https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/qpid/trunk/qpid/bin/verify 
+background "Subscribed" ./fanout_consumer.py
+background "Subscribed" ./fanout_consumer.py
+clients ./fanout_producer.py
+outputs ./fanout_producer.py.out "./fanout_consumer.py.out | remove_uuid" "./fanout_consumer.pyX.out | remove_uuid"
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/verify.in b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/verify.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4b8670de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/fanout/verify.in
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+==== fanout_producer.py.out
+==== fanout_consumer.py.out | remove_uuid
+Subscribed to queue 
+message 0
+message 1
+message 2
+message 3
+message 4
+message 5
+message 6
+message 7
+message 8
+message 9
+That's all, folks!
+==== fanout_consumer.pyX.out | remove_uuid
+Subscribed to queue 
+message 0
+message 1
+message 2
+message 3
+message 4
+message 5
+message 6
+message 7
+message 8
+message 9
+That's all, folks!
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/topic_publisher.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/topic_publisher.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b50d5fa8ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/topic_publisher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/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.
+#
+"""
+ topic_publisher.py
+
+ This is a simple AMQP publisher application that uses a 
+ Topic exchange. The publisher specifies the routing key
+ and the exchange for each message.
+"""
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+#----- Functions ----------------------------------------
+
+def send_msg(routing_key):
+  props = session.delivery_properties(routing_key=routing_key)
+  for i in range(5):
+     session.message_transfer(destination="amq.topic", message=Message(props,routing_key + " " + str(i)))
+
+#----- Initialization -----------------------------------
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+#----- Publish some messages ------------------------------
+
+# Create some messages and put them on the broker. Use the
+# topic exchange.  The routing keys are "usa.news", "usa.weather", 
+# "europe.news", and "europe.weather".
+
+# usa.news
+send_msg("usa.news")
+
+# usa.weather
+send_msg("usa.weather")
+
+# europe.news
+send_msg("europe.news")
+
+# europe.weather
+send_msg("europe.weather")
+
+# Signal termination
+props = session.delivery_properties(routing_key="control")
+session.message_transfer(destination="amq.topic", message=Message(props,"That's all, folks!"))
+
+
+#----- Cleanup --------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+
+session.close(timeout=10)
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/topic_subscriber.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/topic_subscriber.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..489c7cbb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/topic_subscriber.py
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+#!/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.
+#
+"""
+ topic_subscriber.py
+
+ This subscriber creates private queues and binds them
+ to the topics 'usa.#', 'europe.#', '#.news', and '#.weather'.
+"""
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+#----- Functions -------------------------------------------
+
+def dump_queue(queue):
+
+  content = ""		         # Content of the last message read
+  final = "That's all, folks!"   # In a message body, signals the last message
+  message = 0
+
+  while content != final:
+    try:
+      message = queue.get(timeout=10)
+      content = message.body
+      session.message_accept(RangedSet(message.id)) 
+      print content
+    except Empty:
+      print "No more messages!"
+      return
+
+
+
+def subscribe_queue(server_queue_name, local_queue_name):
+
+  print "Subscribing local queue '" + local_queue_name + "' to " + server_queue_name + "'"
+
+  queue = session.incoming(local_queue_name)
+
+  session.message_subscribe(queue=server_queue_name, destination=local_queue_name)
+  queue.start()
+
+  return queue
+
+#----- Initialization --------------------------------------
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+#----- Main Body -- ----------------------------------------
+
+# declare queues on the server
+
+news = "news-" + session.name
+weather = "weather-" + session.name
+usa = "usa-" + session.name
+europe = "europe-" + session.name
+
+session.queue_declare(queue=news, exclusive=True)
+session.queue_declare(queue=weather, exclusive=True)
+session.queue_declare(queue=usa, exclusive=True)
+session.queue_declare(queue=europe, exclusive=True)
+
+# Routing keys may be "usa.news", "usa.weather", "europe.news", or "europe.weather".
+
+# The '#' symbol matches one component of a multipart name, e.g. "#.news" matches
+# "europe.news" or "usa.news".
+
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="amq.topic", queue=news, binding_key="#.news")
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="amq.topic", queue=weather, binding_key="#.weather")
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="amq.topic", queue=usa, binding_key="usa.#")
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="amq.topic", queue=europe, binding_key="europe.#")
+
+# Bind each queue to the control queue so we know when to stop
+
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="amq.topic", queue=news, binding_key="control")
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="amq.topic", queue=weather, binding_key="control")
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="amq.topic", queue=usa, binding_key="control")
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="amq.topic", queue=europe, binding_key="control")
+
+# Remind the user to start the topic producer
+
+print "Queues created - please start the topic producer"
+sys.stdout.flush()
+
+# Subscribe local queues to server queues
+
+local_news = "local_news"
+local_weather = "local_weather"
+local_usa = "local_usa" 
+local_europe = "local_europe"
+
+local_news_queue = subscribe_queue(news, local_news)
+local_weather_queue = subscribe_queue(weather, local_weather)
+local_usa_queue = subscribe_queue(usa, local_usa)
+local_europe_queue = subscribe_queue(europe, local_europe)
+
+# Call dump_queue to print messages from each queue
+
+print "Messages on 'news' queue:"
+dump_queue(local_news_queue)
+
+print "Messages on 'weather' queue:"
+dump_queue(local_weather_queue)
+
+print "Messages on 'usa' queue:"
+dump_queue(local_usa_queue)
+
+print "Messages on 'europe' queue:"
+dump_queue(local_europe_queue)
+
+#----- Cleanup ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+
+session.close(timeout=10)
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/verify b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/verify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf1bade62e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/verify
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+# See https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/qpid/trunk/qpid/bin/verify 
+background "Queues created" ./topic_subscriber.py
+clients ./topic_publisher.py
+outputs ./topic_publisher.py.out "topic_subscriber.py.out | remove_uuid | sort"
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/verify.in b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/verify.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b74acd832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/pubsub/verify.in
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+==== topic_publisher.py.out
+==== topic_subscriber.py.out | remove_uuid | sort
+europe.news 0
+europe.news 0
+europe.news 1
+europe.news 1
+europe.news 2
+europe.news 2
+europe.news 3
+europe.news 3
+europe.news 4
+europe.news 4
+europe.weather 0
+europe.weather 0
+europe.weather 1
+europe.weather 1
+europe.weather 2
+europe.weather 2
+europe.weather 3
+europe.weather 3
+europe.weather 4
+europe.weather 4
+Messages on 'europe' queue:
+Messages on 'news' queue:
+Messages on 'usa' queue:
+Messages on 'weather' queue:
+Queues created - please start the topic producer
+Subscribing local queue 'local_europe' to europe-'
+Subscribing local queue 'local_news' to news-'
+Subscribing local queue 'local_usa' to usa-'
+Subscribing local queue 'local_weather' to weather-'
+That's all, folks!
+That's all, folks!
+That's all, folks!
+That's all, folks!
+usa.news 0
+usa.news 0
+usa.news 1
+usa.news 1
+usa.news 2
+usa.news 2
+usa.news 3
+usa.news 3
+usa.news 4
+usa.news 4
+usa.weather 0
+usa.weather 0
+usa.weather 1
+usa.weather 1
+usa.weather 2
+usa.weather 2
+usa.weather 3
+usa.weather 3
+usa.weather 4
+usa.weather 4
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/client.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/client.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b29fcf3ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#!/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.
+#
+"""
+ client.py
+
+ Client for a client/server example
+
+"""
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+#----- Functions -------------------------------------------
+
+def dump_queue(queue_name):
+
+  print "Messages on queue: " + queue_name 
+
+  message = 0
+
+  while True:
+    try:
+      message = queue.get(timeout=10)
+      content = message.body
+      session.message_accept(RangedSet(message.id))
+      print "Response: " + content
+    except Empty:
+      print "No more messages!"
+      break
+    except:
+      print "Unexpected exception!"
+      break
+
+
+#----- Initialization --------------------------------------
+
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+
+#----- Main Body -- ----------------------------------------
+
+# Create a response queue for the server to send responses to. Use the
+# same string as the name of the queue and the name of the routing
+# key.
+
+reply_to = "reply_to:" + session.name
+session.queue_declare(queue=reply_to, exclusive=True)
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="amq.direct", queue=reply_to, binding_key=reply_to)
+
+# Create a local queue and subscribe it to the response queue
+
+local_queue_name = "local_queue"
+queue = session.incoming(local_queue_name)
+
+# Call message_subscribe() to tell the broker to deliver messages from
+# the server's reply_to queue to our local client queue. The server
+# will start delivering messages as soon as message credit is
+# available.
+
+session.message_subscribe(queue=reply_to, destination=local_queue_name)
+queue.start()
+
+# Send some messages to the server's request queue
+
+lines = ["Twas brillig, and the slithy toves",
+         "Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.",
+         "All mimsy were the borogroves,",
+         "And the mome raths outgrabe."]
+
+# We will use the same reply_to and routing key
+# for each message
+
+message_properties = session.message_properties()
+message_properties.reply_to = session.reply_to("amq.direct", reply_to)
+delivery_properties = session.delivery_properties(routing_key="request")
+
+for line in lines:
+  print "Request: " + line
+  session.message_transfer(destination="amq.direct", message=Message(message_properties, delivery_properties, line))
+
+# Now see what messages the server sent to our reply_to queue
+
+dump_queue(reply_to)
+
+
+#----- Cleanup ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+
+session.close(timeout=10)
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/server.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/server.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a80c4541e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+#!/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.
+#
+"""
+ server.py
+
+ Server for a client/server example
+"""
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+#----- Functions -------------------------------------------
+def respond(session, request):
+
+    # The routing key for the response is the request's reply-to
+    # property.  The body for the response is the request's body,
+    # converted to upper case.
+
+    message_properties = request.get("message_properties")
+    reply_to = message_properties.reply_to
+    if reply_to == None:
+       raise Exception("This message is missing the 'reply_to' property, which is required")   
+   
+    props = session.delivery_properties(routing_key=reply_to["routing_key"]) 
+    session.message_transfer(destination=reply_to["exchange"], message=Message(props,request.body.upper()))
+
+#----- Initialization --------------------------------------
+
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+#----- Main Body -- ----------------------------------------
+
+# Create a request queue and subscribe to it
+
+session.queue_declare(queue="request", exclusive=True)
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="amq.direct", queue="request", binding_key="request")
+
+local_queue_name = "local_queue"
+
+session.message_subscribe(queue="request", destination=local_queue_name)
+
+queue = session.incoming(local_queue_name)
+queue.start()
+
+# Remind the user to start the client program
+
+print "Request server running - run your client now."
+print "(Times out after 100 seconds ...)"
+sys.stdout.flush()
+
+# Respond to each request
+
+# If we get a message, send it back to the user (as indicated in the
+# ReplyTo property)
+
+while True:
+  try:
+    request = queue.get(timeout=100)
+    respond(session, request)
+    session.message_accept(RangedSet(request.id))
+  except Empty:
+    print "No more messages!"
+    break;
+
+
+#----- Cleanup ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+
+session.close(timeout=10)
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/verify b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/verify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c058febb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/verify
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+# See https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/qpid/trunk/qpid/bin/verify 
+background "Request server running" ./server.py
+clients ./client.py
+kill %% 			# Must kill the server.
+outputs "./client.py.out | remove_uuid" " server.py.out | remove_uuid"
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/verify.in b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/verify.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c31128975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/request-response/verify.in
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+==== client.py.out | remove_uuid
+Request: Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
+Request: Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.
+Request: All mimsy were the borogroves,
+Request: And the mome raths outgrabe.
+Messages on queue: reply_to:
+Response: TWAS BRILLIG, AND THE SLITHY TOVES
+Response: DID GYRE AND GIMBLE IN THE WABE.
+Response: ALL MIMSY WERE THE BOROGROVES,
+Response: AND THE MOME RATHS OUTGRABE.
+No more messages!
+==== server.py.out | remove_uuid
+Request server running - run your client now.
+(Times out after 100 seconds ...)
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/declare_queues.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/declare_queues.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ca40af5dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/declare_queues.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/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.
+#
+"""
+ declare_queues.py 
+
+ Creates and binds a queue on an AMQP direct exchange.
+
+ All messages using the routing key "routing_key" are
+ sent to the queue named "message_queue".
+"""
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+#----- Initialization -----------------------------------
+
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+#----- Create a queue -------------------------------------
+
+# queue_declare() creates an AMQP queue, which is held
+# on the broker. Published messages are sent to the AMQP queue, 
+# from which messages are delivered to consumers. 
+# 
+# queue_bind() determines which messages are routed to a queue. 
+# Route all messages with the routing key "routing_key" to
+# the AMQP queue named "message_queue".
+
+session.exchange_declare(exchange="xml", type="xml")
+session.queue_declare(queue="message_queue")
+
+binding = {}
+binding["xquery"] = """
+   let $w := ./weather
+   return $w/station = 'Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU)'
+      and $w/temperature_f > 50
+      and $w/temperature_f - $w/dewpoint > 5
+      and $w/wind_speed_mph > 7
+      and $w/wind_speed_mph < 20 """
+                      
+
+session.exchange_bind(exchange="xml", queue="message_queue", binding_key="weather", arguments=binding)
+
+
+#----- Cleanup ---------------------------------------------
+
+session.close()
+
+
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/listener.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/listener.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a56f5d6018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/listener.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#!/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.
+#
+"""
+ listener.py
+
+ This AMQP client reads messages from a message
+ queue named "message_queue". It is implemented
+ as a message listener.
+"""
+
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+# 
+
+from time         import sleep
+
+
+#----- Message Receive Handler -----------------------------
+class Receiver:
+  def __init__ (self):
+    self.finalReceived = False
+
+  def isFinal (self):
+    return self.finalReceived
+    
+  def Handler (self, message):
+    content = message.body
+    session.message_accept(RangedSet(message.id))
+    print content
+
+#----- Initialization --------------------------------------
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+#----- Read from queue --------------------------------------------
+
+# Now let's create a local client queue and tell it to read
+# incoming messages.
+
+# The consumer tag identifies the client-side queue.
+
+local_queue_name = "local_queue"
+local_queue = session.incoming(local_queue_name)
+
+# Call message_subscribe() to tell the broker to deliver messages
+# from the AMQP queue to this local client queue. The broker will
+# start delivering messages as soon as local_queue.start() is called.
+
+session.message_subscribe(queue="message_queue", destination=local_queue_name)
+local_queue.start()
+
+receiver = Receiver ()
+local_queue.listen (receiver.Handler)
+
+sleep (10)
+
+
+#----- Cleanup ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+#
+
+session.close()
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/verify b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/verify
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a93a32dc90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/verify
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+# See https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/qpid/trunk/qpid/bin/verify 
+clients ./declare_queues.py ./xml_producer.py ./xml_consumer.py
+outputs ./declare_queues.py.out ./xml_producer.py.out ./xml_consumer.py.out
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/verify.in b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/verify.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5b9909408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/verify.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+==== declare_queues.py.out
+==== xml_producer.py.out
+<weather><station>Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU)</station><wind_speed_mph>0</wind_speed_mph><temperature_f>30</temperature_f><dewpoint>35</dewpoint></weather>
+<weather><station>New Bern, Craven County Regional Airport (KEWN)</station><wind_speed_mph>2</wind_speed_mph><temperature_f>40</temperature_f><dewpoint>40</dewpoint></weather>
+<weather><station>Boone, Watauga County Hospital Heliport (KTNB)</station><wind_speed_mph>5</wind_speed_mph><temperature_f>50</temperature_f><dewpoint>45</dewpoint></weather>
+<weather><station>Hatteras, Mitchell Field (KHSE)</station><wind_speed_mph>10</wind_speed_mph><temperature_f>60</temperature_f><dewpoint>50</dewpoint></weather>
+<weather><station>Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU)</station><wind_speed_mph>16</wind_speed_mph><temperature_f>70</temperature_f><dewpoint>35</dewpoint></weather>
+<weather><station>New Bern, Craven County Regional Airport (KEWN)</station><wind_speed_mph>22</wind_speed_mph><temperature_f>80</temperature_f><dewpoint>40</dewpoint></weather>
+<weather><station>Boone, Watauga County Hospital Heliport (KTNB)</station><wind_speed_mph>28</wind_speed_mph><temperature_f>90</temperature_f><dewpoint>45</dewpoint></weather>
+<weather><station>Hatteras, Mitchell Field (KHSE)</station><wind_speed_mph>35</wind_speed_mph><temperature_f>100</temperature_f><dewpoint>50</dewpoint></weather>
+<weather><station>Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU)</station><wind_speed_mph>42</wind_speed_mph><temperature_f>30</temperature_f><dewpoint>35</dewpoint></weather>
+<weather><station>New Bern, Craven County Regional Airport (KEWN)</station><wind_speed_mph>51</wind_speed_mph><temperature_f>40</temperature_f><dewpoint>40</dewpoint></weather>
+==== xml_consumer.py.out
+<weather><station>Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU)</station><wind_speed_mph>16</wind_speed_mph><temperature_f>70</temperature_f><dewpoint>35</dewpoint></weather>
+No more messages!
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/xml_consumer.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/xml_consumer.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cd89110b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/xml_consumer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/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.
+#
+"""
+ direct_consumer.py
+
+ This AMQP client reads messages from a message
+ queue named "message_queue".
+"""
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from random import randint
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+
+#----- Initialization --------------------------------------
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+
+#----- Read from queue --------------------------------------------
+
+# Now let's create a local client queue and tell it to read
+# incoming messages.
+
+# The consumer tag identifies the client-side queue.
+
+local_queue_name = "local_queue"
+local_queue = session.incoming(local_queue_name)
+
+# Call message_consume() to tell the broker to deliver messages
+# from the AMQP queue to this local client queue. The broker will
+# start delivering messages as soon as local_queue.start() is called.
+
+session.message_subscribe(queue="message_queue", destination=local_queue_name)
+local_queue.start()
+
+#  Initialize 'final' and 'content', variables used to identify the last message.
+
+message = None
+while True:
+   try:
+	message = local_queue.get(timeout=10)
+        session.message_accept(RangedSet(message.id))
+	content = message.body
+	print content
+   except Empty:
+        print "No more messages!"
+        break
+
+
+#----- Cleanup ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+#
+
+session.close()
diff --git a/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/xml_producer.py b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/xml_producer.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fa97cab4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RC9/qpid/python/examples/xml-exchange/xml_producer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/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.
+#
+"""
+ xml_producer.py
+
+ Publishes messages to an XML exchange, using
+ the routing key "weather"
+"""
+
+
+import qpid
+import sys
+import os
+from qpid.util import connect
+from qpid.connection import Connection
+from qpid.datatypes import Message, RangedSet, uuid4
+from qpid.queue import Empty
+
+#----- Functions ----------------------------------------
+
+# Data for weather reports
+
+station = ("Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU)", 
+           "New Bern, Craven County Regional Airport (KEWN)", 
+           "Boone, Watauga County Hospital Heliport (KTNB)",
+           "Hatteras, Mitchell Field (KHSE)")
+wind_speed_mph = ( 0, 2, 5, 10, 16, 22, 28, 35, 42, 51, 61, 70, 80 )
+temperature_f = ( 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 )
+dewpoint = ( 35, 40, 45, 50 )
+
+def pick_one(list, i):
+  return str( list [ i % len(list)] )
+
+def report(i):
+  return "<weather>" + "<station>" + pick_one(station,i)+ "</station>"  + "<wind_speed_mph>" + pick_one(wind_speed_mph,i) + "</wind_speed_mph>"  + "<temperature_f>" + pick_one(temperature_f,i) + "</temperature_f>" + "<dewpoint>" + pick_one(dewpoint,i) + "</dewpoint>" + "</weather>"
+
+
+#----- Initialization -----------------------------------
+
+#  Set parameters for login
+
+host="127.0.0.1"
+port=5672
+user="guest"
+password="guest"
+
+# If an alternate host or port has been specified, use that instead
+# (this is used in our unit tests)
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
+  host=sys.argv[1]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2 :
+  port=int(sys.argv[2])
+
+#  Create a connection.
+socket = connect(host, port)
+connection = Connection (sock=socket, username=user, password=password)
+connection.start()
+session = connection.session(str(uuid4()))
+
+#----- Publish some messages ------------------------------
+
+# Create some messages and put them on the broker.
+
+props = session.delivery_properties(routing_key="weather")
+
+for i in range(10):
+  print report(i)
+  session.message_transfer(destination="xml", message=Message(props, report(i)))
+
+
+#----- Cleanup --------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up before exiting so there are no open threads.
+
+session.close()