Import of qpid from etp:

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diff --git a/java/broker/README.txt b/java/broker/README.txt
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+========================================================================
+This software uses berkeley db java edition, licensed as described
+below.
+
+========================================================================
+Copyright (c) 1990-2005
+     Sleepycat Software.  All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+are met:
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+3. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on
+   how to obtain complete source code for the DB software and any
+   accompanying software that uses the DB software.  The source code
+   must either be included in the distribution or be available for no
+   more than the cost of distribution plus a nominal fee, and must be
+   freely redistributable under reasonable conditions.  For an
+   executable file, complete source code means the source code for all
+   modules it contains.  It does not include source code for modules or
+   files that typically accompany the major components of the operating
+   system on which the executable file runs.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY SLEEPYCAT SOFTWARE ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS
+OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR
+NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL SLEEPYCAT SOFTWARE
+BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
+THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+ 
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diff --git a/java/broker/bin/qpid-server b/java/broker/bin/qpid-server
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+#
+
+. qpid-run org.apache.qpid.server.Main "$@"
diff --git a/java/broker/bin/qpid-server.bat b/java/broker/bin/qpid-server.bat
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+@REM

+@REM Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation

+@REM

+@REM Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

+@REM you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

+@REM You may obtain a copy of the License at

+@REM

+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

+@REM

+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

+@REM distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

+@REM WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

+@REM See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

+@REM limitations under the License.

+@REM

+

+@echo off

+REM Script to run the Qpid Java Broker

+

+rem Guess QPID_HOME if not defined

+set CURRENT_DIR=%cd%

+if not "%QPID_HOME%" == "" goto gotHome

+set QPID_HOME=%CURRENT_DIR%

+echo %QPID_HOME%

+if exist "%QPID_HOME%\bin\qpid-server.bat" goto okHome

+cd ..

+set QPID_HOME=%cd%

+cd %CURRENT_DIR%

+:gotHome

+if exist "%QPID_HOME%\bin\qpid-server.bat" goto okHome

+echo The QPID_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly

+echo This environment variable is needed to run this program

+goto end

+:okHome

+

+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto gotJavaHome

+echo The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined

+echo This environment variable is needed to run this program

+goto exit

+:gotJavaHome

+if not exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto noJavaHome

+goto okJavaHome

+:noJavaHome

+echo The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly

+echo This environment variable is needed to run this program.

+goto exit

+:okJavaHome

+

+set LAUNCH_JAR=%QPID_HOME%\lib\broker-launch.jar

+set MODULE_JARS=%QPID_HOME%\lib\bdbstore-launch.jar

+"%JAVA_HOME%"\bin\java -server -Xmx1024m -DQPID_HOME="%QPID_HOME%" -cp "%LAUNCH_JAR%;%MODULE_JARS%" org.apache.qpid.server.Main *

+

+:end

diff --git a/java/broker/bin/run.bat b/java/broker/bin/run.bat
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+@REM

+@REM Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation

+@REM

+@REM Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

+@REM you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

+@REM You may obtain a copy of the License at

+@REM

+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

+@REM

+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

+@REM distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

+@REM WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

+@REM See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

+@REM limitations under the License.

+@REM

+

+@echo off

+set CORE_CLASSES=..\classes;..\testclasses

+

+set COMMONDIR=..\..\common

+

+set COMMONLIB=%COMMONDIR%\lib\slf4j\slf4j-simple.jar;%COMMONDIR%\lib\logging-log4j\log4j-1.2.9.jar;%COMMONDIR%\lib\mina\mina-core-0.9.2.jar

+

+set DIST=..\lib\bdb\je-3.0.12.jar;..\dist\amqpd.jar;..\..\client\dist\amqp-common.jar

+

+set CP=%CORE_CLASSES%;%DIST%;%COMMONLIB%

+

+"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java" -Xmx512m -Damqj.logging.level=INFO -cp %CP% %*

diff --git a/java/broker/bin/run.sh b/java/broker/bin/run.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+#
+
+
+COMMONDIR=../../common
+
+COMMONLIB=$COMMONLIB:$COMMONDIR/lib/slf4j/slf4j-simple.jar
+COMMONLIB=$COMMONLIB:$COMMONDIR/lib/logging-log4j/log4j-1.2.13.jar
+COMMONLIB=$COMMONLIB:$COMMONDIR/lib/mina/mina-core-0.9.5-SNAPSHOT.jar
+COMMONLIB=$COMMONLIB:$COMMONDIR/lib/mina/mina-filter-ssl-0.9.5-SNAPSHOT.jar
+COMMONLIB=$COMMONLIB:$COMMONDIR/lib/commons-collections/commons-collections-3.1.jar
+COMMONLIB=$COMMONLIB:$COMMONDIR/lib/commons-cli/commons-cli-1.0.jar
+COMMONLIB=$COMMONLIB:$COMMONDIR/lib/commons-configuration/commons-configuration-1.2.jar
+COMMONLIB=$COMMONLIB:$COMMONDIR/lib/commons-logging/commons-logging-api.jar
+COMMONLIB=$COMMONLIB:$COMMONDIR/lib/commons-logging/commons-logging.jar
+COMMONLIB=$COMMONLIB:$COMMONDIR/lib/commons-lang/commons-lang-2.1.jar
+COMMONLIB=$COMMONLIB:$COMMONDIR/lib/junit/junit-4.0.jar
+
+DIST=../lib/bdb/je-3.0.12.jar:../dist/amqpd-tests.jar:../dist/amqpd.jar:../../client/dist/amqp-common.jar
+
+CP=../intellijclasses:$DIST:$COMMONLIB
+
+if [ "$(uname -a | fgrep Cygwin)" != "" ]; then
+    CP=$(cygpath --mixed --path $CP)
+fi
+
+"$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -Xmx512m -Dprepopulate=10 -Damqj.logging.level=INFO -cp $CP $*
diff --git a/java/broker/bin/runAll b/java/broker/bin/runAll
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+doRun()
+{
+    class=$1
+    shift
+    echo
+    echo ================================================================================
+    echo Running $class
+    ./run.sh $class "$@"
+}
+
+# parameters are: clients messages iterations
+doRun org.apache.qpid.server.queue.SendPerfTest 10 1000 100
+
+doRun org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueuePerfTest
+
+doRun org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueConcurrentPerfTest
diff --git a/java/broker/build-module.xml b/java/broker/build-module.xml
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+<!--
+ -
+ - Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ -
+ - Licensed 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.
+ -
+ -->
+<project name="AMQ Broker" default="build">
+  <property name="module.depends" value="common"/>
+  <property name="module.main" value="org.apache.qpid.server.Main"/>
+  <import file="../module.xml"/>
+</project>
diff --git a/java/broker/build-old.xml b/java/broker/build-old.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+ -
+ - Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ -
+ - Licensed 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.
+ -
+ -->
+
+<!-- AMQPd build file -->
+
+<project name="qpid-broker" default="jar" basedir=".">
+
+    <!-- Global task properties -->
+    <property name="common.root" value="${basedir}/../common"/>
+    <property name="common.lib" value="${common.root}/lib"/>
+    <property name="common.src" value="${common.root}/src"/>
+    <property name="common.resources" value="${common.root}/resources"/>
+
+    <property name="common.generated.java.src" value="${common.root}/generated/java"/>
+
+    <property name="client.classes" value="${basedir}/../client/classes"/>
+    <property name="client.testclasses" value="${basedir}/../client/testclasses"/>
+
+    <property name="broker.root" value="${basedir}"/>
+    <property name="broker.lib" value="${basedir}/lib"/>
+    <property name="broker.src" value="${broker.root}/src"/>
+    <property name="broker.tests" value="${broker.root}/test"/>
+    <property name="broker.classes" value="${broker.root}/classes"/>
+    <property name="broker.testclasses" value="${broker.root}/testclasses"/>
+
+    <property name="broker.dist" value="${basedir}/dist"/>
+    <property name="dam.dist" value="${basedir}/damPackage"/>
+
+    <!-- Path structures used by several tasks -->
+    <path id="amqp.classpath">
+        <fileset dir="${broker.lib}">
+            <include name="**/*.jar"/>
+        </fileset>
+        <fileset dir="${common.lib}">
+            <include name="**/*.jar"/>
+        </fileset>
+        <pathelement path="${client.classes}"/>
+        <pathelement path="${client.testclasses}"/>
+        <pathelement path="${broker.classes}"/>
+        <pathelement path="${broker.testclasses}"/>
+    </path>
+
+    <!-- Task definitions -->
+
+    <target name="init" description="Initialise the build process">
+        <tstamp>
+            <format property="release" pattern="-dMMMyy" locale="en" timezone="GMT"/>
+        </tstamp>
+
+        <mkdir dir="${broker.classes}"/>
+        <mkdir dir="${broker.testclasses}"/>
+        <mkdir dir="${broker.dist}"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- Remove all built files -->
+    <target name="clean" depends="init" description="Remove all built and generated files">
+        <delete dir="${broker.dist}"/>
+        <!--<delete dir="${generated.java.src}"/>-->
+        <delete dir="${broker.classes}"/>
+        <delete dir="${broker.testclasses}"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- Generate framing source code from protocol specification -->
+    <target name="generate" description="Generates framing source code from protocol specification">
+         <ant dir="../common" target="generate"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- Compile Java -->
+    <target name="compile" depends="init, generate" description="Compile all source files excluding tests">
+        <javac destdir="${broker.classes}" target="1.5" source="1.5" classpathref="amqp.classpath" debug="on">
+            <compilerarg value="-Xlint:unchecked" />
+            <compilerarg value="-Xlint:deprecation" />
+            <src path="${common.src}"/>
+            <src path="${broker.src}"/>
+            <src path="${common.generated.java.src}"/>
+        </javac>
+
+        <copy todir="${broker.classes}">
+            <!-- copy any non java src files into the build tree, e.g. log4j.properties -->
+            <fileset dir="${broker.src}">
+                <exclude name="**/*.java"/>
+                <exclude name="**/package.html"/>
+            </fileset>
+            <fileset dir="${common.src}">
+                <exclude name="**/*.java"/>
+                <exclude name="**/package.html"/>
+            </fileset>
+            <fileset dir="${common.resources}">
+                <exclude name="**/*.java"/>
+                <exclude name="**/package.html"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </copy>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="compiletests" depends="compile" description="Compile all tests">
+        <javac destdir="${broker.testclasses}" target="1.5" source="1.5" classpathref="amqp.classpath" debug="on">
+            <compilerarg value="-Xlint:unchecked"/>
+            <compilerarg value="-Xlint:deprecation"/>
+            <src path="${broker.tests}"/>
+        </javac>
+
+        <copy todir="${broker.testclasses}">
+            <!-- copy any non java src files into the build tree, e.g. log4j.properties -->
+            <fileset dir="${broker.tests}">
+                <exclude name="**/*.java"/>
+                <exclude name="**/package.html"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </copy>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="test" depends="compiletests">
+        <junit fork="yes" showoutput="true" haltonfailure="yes">
+            <test name="org.apache.qpid.server.UnitTests"/>
+            <formatter type="plain"/>
+            <classpath refid="amqp.classpath"/>
+        </junit>
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- Build jar archive -->
+    <target name="jar" depends="compile, compiletests" description="Create Jar files as the distribution">
+        <mkdir dir="${broker.dist}"/>
+        <jar basedir="${broker.classes}" jarfile="${broker.dist}/amqpd.jar"/>
+        <jar basedir="${broker.testclasses}" jarfile="${broker.dist}/amqpd-tests.jar"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="release" depends="jar" description="Create a release package">
+        <!-- create a jar file that will contain classpath entries for all required jars -->
+        <jar jarfile="${broker.dist}/broker-launch.jar">
+            <manifest>
+                <attribute name="Main-Class" value="org.apache.qpid.server.Main"/>
+                <attribute name="Class-Path" value="lib/je-3.0.35.jar lib/slf4j-simple.jar lib/log4j-1.2.13.jar lib/mina-core-0.9.5-SNAPSHOT.jar lib/mina-filter-ssl-0.9.5-SNAPSHOT.jar lib/commons-cli-1.0.jar lib/commons-configuration-1.2.jar lib/commons-collections-3.1.jar lib/commons-logging-api.jar lib/commons-logging.jar lib/commons-lang-2.1.jar lib/amqpd.jar lib/amqp-common.jar"/>
+            </manifest>
+        </jar>
+        <!-- create a zip for releasing -->
+        <zip destfile="${broker.dist}/broker.zip">
+            <fileset dir="bin" includes="*.sh,*.bat"/>
+            <fileset file="${broker.dist}/broker-launch.jar" />
+            <zipfileset prefix="etc" dir="etc" includes="*"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${broker.lib}/bdb/je-3.0.35.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/slf4j/slf4j-simple.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/logging-log4j/log4j-1.2.13.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/mina/mina-core-0.9.5-SNAPSHOT.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/mina/mina-filter-ssl-0.9.5-SNAPSHOT.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-cli/commons-cli-1.0.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-configuration/commons-configuration-1.2.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-collections/commons-collections-3.1.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-logging/commons-logging-api.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-logging/commons-logging.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-lang/commons-lang-2.1.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${broker.dist}/amqpd.jar"/>
+            <zipfileset prefix="lib" file="${broker.dist}/amqp-common.jar"/>
+        </zip>
+
+        <tar destfile="${broker.dist}/broker.tar.gz" compression="gzip">
+            <tarfileset dir="bin" includes="*.sh,*.bat"/>
+            <tarfileset file="${broker.dist}/broker-launch.jar" />
+            <tarfileset prefix="etc" dir="etc" includes="*"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${broker.lib}/bdb/je-3.0.35.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/slf4j/slf4j-simple.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/logging-log4j/log4j-1.2.13.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/mina/mina-core-0.9.5-SNAPSHOT.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/mina/mina-filter-ssl-0.9.5-SNAPSHOT.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-cli/commons-cli-1.0.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-configuration/commons-configuration-1.2.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-collections/commons-collections-3.1.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-logging/commons-logging-api.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-logging/commons-logging.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${common.lib}/commons-lang/commons-lang-2.1.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${broker.dist}/amqpd.jar"/>
+            <tarfileset prefix="lib" file="${broker.dist}/amqp-common.jar"/>
+        </tar>
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- @TODO finish this target MM !! -->
+    <target name="damit">
+
+		<property name="tarFileName" value="ams_amq.tar"/>
+		<delete failonerror="false" file="${tarFileName}"/>
+		<delete includeEmptyDirs="true" failonerror="false">
+			<fileset dir="${dam.dist}"/>
+		</delete>
+		<mkdir dir="${dam.dist}"/>
+		<copy todir="${dam.dist}">
+			<fileset dir="${basedir}/damPackage">
+				<exclude name="config/gps_domain/applications/gps.ear"/>
+			</fileset>
+		</copy>
+		<!-- Remove CR and EOF characters from shell scripts within the DAM package -->
+		<fixcrlf srcdir="${dam.dist}" eol="lf" eof="remove">
+			<include name="**/*.sh"/>
+			<include name="**/*.startup"/>
+		</fixcrlf>
+
+        <tar tarfile="${tarFileName}">
+			<!-- add everything _except_ shell scripts: rw_r__r__ -->
+			<tarfileset dir="${dam.dist}" mode="644">
+				<exclude name="**/*.sh"/>
+				<exclude name="**/*.startup"/>
+			</tarfileset>
+			<!-- add all shell scripts as executable: rwxr_xr_x -->
+			<tarfileset dir="${dam.dist}" mode="755">
+				<include name="**/*.sh"/>
+				<include name="**/*.startup"/>
+			</tarfileset>
+		</tar>
+
+	</target>
+
+    <target name="javadoc" depends="compile, compiletests" description="Generate javadoc for all broker classes">
+        <mkdir dir="${broker.dist}/docs/api"/>
+        <javadoc sourcepath="${broker.src}" destdir="${broker.dist}/docs/api"
+                 packagenames="org.apache.qpid.*" classpathref="amqp.classpath" author="true"
+                 version="true" windowTitle="AMQPd (Project Qpid) API" doctitle="AMQP Broker API"
+                 footer="See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amqp.org&quot;&gt;www.amqp.org&lt;/a&gt; for more information."
+                 use="true" verbose="false"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="RunBroker" depends="compile" description="Run broker">
+        <java classpathref="amqp.classpath" fork="yes" classname="org.apache.qpid.server.Main">
+            <sysproperty key="amqj.logging.level" value="INFO"/>
+            <jvmarg value="-server"/>
+        </java>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="profile" depends="compile" description="Run broker in Netbeans profiler">
+        <fail unless="netbeans.home">This target can only run inside the NetBeans IDE.</fail>
+        <nbprofiledirect>
+          <classpath refid="amqp.classpath"/>
+        </nbprofiledirect>
+
+        <java classpathref="amqp.classpath" fork="yes" classname="org.apache.qpid.server.Main"
+              dir="${profiler.session.working.dir}"
+              jvm="${profiler.info.jvm}">
+            <sysproperty key="amqj.logging.level" value="INFO"/>
+            <jvmarg value="${profiler.info.jvmargs.agent}"/>
+            <jvmarg line="${profiler.info.jvmargs}"/>
+            <jvmarg value="-server"/>
+            <jvmarg value="-Xmx512m"/>
+            <env key="Path" path="${profiler.info.agentpath}:${env.Path}"/>
+        </java>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="profile-single" depends="compile" description="Profile File">
+        <fail unless="netbeans.home">This target can only run inside the NetBeans IDE.</fail>
+        <nbprofile classname="${profile.class}">
+            <classpath refid="amqp.classpath"/>
+        </nbprofile>
+    </target>
+</project>
diff --git a/java/broker/etc/config.xml b/java/broker/etc/config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..531054dd86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/etc/config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!--
+ -
+ - Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ -
+ - Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ - you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ - You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ -
+ -    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ -
+ - Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ - distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ - WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ - See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ - limitations under the License.
+ -
+ -->
+<broker>
+    <prefix>${QPID_HOME}</prefix>
+    <work>${prefix}/work</work>
+    <conf>${prefix}/etc</conf>
+    <connector>
+        <ssl>false</ssl>
+        <nonssl>true</nonssl>
+        <transport>nio</transport>
+        <port>5672</port>
+        <sslport>8672</sslport>
+        <socketReceiveBuffer>32768</socketReceiveBuffer>
+        <socketSendBuffer>32768</socketSendBuffer>
+    </connector>
+    <management>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+    </management>
+    <advanced>
+        <filterchain enableExecutorPool="true"/>
+        <enablePooledAllocator>false</enablePooledAllocator>
+        <enableDirectBuffers>false</enableDirectBuffers>
+        <framesize>65535</framesize>
+    </advanced>
+    <security>
+        <principal-databases>
+            <principal-database>
+                <name>passwordfile</name>
+                <class>org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.PasswordFilePrincipalDatabase</class>
+                <attributes>
+                    <attribute>
+                        <name>passwordFile</name>
+                        <value>${conf}/passwd</value>
+                    </attribute>
+                </attributes>
+            </principal-database>
+        </principal-databases>
+        <sasl>
+            <mechanisms>
+                <mechanism>
+                    <initialiser>
+                        <class>org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.CRAMMD5Initialiser</class>
+                        <principal-database>passwordfile</principal-database>
+                    </initialiser>
+                </mechanism>
+                <mechanism>
+                    <initialiser>
+                        <class>org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.amqplain.AmqPlainInitialiser</class>
+                        <principal-database>passwordfile</principal-database>
+                    </initialiser>
+                </mechanism>-->
+                <mechanism>
+                    <initialiser>
+                        <class>org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.plain.PlainInitialiser</class>
+                        <principal-database>passwordfile</principal-database>
+                    </initialiser>
+                </mechanism>
+            </mechanisms>
+        </sasl>
+    </security>
+    <heartbeat>
+        <delay>0</delay>
+        <timeoutFactor>2.0</timeoutFactor>
+    </heartbeat>
+    <queue>
+        <auto_register>true</auto_register>
+    </queue>
+    <store>
+        <!--<class>org.apache.qpid.server.store.MemoryMessageStore</class>-->
+        <class>org.apache.qpid.server.store.berkeleydb.BDBMessageStore</class>
+        <environment-path>${work}/bdb</environment-path>
+    </store>
+    <virtualhosts>${conf}/virtualhosts.xml</virtualhosts>
+</broker>
diff --git a/java/broker/etc/log4j.xml b/java/broker/etc/log4j.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4a154cca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/etc/log4j.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+ -
+ - Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ -
+ - Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ - you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ - You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ -
+ -    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ -
+ - Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ - distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ - WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ - See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ - limitations under the License.
+ -
+ -->
+<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
+<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
+    <appender name="FileAppender" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
+        <param name="File" value="${QPID_HOME}/log/qpid.log"/>
+        <param name="Append" value="false"/>
+
+        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%t %-5p %c{2} - %m%n"/>
+        </layout>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
+
+        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
+            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%t] %C{2} (%F:%L) - %m%n"/>
+        </layout>
+    </appender>
+
+    <!--<category name="org.apache.qpid.server.store">
+        <priority value="debug"/>
+    </category>-->
+
+    <root>
+        <priority value="info"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="FileAppender"/>
+    </root>
+</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/java/broker/etc/passwd b/java/broker/etc/passwd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e06cab884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/etc/passwd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+guest:guest
diff --git a/java/broker/etc/qpid-server.conf b/java/broker/etc/qpid-server.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..494dae6534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/etc/qpid-server.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+#
+
+QPID_LIBS=$QPID_HOME/lib/broker-launch.jar:$QPID_HOME/lib/bdbstore-launch.jar
+
+export JAVA=java \
+       JAVA_VM=-server \
+       JAVA_MEM=-Xmx1024m \
+       CLASSPATH=$QPID_LIBS
diff --git a/java/broker/etc/virtualhosts.xml b/java/broker/etc/virtualhosts.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f4f5e4d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/etc/virtualhosts.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!--
+ -
+ - Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ -
+ - Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ - you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ - You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ -
+ -    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ -
+ - Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ - distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ - WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ - See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ - limitations under the License.
+ -
+ -->
+<virtualhosts>
+    <virtualhost>
+        <path>/development</path>
+        <bind>direct://amq.direct//queue</bind>
+        <bind>direct://amq.direct//ping</bind>
+    </virtualhost>
+</virtualhosts>
diff --git a/java/broker/src/log4j.properties b/java/broker/src/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ff6f0b581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+log4j.rootCategory=${amqj.logging.level}, console
+
+log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.console.Threshold=info
+log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%t %d %p [%c{4}] %m%n
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/AMQChannel.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/AMQChannel.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dc4626c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/AMQChannel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,702 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicPublishBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentHeaderBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.MessageRouter;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.txn.TxnBuffer;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.txn.TxnOp;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.Managable;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.ManagedObject;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.DefaultManagedObject;
+
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+import javax.management.MalformedObjectNameException;
+import javax.management.JMException;
+import javax.management.MBeanException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+public class AMQChannel implements Managable
+{
+    public static final int DEFAULT_PREFETCH = 5000;
+
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(AMQChannel.class);
+
+    private final int _channelId;
+
+    private final String _channelName;
+
+    private boolean _transactional;
+
+    private long _prefetchCount;
+
+    /**
+     * The delivery tag is unique per channel. This is pre-incremented before putting into the deliver frame so that
+     * value of this represents the <b>last</b> tag sent out
+     */
+    private long _deliveryTag;
+
+    /**
+     * A channel has a default queue (the last declared) that is used when no queue name is
+     * explictily set
+     */
+    private AMQQueue _defaultQueue;
+
+    /**
+     * This tag is unique per subscription to a queue. The server returns this in response to a
+     * basic.consume request.
+     */
+    private int _consumerTag = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * The current message - which may be partial in the sense that not all frames have been received yet -
+     * which has been received by this channel. As the frames are received the message gets updated and once all
+     * frames have been received the message can then be routed.
+     */
+    private AMQMessage _currentMessage;
+
+    /**
+     * Maps from consumer tag to queue instance. Allows us to unsubscribe from a queue.
+     */
+    private final Map<String, AMQQueue> _consumerTag2QueueMap = new TreeMap<String, AMQQueue>();
+
+    private final MessageStore _messageStore;
+
+    private final Object _unacknowledgedMessageMapLock = new Object();
+
+    private Map<Long, UnacknowledgedMessage> _unacknowledgedMessageMap = new LinkedHashMap<Long, UnacknowledgedMessage>(DEFAULT_PREFETCH);
+
+    private final AtomicBoolean _suspended = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
+    private final MessageRouter _exchanges;
+
+    private final TxnBuffer _txnBuffer;
+
+    private final AMQChannelMBean _managedObject;
+
+    public ManagedObject getManagedObject()
+    {
+        return _managedObject;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * MBean interface for the implementation AMQChannelMBean
+     */
+    public interface AMQChannelMBeanMBean extends ManagedChannel
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * AMQChannelMBean.  It implements the management interface exposed for
+     * monitoring and managing the channel.
+     */
+    public final class AMQChannelMBean extends DefaultManagedObject implements AMQChannelMBeanMBean
+    {
+        public AMQChannelMBean()
+        {
+            super(ManagedChannel.class, ManagedChannel.TYPE);
+        }
+
+        public String getObjectInstanceName()
+        {
+            return _channelName;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isTransactional()
+        {
+            return _transactional;
+        }
+
+        public int getUnacknowledgedMessageCount()
+        {
+            return _unacknowledgedMessageMap.size();
+        }
+
+        public void commitTransactions() throws JMException
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (_transactional)
+                {
+                    _txnBuffer.commit();
+                }
+            }
+            catch(AMQException ex)
+            {
+                throw new MBeanException(ex, ex.toString());
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void rollbackTransactions() throws JMException
+        {
+            if (_transactional)
+            {
+                synchronized (_txnBuffer)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        _txnBuffer.rollback();
+                    }
+                    catch(AMQException ex)
+                    {
+                        throw new MBeanException(ex, ex.toString());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    } // End of MBean class
+
+
+    public static class UnacknowledgedMessage
+    {
+        public final AMQMessage message;
+        public final String consumerTag;
+        public AMQQueue queue;
+
+        public UnacknowledgedMessage(AMQQueue queue, AMQMessage message, String consumerTag)
+        {
+            this.queue = queue;
+            this.message = message;
+            this.consumerTag = consumerTag;
+        }
+
+        private void discard() throws AMQException
+        {
+            if (queue != null)
+            {
+                message.dequeue(queue);
+            }
+            message.decrementReference();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public AMQChannel(int channelId, MessageStore messageStore, MessageRouter exchanges)
+        throws AMQException
+    {
+        _channelId = channelId;
+        _channelName = _channelId + "-" + this.hashCode();
+        _prefetchCount = DEFAULT_PREFETCH;
+        _messageStore = messageStore;
+        _exchanges = exchanges;
+        _txnBuffer = new TxnBuffer(_messageStore);
+
+        _managedObject = new AMQChannelMBean();
+        _managedObject.register();
+    }
+
+    public int getChannelId()
+    {
+        return _channelId;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isTransactional()
+    {
+        return _transactional;
+    }
+
+    public void setTransactional(boolean transactional)
+    {
+        _transactional = transactional;
+    }
+
+    public long getPrefetchCount()
+    {
+        return _prefetchCount;
+    }
+
+    public void setPrefetchCount(long prefetchCount)
+    {
+        _prefetchCount = prefetchCount;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublishFrame(BasicPublishBody publishBody, AMQProtocolSession publisher) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _currentMessage = new AMQMessage(_messageStore, publishBody);
+        _currentMessage.setPublisher(publisher);
+    }
+
+    public void publishContentHeader(ContentHeaderBody contentHeaderBody)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (_currentMessage == null)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Received content header without previously receiving a BasicDeliver frame");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _currentMessage.setContentHeaderBody(contentHeaderBody);
+            // check and route if header says body length is zero
+            if (contentHeaderBody.bodySize == 0)
+            {
+                routeCurrentMessage();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void publishContentBody(ContentBody contentBody)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (_currentMessage == null)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Received content body without previously receiving a JmsPublishBody");
+        }
+        if (_currentMessage.getContentHeaderBody() == null)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Received content body without previously receiving a content header");
+        }
+
+        _currentMessage.addContentBodyFrame(contentBody);
+        if (_currentMessage.isAllContentReceived())
+        {
+            routeCurrentMessage();
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void routeCurrentMessage() throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (_transactional)
+        {
+            //don't route this until commit
+            _txnBuffer.enlist(new Publish(_currentMessage));
+            _currentMessage = null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _exchanges.routeContent(_currentMessage);
+            _currentMessage.decrementReference();
+            _currentMessage = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public long getNextDeliveryTag()
+    {
+        return ++_deliveryTag;
+    }
+
+    public int getNextConsumerTag()
+    {
+        return ++_consumerTag;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Subscribe to a queue. We register all subscriptions in the channel so that
+     * if the channel is closed we can clean up all subscriptions, even if the
+     * client does not explicitly unsubscribe from all queues.
+     *
+     * @param tag     the tag chosen by the client (if null, server will generate one)
+     * @param queue   the queue to subscribe to
+     * @param session the protocol session of the subscriber
+     * @return the consumer tag. This is returned to the subscriber and used in
+     *         subsequent unsubscribe requests
+     * @throws ConsumerTagNotUniqueException if the tag is not unique
+     * @throws AMQException                  if something goes wrong
+     */
+    public String subscribeToQueue(String tag, AMQQueue queue, AMQProtocolSession session, boolean acks) throws AMQException, ConsumerTagNotUniqueException
+    {
+        if (tag == null)
+        {
+            tag = "sgen_" + getNextConsumerTag();
+        }
+        if (_consumerTag2QueueMap.containsKey(tag))
+        {
+            throw new ConsumerTagNotUniqueException();
+        }
+
+        queue.registerProtocolSession(session, _channelId, tag, acks);
+        _consumerTag2QueueMap.put(tag, queue);
+        return tag;
+    }
+
+
+    public void unsubscribeConsumer(AMQProtocolSession session, String consumerTag) throws AMQException
+    {
+        AMQQueue q = _consumerTag2QueueMap.remove(consumerTag);
+        if (q != null)
+        {
+            q.unregisterProtocolSession(session, _channelId, consumerTag);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new AMQException(_log, "Consumer tag " + consumerTag + " not known to channel " +
+                    _channelId);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Called from the protocol session to close this channel and clean up.
+     *
+     * @throws AMQException if there is an error during closure
+     */
+    public void close(AMQProtocolSession session) throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (_transactional)
+        {
+            synchronized (_txnBuffer)
+            {
+                _txnBuffer.rollback();//releases messages
+            }
+        }
+        unsubscribeAllConsumers(session);
+        requeue();
+        _managedObject.unregister();
+    }
+
+    private void unsubscribeAllConsumers(AMQProtocolSession session) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _log.info("Unsubscribing all consumers on channel " + toString());
+        for (Map.Entry<String, AMQQueue> me : _consumerTag2QueueMap.entrySet())
+        {
+            me.getValue().unregisterProtocolSession(session, _channelId, me.getKey());
+        }
+        _consumerTag2QueueMap.clear();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a message to the channel-based list of unacknowledged messages
+     *
+     * @param message
+     * @param deliveryTag
+     * @param queue
+     */
+    public void addUnacknowledgedMessage(AMQMessage message, long deliveryTag, String consumerTag, AMQQueue queue)
+    {
+        synchronized (_unacknowledgedMessageMapLock)
+        {
+            _unacknowledgedMessageMap.put(deliveryTag, new UnacknowledgedMessage(queue, message, consumerTag));
+            checkSuspension();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Called to attempt re-enqueue all outstanding unacknowledged messages on the channel.
+     * May result in delivery to this same channel or to other subscribers.
+     */
+    public void requeue() throws AMQException
+    {
+        // we must create a new map since all the messages will get a new delivery tag when they are redelivered
+        Map<Long, UnacknowledgedMessage> currentList;
+        synchronized (_unacknowledgedMessageMapLock)
+        {
+            currentList = _unacknowledgedMessageMap;
+            _unacknowledgedMessageMap = new LinkedHashMap<Long, UnacknowledgedMessage>(DEFAULT_PREFETCH);
+        }
+
+        for (UnacknowledgedMessage unacked : currentList.values())
+        {
+            if (unacked.queue != null)
+            {
+                unacked.queue.deliver(unacked.message);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Called to resend all outstanding unacknowledged messages to this same channel.
+     */
+    public void resend(AMQProtocolSession session)
+    {
+        //messages go to this channel
+        synchronized (_unacknowledgedMessageMapLock)
+        {
+            for (Map.Entry<Long, UnacknowledgedMessage> entry : _unacknowledgedMessageMap.entrySet())
+            {
+                long deliveryTag = entry.getKey();
+                String consumerTag = entry.getValue().consumerTag;
+                AMQMessage msg = entry.getValue().message;
+
+                session.writeFrame(msg.getDataBlock(_channelId, consumerTag, deliveryTag));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Callback indicating that a queue has been deleted. We must update the structure of unacknowledged
+     * messages to remove the queue reference and also decrement any message reference counts, without
+     * actually removing the item sine we may get an ack for a delivery tag that was generated from the
+     * deleted queue.
+     *
+     * @param queue
+     */
+    public void queueDeleted(AMQQueue queue)
+    {
+        synchronized (_unacknowledgedMessageMapLock)
+        {
+            for (Map.Entry<Long, UnacknowledgedMessage> unacked : _unacknowledgedMessageMap.entrySet())
+            {
+                final UnacknowledgedMessage unackedMsg = unacked.getValue();
+                // we can compare the reference safely in this case
+                if (unackedMsg.queue == queue)
+                {
+                    unackedMsg.queue = null;
+                    try
+                    {
+                        unackedMsg.message.decrementReference();
+                    }
+                    catch (AMQException e)
+                    {
+                        _log.error("Error decrementing ref count on message " + unackedMsg.message.getMessageId() + ": " +
+                                e, e);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Acknowledge one or more messages.
+     *
+     * @param deliveryTag the last delivery tag
+     * @param multiple    if true will acknowledge all messages up to an including the delivery tag. if false only
+     *                    acknowledges the single message specified by the delivery tag
+     * @throws AMQException if the delivery tag is unknown (e.g. not outstanding) on this channel
+     */
+    public void acknowledgeMessage(long deliveryTag, boolean multiple) throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (_transactional)
+        {
+            //don't handle this until commit
+            _txnBuffer.enlist(new Ack(deliveryTag, multiple));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            handleAcknowledgement(deliveryTag, multiple);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void handleAcknowledgement(long deliveryTag, boolean multiple) throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (multiple)
+        {
+            LinkedList<UnacknowledgedMessage> acked = new LinkedList<UnacknowledgedMessage>();
+            synchronized (_unacknowledgedMessageMapLock)
+            {
+                if (deliveryTag == 0)
+                {
+                    //Spec 2.1.6.11 ... If the multiple field is 1, and the delivery tag is zero, tells the server to acknowledge all outstanding mesages.
+                    _log.info("Multiple ack on delivery tag 0. ACKing all messages. Current count:" + _unacknowledgedMessageMap.size());
+                    acked = new LinkedList<UnacknowledgedMessage>(_unacknowledgedMessageMap.values());
+                    _unacknowledgedMessageMap.clear();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if (!_unacknowledgedMessageMap.containsKey(deliveryTag))
+                    {
+                        throw new AMQException("Multiple ack on delivery tag " + deliveryTag + " not known for channel");
+                    }
+                    Iterator<Map.Entry<Long, UnacknowledgedMessage>> i = _unacknowledgedMessageMap.entrySet().iterator();
+                    while (i.hasNext())
+                    {
+                        Map.Entry<Long, UnacknowledgedMessage> unacked = i.next();
+                        i.remove();
+                        acked.add(unacked.getValue());
+                        if (unacked.getKey() == deliveryTag)
+                        {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (_log.isDebugEnabled())
+            {
+                _log.debug("Received multiple ack for delivery tag " + deliveryTag + ". Removing " +
+                        acked.size() + " items.");
+            }
+
+            for (UnacknowledgedMessage msg : acked)
+            {
+                msg.discard();
+            }
+
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            UnacknowledgedMessage msg;
+            synchronized (_unacknowledgedMessageMapLock)
+            {
+                msg = _unacknowledgedMessageMap.remove(deliveryTag);
+            }
+            if (msg == null)
+            {
+                throw new AMQException("Single ack on delivery tag " + deliveryTag + " not known for channel:" + _channelId);
+            }
+            msg.discard();
+            if (_log.isDebugEnabled())
+            {
+                _log.debug("Received non-multiple ack for messaging with delivery tag " + deliveryTag);
+            }
+        }
+
+        checkSuspension();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Used only for testing purposes.
+     *
+     * @return the map of unacknowledged messages
+     */
+    public Map<Long, UnacknowledgedMessage> getUnacknowledgedMessageMap()
+    {
+        return _unacknowledgedMessageMap;
+    }
+
+    private void checkSuspension()
+    {
+        boolean suspend;
+        //noinspection SynchronizeOnNonFinalField
+        synchronized (_unacknowledgedMessageMapLock)
+        {
+            suspend = _unacknowledgedMessageMap.size() >= _prefetchCount;
+        }
+        setSuspended(suspend);
+    }
+
+    public void setSuspended(boolean suspended)
+    {
+        boolean wasSuspended = _suspended.getAndSet(suspended);
+        if (wasSuspended != suspended)
+        {
+            if (wasSuspended)
+            {
+                _log.info("Unsuspending channel " + this);
+                //may need to deliver queued messages
+                for (AMQQueue q : _consumerTag2QueueMap.values())
+                {
+                    q.deliverAsync();
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _log.info("Suspending channel " + this);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSuspended()
+    {
+        return _suspended.get();
+    }
+
+    public void commit() throws AMQException
+    {
+        _txnBuffer.commit();
+    }
+
+    public void rollback() throws AMQException
+    {
+        //need to protect rollback and close from each other...
+        synchronized (_txnBuffer)
+        {
+            _txnBuffer.rollback();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(30);
+        sb.append("Channel: id ").append(_channelId).append(", transaction mode: ").append(_transactional);
+        sb.append(", prefetch count: ").append(_prefetchCount);
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    public ObjectName getObjectName()
+            throws MalformedObjectNameException
+    {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(30);
+        sb.append("Channel:id=").append(_channelId);
+        sb.append(",transaction mode=").append(_transactional);
+        return new ObjectName(sb.toString());
+    }
+
+    public void setDefaultQueue(AMQQueue queue)
+    {
+        _defaultQueue = queue;
+    }
+
+    public AMQQueue getDefaultQueue()
+    {
+        return _defaultQueue;
+    }
+
+    private class Ack implements TxnOp
+    {
+        private final long _msgId;
+        private final boolean _multi;
+
+        Ack(long msgId, boolean multi)
+        {
+            _msgId = msgId;
+            _multi = multi;
+        }
+
+        public void commit() throws AMQException
+        {
+            handleAcknowledgement(_msgId, _multi);
+        }
+
+        public void rollback()
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    //TODO:
+    //implement a scheme whereby messages can be stored on disk
+    //until commit, then reloaded...
+    private class Publish implements TxnOp
+    {
+        private final AMQMessage _msg;
+
+        Publish(AMQMessage msg)
+        {
+            _msg = msg;
+        }
+
+        public void commit() throws AMQException
+        {
+            _exchanges.routeContent(_msg);
+            _msg.decrementReference();
+        }
+
+        public void rollback()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _msg.decrementReference();
+            }
+            catch (AMQException e)
+            {
+                _log.error("Error rolling back a publish request: " + e, e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/ConsumerTagNotUniqueException.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/ConsumerTagNotUniqueException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a7e54bc45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/ConsumerTagNotUniqueException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server;
+
+public class ConsumerTagNotUniqueException  extends Exception
+{
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/Main.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/Main.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dee6f76334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,612 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ProtocolVersionList;
+import org.apache.qpid.pool.ReadWriteThreadModel;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQPFastProtocolHandler;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQPProtocolProvider;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ConfigurationFileApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.IApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.transport.ConnectorConfiguration;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.configuration.VirtualHostConfiguration;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.DefaultManagedObject;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.ManagedBroker;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.ManagedObject;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.Exchange;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.url.URLSyntaxException;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.*;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException;
+import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator;
+import org.apache.mina.common.ByteBuffer;
+import org.apache.mina.common.IoAcceptor;
+import org.apache.mina.common.SimpleByteBufferAllocator;
+import org.apache.mina.transport.socket.nio.SocketAcceptorConfig;
+import org.apache.mina.transport.socket.nio.SocketSessionConfig;
+
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+import javax.management.MalformedObjectNameException;
+import javax.management.JMException;
+import javax.management.MBeanException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Main entry point for AMQPD.
+ *
+ */
+public class Main implements ProtocolVersionList
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(Main.class);
+
+    private static final String DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = "etc/config.xml";
+
+    private static final String DEFAULT_LOG_CONFIG_FILENAME = "log4j.xml";
+
+    protected static class InitException extends Exception
+    {
+        InitException(String msg)
+        {
+            super(msg);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected final Options options = new Options();
+    protected CommandLine commandLine;
+
+    protected Main(String[] args)
+    {
+        setOptions(options);
+        if (parseCommandline(args))
+        {
+            execute();
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected boolean parseCommandline(String[] args)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            commandLine = new PosixParser().parse(options, args);
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (ParseException e)
+        {
+            System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
+            HelpFormatter formatter = new HelpFormatter();
+            formatter.printHelp("Qpid", options, true);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void setOptions(Options options)
+    {
+        Option help = new Option("h", "help", false, "print this message");
+        Option version = new Option("v", "version", false, "print the version information and exit");
+        Option configFile = OptionBuilder.withArgName("file").hasArg().withDescription("use given configuration file").
+                withLongOpt("config").create("c");
+        Option port = OptionBuilder.withArgName("port").hasArg().withDescription("listen on the specified port. Overrides any value in the config file").
+                withLongOpt("port").create("p");
+        Option bind = OptionBuilder.withArgName("bind").hasArg().withDescription("bind to the specified address. Overrides any value in the config file").
+                withLongOpt("bind").create("b");
+        Option logconfig = OptionBuilder.withArgName("logconfig").hasArg().withDescription("use the specified log4j xml configuration file. By " +
+                "default looks for a file named " + DEFAULT_LOG_CONFIG_FILENAME + " in the same directory as the configuration file").
+                withLongOpt("logconfig").create("l");
+        Option logwatchconfig = OptionBuilder.withArgName("logwatch").hasArg().withDescription("monitor the log file configuration file for changes. Units are seconds. " +
+                "Zero means do not check for changes.").withLongOpt("logwatch").create("w");
+
+        options.addOption(help);
+        options.addOption(version);
+        options.addOption(configFile);
+        options.addOption(logconfig);
+        options.addOption(logwatchconfig);
+        options.addOption(port);
+        options.addOption(bind);
+    }
+
+    protected void execute()
+    {
+        // note this understands either --help or -h. If an option only has a long name you can use that but if
+        // an option has a short name and a long name you must use the short name here.
+        if (commandLine.hasOption("h"))
+        {
+            HelpFormatter formatter = new HelpFormatter();
+            formatter.printHelp("Qpid", options, true);
+        }
+        else if (commandLine.hasOption("v"))
+        {
+            String ver = "Qpid 0.9.0.0";
+            String protocol = "AMQP version(s) [major.minor]: ";
+            for (int i=0; i<pv.length; i++)
+            {
+                if (i > 0)
+                    protocol += ", ";
+                protocol += pv[i][PROTOCOL_MAJOR] + "." + pv[i][PROTOCOL_MINOR];
+            }
+            System.out.println(ver + " (" + protocol + ")");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                startup();
+            }
+            catch (InitException e)
+            {
+                System.out.println(e.getMessage());
+            }
+            catch (ConfigurationException e)
+            {
+                System.out.println("Error configuring message broker: " + e);
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                System.out.println("Error intialising message broker: " + e);
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    protected void startup() throws InitException, ConfigurationException, Exception
+    {
+        final String QpidHome = System.getProperty("QPID_HOME");
+        final File defaultConfigFile = new File(QpidHome, DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE);
+        final File configFile = new File(commandLine.getOptionValue("c", defaultConfigFile.getPath()));
+        if (!configFile.exists())
+        {
+            String error = "File " + configFile + " could not be found. Check the file exists and is readable.";
+
+            if (QpidHome == null)
+            {
+                error = error + "\nNote: Qpid_HOME is not set.";
+            }
+
+            throw new InitException(error);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            System.out.println("Using configuration file " + configFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        }
+
+        String logConfig = commandLine.getOptionValue("l");
+        String logWatchConfig = commandLine.getOptionValue("w", "0");
+        if (logConfig != null)
+        {
+            File logConfigFile = new File(logConfig);
+            configureLogging(logConfigFile, logWatchConfig);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            File configFileDirectory = configFile.getParentFile();
+            File logConfigFile = new File(configFileDirectory, DEFAULT_LOG_CONFIG_FILENAME);
+            configureLogging(logConfigFile, logWatchConfig);
+        }
+
+        ApplicationRegistry.initialise(new ConfigurationFileApplicationRegistry(configFile));
+
+        _logger.info("Starting Qpid.AMQP broker");
+
+        ConnectorConfiguration connectorConfig = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().
+                getConfiguredObject(ConnectorConfiguration.class);
+
+        ByteBuffer.setUseDirectBuffers(connectorConfig.enableDirectBuffers);
+
+        // the MINA default is currently to use the pooled allocator although this may change in future
+        // once more testing of the performance of the simple allocator has been done
+        if (!connectorConfig.enablePooledAllocator)
+        {
+            ByteBuffer.setAllocator(new SimpleByteBufferAllocator());
+        }
+
+        int port = connectorConfig.port;
+
+        String portStr = commandLine.getOptionValue("p");
+        if (portStr != null)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                port = Integer.parseInt(portStr);
+            }
+            catch (NumberFormatException e)
+            {
+                throw new InitException("Invalid port: " + portStr);
+            }
+        }
+
+        String VIRTUAL_HOSTS = "virtualhosts";
+
+        Object virtualHosts = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getConfiguration().getProperty(VIRTUAL_HOSTS);
+
+        if (virtualHosts != null)
+        {
+            if (virtualHosts instanceof Collection)
+            {
+                int totalVHosts = ((Collection) virtualHosts).size();
+                for (int vhost = 0; vhost < totalVHosts; vhost++)
+                {
+                    setupVirtualHosts(configFile.getParent() , (String)((List)virtualHosts).get(vhost));
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+               setupVirtualHosts(configFile.getParent() , (String)virtualHosts);
+            }
+        }
+        bind(port, connectorConfig);
+
+        createAndRegisterBrokerMBean();
+    }
+
+    protected void setupVirtualHosts(String configFileParent, String configFilePath) throws ConfigurationException, AMQException, URLSyntaxException
+    {
+        String configVar = "${conf}";
+
+        if (configFilePath.startsWith(configVar))
+        {
+            configFilePath = configFileParent + configFilePath.substring(configVar.length());
+        }
+
+        if (configFilePath.indexOf(".xml") != -1 )
+        {
+            VirtualHostConfiguration vHostConfig = new VirtualHostConfiguration(configFilePath);
+            vHostConfig.performBindings();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // the virtualhosts value is a path. Search it for XML files.
+
+            File virtualHostDir = new File(configFilePath);
+
+            String[] fileNames = virtualHostDir.list();
+
+            for (int each=0; each < fileNames.length; each++)
+            {
+                if (fileNames[each].endsWith(".xml"))
+                {
+                    VirtualHostConfiguration vHostConfig = new VirtualHostConfiguration(configFilePath+"/"+fileNames[each]);
+                    vHostConfig.performBindings();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void bind(int port, ConnectorConfiguration connectorConfig)
+    {
+        String bindAddr = commandLine.getOptionValue("b");
+        if (bindAddr == null)
+        {
+            bindAddr = connectorConfig.bindAddress;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            //IoAcceptor acceptor = new SocketAcceptor(connectorConfig.processors);
+            IoAcceptor acceptor = connectorConfig.createAcceptor();
+            SocketAcceptorConfig sconfig = (SocketAcceptorConfig) acceptor.getDefaultConfig();
+            SocketSessionConfig sc = (SocketSessionConfig) sconfig.getSessionConfig();
+
+            sc.setReceiveBufferSize(connectorConfig.socketReceiveBufferSize);
+            sc.setSendBufferSize(connectorConfig.socketWriteBuferSize);
+            sc.setTcpNoDelay(connectorConfig.tcpNoDelay);
+
+            // if we do not use the executor pool threading model we get the default leader follower
+            // implementation provided by MINA
+            if (connectorConfig.enableExecutorPool)
+            {
+                sconfig.setThreadModel(new ReadWriteThreadModel());
+            }
+
+            if (connectorConfig.enableNonSSL)
+            {
+                AMQPFastProtocolHandler handler = new AMQPProtocolProvider().getHandler();
+                InetSocketAddress bindAddress;
+                if (bindAddr.equals("wildcard"))
+                {
+                    bindAddress = new InetSocketAddress(port);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    bindAddress = new InetSocketAddress(InetAddress.getByAddress(parseIP(bindAddr)), port);
+                }
+                acceptor.bind(bindAddress, handler, sconfig);
+                _logger.info("Qpid.AMQP listening on non-SSL address " + bindAddress);
+            }
+
+            if (connectorConfig.enableSSL)
+            {
+                AMQPFastProtocolHandler handler = new AMQPProtocolProvider().getHandler();
+                handler.setUseSSL(true);
+                try
+                {
+                    acceptor.bind(new InetSocketAddress(connectorConfig.sslPort),
+                                  handler, sconfig);
+                    _logger.info("Qpid.AMQP listening on SSL port " + connectorConfig.sslPort);
+                }
+                catch (IOException e)
+                {
+                    _logger.error("Unable to listen on SSL port: " + e, e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            _logger.error("Unable to bind service to registry: " + e, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+    {
+
+        new Main(args);
+    }
+
+    private byte[] parseIP(String address) throws Exception
+    {
+        StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(address, ".");
+        byte[] ip = new byte[4];
+        int index = 0;
+        while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens())
+        {
+            String token = tokenizer.nextToken();
+            try
+            {
+                ip[index++] = Byte.parseByte(token);
+            }
+            catch (NumberFormatException e)
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Error parsing IP address: " + address, e);
+            }
+        }
+        if (index != 4)
+        {
+            throw new Exception("Invalid IP address: " + address);
+        }
+        return ip;
+    }
+
+    private void configureLogging(File logConfigFile, String logWatchConfig)
+    {
+        int logWatchTime = 0;
+        try
+        {
+            logWatchTime = Integer.parseInt(logWatchConfig);
+        }
+        catch (NumberFormatException e)
+        {
+            System.err.println("Log watch configuration value of " + logWatchConfig + " is invalid. Must be " +
+                    "a non-negative integer. Using default of zero (no watching configured");
+        }
+        if (logConfigFile.exists() && logConfigFile.canRead())
+        {
+            System.out.println("Configuring logger using configuration file " + logConfigFile.getAbsolutePath());
+            if (logWatchTime > 0)
+            {
+                System.out.println("log file " + logConfigFile.getAbsolutePath() + " will be checked for changes every " +
+                        logWatchTime + " seconds");
+                // log4j expects the watch interval in milliseconds
+                DOMConfigurator.configureAndWatch(logConfigFile.getAbsolutePath(), logWatchTime * 1000);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                DOMConfigurator.configure(logConfigFile.getAbsolutePath());
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            System.err.println("Logging configuration error: unable to read file " + logConfigFile.getAbsolutePath());
+            System.err.println("Using basic log4j configuration");
+            BasicConfigurator.configure();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void createAndRegisterBrokerMBean()
+        throws AMQException
+    {
+        new AMQBrokerManager().register();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * MBean interface for the implementation AMQBrokerManager.
+     */
+    public interface AMQBrokerManagerMBean extends ManagedBroker
+    {
+
+    }
+    /**
+     * AMQPBrokerMBean implements the broker management interface and exposes the
+     * Broker level management features like creating and deleting exchanges and queue.
+     */
+    private final class AMQBrokerManager extends DefaultManagedObject
+                                         implements AMQBrokerManagerMBean
+    {
+        private final QueueRegistry    _queueRegistry;
+        private final ExchangeRegistry _exchangeRegistry;
+        private final ExchangeFactory  _exchangeFactory;
+        private final MessageStore     _messageStore;
+
+        protected AMQBrokerManager()
+        {
+            super(ManagedBroker.class, ManagedBroker.TYPE);
+
+            IApplicationRegistry appRegistry = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance();
+            _queueRegistry    = appRegistry.getQueueRegistry();
+            _exchangeRegistry = appRegistry.getExchangeRegistry();
+            _exchangeFactory  = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getExchangeFactory();
+            _messageStore     = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getMessageStore();
+       }
+
+        public String getObjectInstanceName()
+        {
+            return this.getClass().getName();
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Creates new exchange and registers it with the registry.
+         * @param exchangeName
+         * @param type
+         * @param durable
+         * @param autoDelete
+         * @throws JMException
+         */
+        public void createNewExchange(String exchangeName,
+                                      String type,
+                                      boolean durable,
+                                      boolean autoDelete)
+            throws JMException
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                synchronized(_exchangeRegistry)
+                {
+                    Exchange exchange = _exchangeRegistry.getExchange(exchangeName);
+
+                    if (exchange == null)
+                    {
+                        exchange = _exchangeFactory.createExchange(exchangeName,
+                                                               type,        //eg direct
+                                                               durable,
+                                                               autoDelete,
+                                                               0);         //ticket no
+                        _exchangeRegistry.registerExchange(exchange);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        throw new JMException("The exchange \"" + exchangeName + "\" already exists.");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch(AMQException ex)
+            {
+                _logger.error("Error in creating exchange " + exchangeName, ex);
+                throw new MBeanException(ex, ex.toString());
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Unregisters the exchange from registry.
+         * @param exchangeName
+         * @throws JMException
+         */
+        public void unregisterExchange(String exchangeName)
+            throws JMException
+        {
+            boolean inUse = false;
+            // TODO
+            // Check if the exchange is in use.
+            // Check if there are queue-bindings with the exchnage and unregister
+            // when there are no bindings.
+            try
+            {
+                _exchangeRegistry.unregisterExchange(exchangeName, false);
+            }
+            catch(AMQException ex)
+            {
+                _logger.error("Error in unregistering exchange " + exchangeName, ex);
+                throw new MBeanException(ex, ex.toString());
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Creates a new queue and registers it with the registry and puts it
+         * in persistance storage if durable queue.
+         * @param queueName
+         * @param durable
+         * @param owner
+         * @param autoDelete
+         * @throws JMException
+         */
+        public void createQueue(String queueName,
+                                boolean durable,
+                                String owner,
+                                boolean autoDelete)
+            throws JMException
+        {
+            AMQQueue queue = _queueRegistry.getQueue(queueName);
+            if (queue == null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    queue = new AMQQueue(queueName, durable, owner, autoDelete, _queueRegistry);
+                    if (queue.isDurable() && !queue.isAutoDelete())
+                    {
+                        _messageStore.createQueue(queue);
+                    }
+                    _queueRegistry.registerQueue(queue);
+                }
+                catch (AMQException ex)
+                {
+                    _logger.error("Error in creating queue " + queueName, ex);
+                    throw new MBeanException(ex, ex.toString());
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new JMException("The queue \"" + queueName + "\" already exists.");
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Deletes the queue from queue registry and persistant storage.
+         * @param queueName
+         * @throws JMException
+         */
+        public void deleteQueue(String queueName) throws JMException
+        {
+            AMQQueue queue = _queueRegistry.getQueue(queueName);
+            if (queue == null)
+            {
+                throw new JMException("The Queue " + queueName + " is not a registerd queue.");
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                queue.delete();
+                _messageStore.removeQueue(queueName);
+
+            }
+            catch (AMQException ex)
+            {
+                throw new MBeanException(ex, ex.toString());
+            }
+        }
+
+        public ObjectName getObjectName() throws MalformedObjectNameException
+        {
+            StringBuffer objectName = new StringBuffer(ManagedObject.DOMAIN);
+            objectName.append(":type=").append(getType());
+
+            return new ObjectName(objectName.toString());
+        }
+    } // End of MBean class
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/ManagedChannel.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/ManagedChannel.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..815dfdcfbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/ManagedChannel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.qpid.server;
+
+import javax.management.JMException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * The managed interface exposed to allow management of channels.
+ * @author   Bhupendra Bhardwaj
+ * @version  0.1
+ */
+public interface ManagedChannel
+{
+    static final String TYPE = "Channel";
+
+    /**
+     * Tells whether the channel is transactional.
+     * @return true if the channel is transactional.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    boolean isTransactional() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Tells the number of unacknowledged messages in this channel.
+     * @return number of unacknowledged messages.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    int getUnacknowledgedMessageCount() throws IOException;
+
+    
+    //********** Operations *****************//
+
+    /**
+     * Commits the transactions if the channel is transactional.
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws JMException
+     */
+    void commitTransactions() throws IOException, JMException;
+
+    /**
+     * Rollsback the transactions if the channel is transactional.
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws JMException
+     */
+    void rollbackTransactions() throws IOException, JMException;
+
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/RequiredDeliveryException.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/RequiredDeliveryException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c4fb6b730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/RequiredDeliveryException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicPublishBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentHeaderBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.CompositeAMQDataBlock;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicReturnBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Signals that a required delivery could not be made. This could be bacuse of
+ * the immediate flag being set and the queue having no consumers, or the mandatory
+ * flag being set and the exchange having no valid bindings.
+ */
+public abstract class RequiredDeliveryException extends AMQException
+{
+    private final String _message;
+    private final BasicPublishBody _publishBody;
+    private final ContentHeaderBody _contentHeaderBody;
+    private final List<ContentBody> _contentBodies;
+
+    public RequiredDeliveryException(String message, AMQMessage payload)
+    {
+        super(message);
+        _message = message;
+        _publishBody = payload.getPublishBody();
+        _contentHeaderBody = payload.getContentHeaderBody();
+        _contentBodies = payload.getContentBodies();
+    }
+
+    public RequiredDeliveryException(String message,
+                                BasicPublishBody publishBody,
+                                ContentHeaderBody contentHeaderBody,
+                                List<ContentBody> contentBodies)
+    {
+        super(message);
+        _message = message;
+        _publishBody = publishBody;
+        _contentHeaderBody = contentHeaderBody;
+        _contentBodies = contentBodies;
+    }
+
+    public BasicPublishBody getPublishBody()
+    {
+        return _publishBody;
+    }
+
+    public ContentHeaderBody getContentHeaderBody()
+    {
+        return _contentHeaderBody;
+    }
+
+    public List<ContentBody> getContentBodies()
+    {
+        return _contentBodies;
+    }
+
+    public CompositeAMQDataBlock getReturnMessage(int channel)
+    {
+        BasicReturnBody returnBody = new BasicReturnBody();
+        returnBody.exchange = _publishBody.exchange;
+        returnBody.replyCode = getReplyCode();
+        returnBody.replyText = _message;
+        returnBody.routingKey = _publishBody.routingKey;
+
+        AMQFrame[] allFrames = new AMQFrame[2 + _contentBodies.size()];
+
+        AMQFrame returnFrame = new AMQFrame();
+        returnFrame.bodyFrame = returnBody;
+        returnFrame.channel = channel;
+
+        allFrames[0] = returnFrame;
+        allFrames[1] = ContentHeaderBody.createAMQFrame(channel, _contentHeaderBody);
+        for (int i = 2; i < allFrames.length; i++)
+        {
+            allFrames[i] = ContentBody.createAMQFrame(channel, _contentBodies.get(i - 2));
+        }
+
+        return new CompositeAMQDataBlock(allFrames);
+    }
+
+    public int getErrorCode()
+    {
+        return getReplyCode();
+    }    
+
+    public abstract int getReplyCode();
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/Configurator.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/Configurator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e02b958941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/Configurator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.configuration;
+
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.configuration.Configured;
+import org.apache.qpid.configuration.PropertyUtils;
+import org.apache.qpid.configuration.PropertyException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+/**
+ * This class contains utilities for populating classes automatically from values pulled from configuration
+ * files.
+ */
+public class Configurator
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(Configurator.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Configure a given instance using the application configuration. Note that superclasses are <b>not</b>
+     * currently configured but this could easily be added if required.
+     * @param instance the instance to configure
+     */
+    public static void configure(Object instance)
+    {
+        final Configuration config = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getConfiguration();
+
+        for (Field f : instance.getClass().getDeclaredFields())
+        {
+            Configured annotation = f.getAnnotation(Configured.class);
+            if (annotation != null)
+            {
+                setValueInField(f, instance, config, annotation);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void setValueInField(Field f, Object instance, Configuration config, Configured annotation)
+    {
+        Class fieldClass = f.getType();
+        String configPath = annotation.path();
+        try
+        {
+            if (fieldClass == String.class)
+            {
+                String val = config.getString(configPath, annotation.defaultValue());
+                val = PropertyUtils.replaceProperties(val);
+                f.set(instance, val);
+            }
+            else if (fieldClass == int.class)
+            {
+                int val = config.getInt(configPath, Integer.parseInt(annotation.defaultValue()));
+                f.setInt(instance, val);
+            }
+            else if (fieldClass == long.class)
+            {
+                long val = config.getLong(configPath, Long.parseLong(annotation.defaultValue()));
+                f.setLong(instance, val);
+            }
+            else if (fieldClass == double.class)
+            {
+                double val = config.getDouble(configPath, Double.parseDouble(annotation.defaultValue()));
+                f.setDouble(instance, val);
+            }
+            else if (fieldClass == boolean.class)
+            {
+                boolean val = config.getBoolean(configPath, Boolean.parseBoolean(annotation.defaultValue()));
+                f.setBoolean(instance, val);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _logger.error("Unsupported field type " + fieldClass + " for " + f + " IGNORING configured value");
+            }
+        }
+        catch (PropertyException e)
+        {
+            _logger.error("Unable to expand property: " + e + " INGORING field " + f, e);
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException e)
+        {
+            _logger.error("Unable to access field " + f + " IGNORING configured value");
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/VirtualHostConfiguration.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/VirtualHostConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7ad50917c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/VirtualHostConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.configuration;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.url.AMQBindingURL;
+import org.apache.qpid.url.URLSyntaxException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.Exchange;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.XMLConfiguration;
+
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+public class VirtualHostConfiguration
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(VirtualHostConfiguration.class);
+
+    XMLConfiguration _config;
+
+    private static final String XML_VIRTUALHOST = "virtualhost";
+    private static final String XML_PATH = "path";
+    private static final String XML_BIND = "bind";
+    private static final String XML_VIRTUALHOST_PATH = "virtualhost.path";
+    private static final String XML_VIRTUALHOST_BIND = "virtualhost.bind";
+
+
+    public VirtualHostConfiguration(String configFile) throws ConfigurationException
+    {
+        _logger.info("Loading Config file:" + configFile);
+
+        _config = new XMLConfiguration(configFile);
+
+        if (_config.getProperty(XML_VIRTUALHOST_PATH) == null)
+        {
+            throw new ConfigurationException(
+                    "Virtualhost Configuration document does not contain a valid virtualhost.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void performBindings() throws AMQException, ConfigurationException, URLSyntaxException
+    {
+        Object prop = _config.getProperty(XML_VIRTUALHOST_PATH);
+
+        if (prop instanceof Collection)
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Number of VirtualHosts: " + ((Collection) prop).size());
+
+            int virtualhosts = ((Collection) prop).size();
+            for (int vhost = 0; vhost < virtualhosts; vhost++)
+            {
+                loadVirtualHost(vhost);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            loadVirtualHost(-1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void loadVirtualHost(int index) throws AMQException, ConfigurationException, URLSyntaxException
+    {
+        String path = XML_VIRTUALHOST;
+
+        if (index != -1)
+        {
+            path = path + "(" + index + ")";
+        }
+
+        Object prop = _config.getProperty(path + "." + XML_PATH);
+
+        if (prop == null)
+        {
+            prop = _config.getProperty(path + "." + XML_BIND);
+            String error = "Virtual Host not defined for binding";
+
+            if (prop != null)
+            {
+                if (prop instanceof Collection)
+                {
+                    error += "s";
+                }
+
+                error += ": " + prop;
+            }
+
+            throw new ConfigurationException(error);
+        }
+
+        _logger.info("VirtualHost:'" + prop + "'");
+
+        prop = _config.getProperty(path + "." + XML_BIND);
+        if (prop instanceof Collection)
+        {
+            int bindings = ((Collection) prop).size();
+            _logger.debug("Number of Bindings: " + bindings);
+            for (int dest = 0; dest < bindings; dest++)
+            {
+                loadBinding(path, dest);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            loadBinding(path, -1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void loadBinding(String rootpath, int index) throws AMQException, ConfigurationException, URLSyntaxException
+    {
+        String path = rootpath + "." + XML_BIND;
+        if (index != -1)
+        {
+            path = path + "(" + index + ")";
+        }
+
+        String bindingString = _config.getString(path);
+
+        AMQBindingURL binding = new AMQBindingURL(bindingString);
+
+        _logger.debug("Loaded Binding:" + binding);
+
+        try
+        {
+            bind(binding);
+        }
+        catch (AMQException amqe)
+        {
+            _logger.info("Unable to bind url: " + binding);
+            throw amqe;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void bind(AMQBindingURL binding) throws AMQException, ConfigurationException
+    {
+
+        String queueName = binding.getQueueName();
+
+        // This will occur if the URL is a Topic
+        if (queueName == null)
+        {
+            //todo register valid topic
+            ///queueName = binding.getDestinationName();
+            throw new AMQException("Topics cannot be bound. TODO Register valid topic");
+        }
+
+        //Get references to Broker Registries
+        QueueRegistry queueRegistry = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getQueueRegistry();
+        MessageStore messageStore = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getMessageStore();
+        ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getExchangeRegistry();
+
+        synchronized (queueRegistry)
+        {
+            AMQQueue queue = queueRegistry.getQueue(queueName);
+
+            if (queue == null)
+            {
+                _logger.info("Queue '" + binding.getQueueName() + "' does not exists. Creating.");
+
+                queue = new AMQQueue(queueName,
+                        Boolean.parseBoolean(binding.getOption(AMQBindingURL.OPTION_DURABLE)),
+                        null /* These queues will have no owner */,
+                        false /* Therefore autodelete makes no sence */, queueRegistry);
+
+                if (queue.isDurable())
+                {
+                    messageStore.createQueue(queue);
+                }
+
+                queueRegistry.registerQueue(queue);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _logger.info("Queue '" + binding.getQueueName() + "' already exists not creating.");
+            }
+
+            Exchange defaultExchange = exchangeRegistry.getExchange(binding.getExchangeName());
+            synchronized (defaultExchange)
+            {
+                if (defaultExchange == null)
+                {
+                    throw new ConfigurationException("Attempt to bind queue to unknown exchange:" + binding);
+                }
+
+                defaultExchange.registerQueue(queue.getName(), queue, null);
+
+                if (binding.getRoutingKey() == null || binding.getRoutingKey().equals(""))
+                {
+                    throw new ConfigurationException("Unknown binding not specified on url:" + binding);
+                }
+
+                queue.bind(binding.getRoutingKey(), defaultExchange);
+            }
+            _logger.info("Queue '" + queue.getName() + "' bound to exchange:" + binding.getExchangeName() + " RK:'" + binding.getRoutingKey() + "'");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/AbstractExchange.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/AbstractExchange.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e11de152d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/AbstractExchange.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.DefaultManagedObject;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.Managable;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.ManagedObject;
+
+public abstract class AbstractExchange implements Exchange, Managable
+{
+    private String _name;
+
+    protected boolean _durable;
+
+    protected int _ticket;
+
+    protected ExchangeMBean _exchangeMbean;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether the exchange is automatically deleted once all queues have detached from it
+     */
+    protected boolean _autoDelete;
+
+    /**
+     * Abstract MBean class. This has some of the methods implemented from
+     * management intrerface for exchanges. Any implementaion of an
+     * Exchange MBean should extend this class.
+     */
+    protected abstract class ExchangeMBean extends DefaultManagedObject implements ManagedExchange
+    {
+        public ExchangeMBean()
+        {
+            super(ManagedExchange.class, ManagedExchange.TYPE);
+        }
+
+        public String getObjectInstanceName()
+        {
+            return _name;
+        }
+
+        public String getName()
+        {
+            return _name;
+        }
+
+        public int getTicketNo()
+        {
+            return _ticket;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isDurable()
+        {
+            return _durable;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isAutoDelete()
+        {
+            return _autoDelete;
+        }
+
+    } // End of MBean class
+
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return _name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Concrete exchanges must implement this method in order to create the managed representation. This is
+     * called during initialisation (template method pattern).
+     * @return the MBean
+     */
+    protected abstract ExchangeMBean createMBean();
+
+    public void initialise(String name, boolean durable, int ticket, boolean autoDelete) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _name = name;
+        _durable = durable;
+        _autoDelete = autoDelete;
+        _ticket = ticket;
+        _exchangeMbean = createMBean();
+        _exchangeMbean.register();
+    }
+
+    public boolean isDurable()
+    {
+        return _durable;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isAutoDelete()
+    {
+        return _autoDelete;
+    }
+
+    public int getTicket()
+    {
+        return _ticket;
+    }
+
+    public void close() throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (_exchangeMbean != null)
+        {
+            _exchangeMbean.unregister();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return getClass().getName() + "[" + getName() +"]";
+    }
+
+    public ManagedObject getManagedObject()
+    {
+        return _exchangeMbean;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/DefaultExchangeFactory.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/DefaultExchangeFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..990a868e72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/DefaultExchangeFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class DefaultExchangeFactory implements ExchangeFactory
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(DefaultExchangeFactory.class);
+
+    private Map<String, Class<? extends Exchange>> _exchangeClassMap = new HashMap<String, Class<? extends Exchange>>();
+
+    public DefaultExchangeFactory()
+    {
+        _exchangeClassMap.put("direct", org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.DestNameExchange.class);
+        _exchangeClassMap.put("topic", org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.DestWildExchange.class);
+        _exchangeClassMap.put("headers", org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.HeadersExchange.class);
+    }
+
+    public Exchange createExchange(String exchange, String type, boolean durable, boolean autoDelete,
+                                   int ticket)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        Class<? extends Exchange> exchClass = _exchangeClassMap.get(type);
+        if (exchClass == null)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException(_logger, "Unknown exchange type: " + type);
+        }
+        try
+        {
+            Exchange e = exchClass.newInstance();
+            e.initialise(exchange, durable, ticket, autoDelete);
+            return e;
+        }
+        catch (InstantiationException e)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException(_logger, "Unable to create exchange: " + e, e);
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException e)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException(_logger, "Unable to create exchange: " + e, e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/DefaultExchangeRegistry.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/DefaultExchangeRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.ExchangeInitialiser;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+
+public class DefaultExchangeRegistry implements ExchangeRegistry
+{
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(DefaultExchangeRegistry.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Maps from exchange name to exchange instance
+     */
+    private ConcurrentMap<String, Exchange> _exchangeMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Exchange>();
+
+    public DefaultExchangeRegistry(ExchangeFactory exchangeFactory)
+    {
+        //create 'standard' exchanges:
+        try
+        {
+            new ExchangeInitialiser().initialise(exchangeFactory, this);
+        }
+        catch(AMQException e)
+        {
+            _log.error("Failed to initialise exchanges: ", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void registerExchange(Exchange exchange)
+    {
+        _exchangeMap.put(exchange.getName(), exchange);
+    }
+
+    public void unregisterExchange(String name, boolean inUse) throws AMQException
+    {
+        // TODO: check inUse argument
+        Exchange e = _exchangeMap.remove(name);
+        if (e != null)
+        {
+            e.close();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Unknown exchange " + name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Exchange getExchange(String name)
+    {
+        return _exchangeMap.get(name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Routes content through exchanges, delivering it to 1 or more queues.
+     * @param payload
+     * @throws AMQException if something goes wrong delivering data
+     */
+    public void routeContent(AMQMessage payload) throws AMQException
+    {
+        final String exchange = payload.getPublishBody().exchange;
+        final Exchange exch = _exchangeMap.get(exchange);
+        // there is a small window of opportunity for the exchange to be deleted in between
+        // the JmsPublish being received (where the exchange is validated) and the final
+        // content body being received (which triggers this method)
+        if (exch == null)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Exchange '" + exchange + "' does not exist");
+        }
+        exch.route(payload);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/DestNameExchange.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/DestNameExchange.java
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+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/DestNameExchange.java
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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import javax.management.openmbean.*;
+import javax.management.MBeanException;
+import javax.management.JMException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class DestNameExchange extends AbstractExchange
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(DestNameExchange.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Maps from queue name to queue instances
+     */
+    private final Index _index = new Index();
+
+    /**
+     * MBean class implementing the management interfaces.
+     */
+    private final class DestNameExchangeMBean extends ExchangeMBean
+    {
+        private String[]   _bindingItemNames = {"BindingKey", "QueueNames"};
+        private String[]   _bindingItemDescriptions = {"Binding key", "Queue Names"};
+        private String[]   _bindingItemIndexNames = {"BindingKey"};
+        private OpenType[] _bindingItemTypes = new OpenType[2];
+
+        private CompositeType      _bindingDataType = null;
+        private TabularType        _bindinglistDataType = null;
+        private TabularDataSupport _bindingList = null;
+
+        public DestNameExchangeMBean()
+        {
+            super();
+            init();
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * initialises the OpenType objects.
+         */
+        private void init()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _bindingItemTypes[0] = SimpleType.STRING;
+                //_bindingItemTypes[1] = ArrayType.getArrayType(SimpleType.STRING);
+                _bindingItemTypes[1] = new ArrayType(1, SimpleType.STRING);
+
+                _bindingDataType = new CompositeType("QueueBinding",
+                                             "Queue and binding keye",
+                                             _bindingItemNames,
+                                             _bindingItemDescriptions,
+                                             _bindingItemTypes);
+                _bindinglistDataType = new TabularType("Bindings",
+                                             "List of queues and binding keys",
+                                             _bindingDataType,
+                                             _bindingItemIndexNames);
+            }
+            catch(OpenDataException ex)
+            {
+                //It should never occur.
+                _logger.error("OpenDataTypes could not be created.", ex);
+                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public TabularData viewBindings()
+            throws OpenDataException
+        {
+            Map<String, List<AMQQueue>> bindings = _index.getBindingsMap();
+            _bindingList = new TabularDataSupport(_bindinglistDataType);
+
+            for (Map.Entry<String, List<AMQQueue>> entry : bindings.entrySet())
+            {
+                String key = entry.getKey();
+                List<String> queueList = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+                List<AMQQueue> queues = entry.getValue();
+                for (AMQQueue q : queues)
+                {
+                    queueList.add(q.getName());
+                }
+
+                Object[] bindingItemValues = {key, queueList.toArray(new String[0])};
+                CompositeData bindingData = new CompositeDataSupport(_bindingDataType,
+                                                                     _bindingItemNames,
+                                                                     bindingItemValues);
+                _bindingList.put(bindingData);
+            }
+
+            return _bindingList;
+        }
+
+        public void createBinding(String queueName, String binding)
+            throws JMException
+        {
+            AMQQueue queue = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getQueueRegistry().getQueue(queueName);
+
+            if (queue == null)
+                throw new JMException("Queue \"" + queueName + "\" is not registered with the exchange.");
+
+            try
+            {
+                registerQueue(binding, queue, null);
+                queue.bind(binding, DestNameExchange.this);
+            }
+            catch (AMQException ex)
+            {
+                throw new MBeanException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+    }// End of MBean class
+
+
+    protected ExchangeMBean createMBean()
+    {
+        return new DestNameExchangeMBean();
+    }
+
+    public void registerQueue(String routingKey, AMQQueue queue, FieldTable args) throws AMQException
+    {
+        assert queue != null;
+        assert routingKey != null;
+        if(!_index.add(routingKey, queue))
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Queue " + queue + " is already registered with routing key " + routingKey);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Binding queue " + queue + " with routing key " + routingKey
+                          + " to exchange " + this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void deregisterQueue(String routingKey, AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+    {
+        assert queue != null;
+        assert routingKey != null;
+
+        if (!_index.remove(routingKey, queue))
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Queue " + queue + " was not registered with exchange " + this.getName() +
+                                   " with routing key " + routingKey + ". No queue was registered with that routing key");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void route(AMQMessage payload) throws AMQException
+    {
+        BasicPublishBody publishBody = payload.getPublishBody();
+
+        final String routingKey = publishBody.routingKey;
+        final List<AMQQueue> queues = _index.get(routingKey);
+        if (queues == null || queues.isEmpty())
+        {
+            String msg = "Routing key " + routingKey + " is not known to " + this;
+            if (publishBody.mandatory)
+            {
+                throw new NoRouteException(msg, payload);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _logger.warn(msg);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+            {
+                _logger.debug("Publishing message to queue " + queues);
+            }
+
+            for(AMQQueue q :queues)
+            {
+                q.deliver(payload);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/DestWildExchange.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/DestWildExchange.java
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index 0000000000..16b35cf6fa
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+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/DestWildExchange.java
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.FieldTable;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicPublishBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+
+import javax.management.openmbean.*;
+import javax.management.JMException;
+import javax.management.MBeanException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+
+public class DestWildExchange extends AbstractExchange
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(DestWildExchange.class);
+
+    private ConcurrentHashMap<String, List<AMQQueue>> _routingKey2queues = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, List<AMQQueue>>();
+
+    /**
+     *  DestWildExchangeMBean class implements the management interface for the
+     *  Topic exchanges.
+     */
+    private final class DestWildExchangeMBean extends ExchangeMBean
+    {
+        private String[]   _bindingItemNames = {"BindingKey", "QueueNames"};
+        private String[]   _bindingItemDescriptions = {"Binding key", "Queue Names"};
+        private String[]   _bindingItemIndexNames = {"BindingKey"};
+        private OpenType[] _bindingItemTypes = new OpenType[2];
+
+        private CompositeType      _bindingDataType = null;
+        private TabularType        _bindinglistDataType = null;
+        private TabularDataSupport _bindingList = null;
+
+        public DestWildExchangeMBean()
+        {
+            super();
+            init();
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * initialises the OpenType objects.
+         */
+        private void init()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _bindingItemTypes[0] = SimpleType.STRING;
+                _bindingItemTypes[1] = new ArrayType(1, SimpleType.STRING);
+
+                _bindingDataType = new CompositeType("QueueBinding",
+                                             "Queue and binding keye",
+                                             _bindingItemNames,
+                                             _bindingItemDescriptions,
+                                             _bindingItemTypes);
+                _bindinglistDataType = new TabularType("Bindings",
+                                             "List of queues and binding keys",
+                                             _bindingDataType,
+                                             _bindingItemIndexNames);
+            }
+            catch(OpenDataException ex)
+            {
+                //It should never occur.
+                _logger.error("OpenDataTypes could not be created.", ex);
+                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public TabularData viewBindings()
+            throws OpenDataException
+        {
+            _bindingList = new TabularDataSupport(_bindinglistDataType);
+
+            for (Map.Entry<String, List<AMQQueue>> entry : _routingKey2queues.entrySet())
+            {
+                String key = entry.getKey();
+                List<String> queueList = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+                List<AMQQueue> queues = entry.getValue();
+                for (AMQQueue q : queues)
+                {
+                    queueList.add(q.getName());
+                }
+
+                Object[] bindingItemValues = {key, queueList.toArray(new String[0])};
+                CompositeData bindingData = new CompositeDataSupport(_bindingDataType,
+                                                                     _bindingItemNames,
+                                                                     bindingItemValues);
+                _bindingList.put(bindingData);
+            }
+
+            return _bindingList;
+        }
+
+        public void createBinding(String queueName, String binding)
+            throws JMException
+        {
+            AMQQueue queue = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getQueueRegistry().getQueue(queueName);
+
+            if (queue == null)
+                throw new JMException("Queue \"" + queueName + "\" is not registered with the exchange.");
+
+            try
+            {
+                registerQueue(binding, queue, null);
+                queue.bind(binding, DestWildExchange.this);
+            }
+            catch (AMQException ex)
+            {
+                throw new MBeanException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+    } // End of MBean class
+
+
+    public void registerQueue(String routingKey, AMQQueue queue, FieldTable args) throws AMQException
+    {
+        assert queue != null;
+        assert routingKey != null;
+        // we need to use putIfAbsent, which is an atomic operation, to avoid a race condition
+        List<AMQQueue> queueList = _routingKey2queues.putIfAbsent(routingKey, new CopyOnWriteArrayList<AMQQueue>());
+        // if we got null back, no previous value was associated with the specified routing key hence
+        // we need to read back the new value just put into the map
+        if (queueList == null)
+        {
+            queueList = _routingKey2queues.get(routingKey);
+        }
+        if (!queueList.contains(queue))
+        {
+            queueList.add(queue);
+        }
+        else if(_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Queue " + queue + " is already registered with routing key " + routingKey);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public void route(AMQMessage payload) throws AMQException
+    {
+        BasicPublishBody publishBody = payload.getPublishBody();
+
+        final String routingKey = publishBody.routingKey;
+        List<AMQQueue> queues = _routingKey2queues.get(routingKey);
+        // if we have no registered queues we have nothing to do
+        // TODO: add support for the immediate flag
+        if (queues == null)
+        {
+            //todo Check for valid topic - mritchie
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (AMQQueue q : queues)
+        {
+            // TODO: modify code generator to add clone() method then clone the deliver body
+            // without this addition we have a race condition - we will be modifying the body
+            // before the encoder has encoded the body for delivery
+            q.deliver(payload);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void deregisterQueue(String routingKey, AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+    {
+        assert queue != null;
+        assert routingKey != null;
+
+        List<AMQQueue> queues = _routingKey2queues.get(routingKey);
+        if (queues == null)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Queue " + queue + " was not registered with exchange " + this.getName() +
+                                   " with routing key " + routingKey + ". No queue was registered with that routing key");
+
+        }
+        boolean removedQ = queues.remove(queue);
+        if (!removedQ)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Queue " + queue + " was not registered with exchange " + this.getName() +
+                                   " with routing key " + routingKey);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected ExchangeMBean createMBean()
+    {
+        return new DestWildExchangeMBean();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/Exchange.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/Exchange.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd75825601
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+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/Exchange.java
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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.FieldTable;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+
+public interface Exchange
+{
+    String getName();
+
+    void initialise(String name, boolean durable, int ticket, boolean autoDelete) throws AMQException;
+
+    boolean isDurable();
+
+    /**
+     * @return true if the exchange will be deleted after all queues have been detached
+     */
+    boolean isAutoDelete();
+
+    int getTicket();
+
+    void close() throws AMQException;
+
+    void registerQueue(String routingKey, AMQQueue queue, FieldTable args) throws AMQException;
+
+    void deregisterQueue(String routingKey, AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException;
+
+    void route(AMQMessage message) throws AMQException;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ExchangeFactory.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ExchangeFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36fd159f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ExchangeFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+
+public interface ExchangeFactory
+{
+    Exchange createExchange(String exchange, String type, boolean durable, boolean autoDelete,
+                            int ticket)
+            throws AMQException;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ExchangeInUseException.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ExchangeInUseException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a6c735bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ExchangeInUseException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+public class ExchangeInUseException extends AMQException
+{
+    public ExchangeInUseException(String exchangeName)
+    {
+        super("Exchange " + exchangeName + " is currently in use");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ExchangeRegistry.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ExchangeRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b71cd7b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ExchangeRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+
+
+public interface ExchangeRegistry extends MessageRouter
+{
+    void registerExchange(Exchange exchange);
+
+    /**
+     * Unregister an exchange
+     * @param name name of the exchange to delete
+     * @param inUse if true, do NOT delete the exchange if it is in use (has queues bound to it)
+     * @throws ExchangeInUseException when the exchange cannot be deleted because it is in use
+     * @throws AMQException
+     */
+    void unregisterExchange(String name, boolean inUse) throws ExchangeInUseException, AMQException;
+
+    Exchange getExchange(String name);
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersBinding.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersBinding.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d69e956b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersBinding.java
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Defines binding and matching based on a set of headers.
+ */
+class HeadersBinding
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(HeadersBinding.class);
+
+    private final Map _mappings = new HashMap();
+    private final Set<Object> required = new HashSet<Object>();
+    private final Set<Map.Entry> matches = new HashSet<Map.Entry>();
+    private boolean matchAny;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a binding for a set of mappings. Those mappings whose value is
+     * null or the empty string are assumed only to be required headers, with
+     * no constraint on the value. Those with a non-null value are assumed to
+     * define a required match of value. 
+     * @param mappings the defined mappings this binding should use
+     */
+    HeadersBinding(Map mappings)
+    {
+        //noinspection unchecked
+        this(mappings == null ? new HashSet<Map.Entry>() : mappings.entrySet());
+        _mappings.putAll(mappings);
+    }
+
+    private HeadersBinding(Set<Map.Entry> entries)
+    {
+        for (Map.Entry e : entries)
+        {
+            if (isSpecial(e.getKey()))
+            {
+                processSpecial((String) e.getKey(), e.getValue());
+            }
+            else if (e.getValue() == null || e.getValue().equals(""))
+            {
+                required.add(e.getKey());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                matches.add(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected Map getMappings()
+    {
+        return _mappings;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the supplied headers match the requirements of this binding
+     * @param headers the headers to check
+     * @return true if the headers define any required keys and match any required
+     * values
+     */
+    public boolean matches(Map headers)
+    {
+        if(headers == null)
+        {
+            return required.isEmpty() && matches.isEmpty();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return matchAny ? or(headers) : and(headers);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean and(Map headers)
+    {
+        //need to match all the defined mapping rules:
+        return headers.keySet().containsAll(required)
+                && headers.entrySet().containsAll(matches);
+    }
+
+    private boolean or(Map headers)
+    {
+        //only need to match one mapping rule:
+        return !Collections.disjoint(headers.keySet(), required)
+                || !Collections.disjoint(headers.entrySet(), matches);
+    }
+
+    private void processSpecial(String key, Object value)
+    {
+        if("X-match".equalsIgnoreCase(key))
+        {
+            matchAny = isAny(value);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _logger.warn("Ignoring special header: " + key);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean isAny(Object value)
+    {
+        if(value instanceof String)
+        {
+            if("any".equalsIgnoreCase((String) value)) return true;
+            if("all".equalsIgnoreCase((String) value)) return false;
+        }
+        _logger.warn("Ignoring unrecognised match type: " + value);
+        return false;//default to all
+    }
+
+    static boolean isSpecial(Object key)
+    {
+        return key instanceof String && isSpecial((String) key);
+    }
+
+    static boolean isSpecial(String key)
+    {
+        return key.startsWith("X-") || key.startsWith("x-");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersExchange.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersExchange.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83475f87f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersExchange.java
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.*;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+
+import javax.management.openmbean.*;
+import javax.management.ServiceNotFoundException;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * An exchange that binds queues based on a set of required headers and header values
+ * and routes messages to these queues by matching the headers of the message against
+ * those with which the queues were bound.
+ * <p/>
+ * <pre>
+ * The Headers Exchange
+ *
+ *  Routes messages according to the value/presence of fields in the message header table.
+ *  (Basic and JMS content has a content header field called "headers" that is a table of
+ *   message header fields).
+ *
+ *  class = "headers"
+ *  routing key is not used
+ *
+ *  Has the following binding arguments:
+ *
+ *  the X-match field - if "all", does an AND match (used for GRM), if "any", does an OR match.
+ *  other fields prefixed with "X-" are ignored (and generate a console warning message).
+ *  a field with no value or empty value indicates a match on presence only.
+ *  a field with a value indicates match on field presence and specific value.
+ *
+ *  Standard instances:
+ *
+ *  amq.match - pub/sub on field content/value
+ *  </pre>
+ */
+public class HeadersExchange extends AbstractExchange
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(HeadersExchange.class);
+
+    private final List<Registration> _bindings = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<Registration>();
+
+    /**
+     * HeadersExchangeMBean class implements the management interface for the
+     * Header Exchanges.
+     */
+    private final class HeadersExchangeMBean extends ExchangeMBean
+    {
+        private String[]   _bindingItemNames = {"Queue", "HeaderBinding"};
+        private String[]   _bindingItemDescriptions = {"Queue Name", "Header attribute bindings"};
+        private String[]   _bindingItemIndexNames = {"Queue"};
+        private OpenType[] _bindingItemTypes = new OpenType[2];
+
+        private CompositeType      _bindingDataType = null;
+        private TabularType        _bindinglistDataType = null;
+        private TabularDataSupport _bindingList = null;
+
+        public HeadersExchangeMBean()
+        {
+            super();
+            init();
+        }
+        /**
+         * initialises the OpenType objects.
+         */
+        private void init()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _bindingItemTypes[0] = SimpleType.STRING;
+                _bindingItemTypes[1] = new ArrayType(1, SimpleType.STRING);;
+
+                _bindingDataType = new CompositeType("QueueAndHeaderAttributesBinding",
+                                             "Queue and header attributes binding",
+                                             _bindingItemNames,
+                                             _bindingItemDescriptions,
+                                             _bindingItemTypes);
+                _bindinglistDataType = new TabularType("HeaderBindings",
+                                             "List of queues and related header attribute bindings",
+                                             _bindingDataType,
+                                             _bindingItemIndexNames);
+            }
+            catch(OpenDataException ex)
+            {
+                //It should never occur.
+                _logger.error("OpenDataTypes could not be created.", ex);
+                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public TabularData viewBindings()
+            throws OpenDataException
+        {
+            _bindingList = new TabularDataSupport(_bindinglistDataType);
+            for (Iterator<Registration> itr = _bindings.iterator(); itr.hasNext();)
+            {
+                Registration registration = itr.next();
+                String queueName = registration.queue.getName();
+
+                HeadersBinding headers = registration.binding;
+                Map<Object, Object> headerMappings = headers.getMappings();
+                List<String> mappingList = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+                for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> en : headerMappings.entrySet())
+                {
+                    String key = en.getKey().toString();
+                    String value = en.getValue().toString();
+
+                    mappingList.add(key + "=" + value);
+                }
+
+                Object[] bindingItemValues = {queueName, mappingList.toArray(new String[0])};
+                CompositeData bindingData = new CompositeDataSupport(_bindingDataType,
+                                                                     _bindingItemNames,
+                                                                     bindingItemValues);
+                _bindingList.put(bindingData);
+            }
+
+            return _bindingList;
+        }
+
+        public void createBinding(String QueueName, String binding)
+            throws ServiceNotFoundException
+        {
+            throw new ServiceNotFoundException("This service is not supported by \"" + this.getName() + "\"");
+        }
+
+    } // End of MBean class
+
+    public void registerQueue(String routingKey, AMQQueue queue, FieldTable args) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _logger.debug("Exchange " + getName() + ": Binding " + queue.getName() + " with " + args);
+        _bindings.add(new Registration(new HeadersBinding(args), queue));
+    }
+
+    public void deregisterQueue(String routingKey, AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _logger.debug("Exchange " + getName() + ": Unbinding " + queue.getName());
+        _bindings.remove(new Registration(null, queue));
+    }
+
+    public void route(AMQMessage payload) throws AMQException
+    {
+        Map headers = getHeaders(payload.getContentHeaderBody());
+        if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Exchange " + getName() + ": routing message with headers " + headers);
+        }
+        boolean delivered = false;
+        for (Registration e : _bindings)
+        {
+            if (e.binding.matches(headers))
+            {
+                if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+                {
+                    _logger.debug("Exchange " + getName() + ": delivering message with headers " +
+                                  headers + " to " + e.queue.getName());
+                }
+                e.queue.deliver(payload);
+                delivered = true;
+            }
+        }
+        if (!delivered)
+        {
+            _logger.warn("Exchange " + getName() + ": message not routable.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected Map getHeaders(ContentHeaderBody contentHeaderFrame)
+    {
+        //what if the content type is not 'basic'? 'file' and 'stream' content classes also define headers,
+        //but these are not yet implemented.
+        return ((BasicContentHeaderProperties) contentHeaderFrame.properties).getHeaders();
+    }
+
+    protected ExchangeMBean createMBean()
+    {
+        return new HeadersExchangeMBean();
+    }
+
+    private static class Registration
+    {
+        private final HeadersBinding binding;
+        private final AMQQueue queue;
+
+        Registration(HeadersBinding binding, AMQQueue queue)
+        {
+            this.binding = binding;
+            this.queue = queue;
+        }
+
+        public int hashCode()
+        {
+            return queue.hashCode();
+        }
+
+        public boolean equals(Object o)
+        {
+            return o instanceof Registration && ((Registration) o).queue.equals(queue);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/Index.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/Index.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e88b6a68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/Index.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * An index of queues against routing key. Allows multiple queues to be stored
+ * against the same key. Used in the DestNameExchange.
+ */
+class Index
+{
+    private ConcurrentMap<String, List<AMQQueue>> _index
+            = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, List<AMQQueue>>();
+
+    boolean add(String key, AMQQueue queue)
+    {
+        List<AMQQueue> queues = _index.get(key);
+        if(queues == null)
+        {
+            queues = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<AMQQueue>();
+            //next call is atomic, so there is no race to create the list
+            List<AMQQueue> active = _index.putIfAbsent(key, queues);
+            if(active != null)
+            {
+                //someone added the new one in faster than we did, so use theirs
+                queues = active;
+            }
+        }
+        if(queues.contains(queue))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return queues.add(queue);
+        }
+    }
+
+    boolean remove(String key, AMQQueue queue)
+    {
+        List<AMQQueue> queues = _index.get(key);
+        if (queues != null)
+        {
+            boolean removed = queues.remove(queue);
+            if (queues.size() == 0)
+            {
+                _index.remove(key);
+            }
+            return removed;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    List<AMQQueue> get(String key)
+    {
+        return _index.get(key);
+    }
+
+    Map<String, List<AMQQueue>> getBindingsMap()
+    {
+        return _index;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ManagedExchange.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ManagedExchange.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a434ecb443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/ManagedExchange.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import javax.management.openmbean.TabularData;
+import javax.management.JMException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * The management interface exposed to allow management of an Exchange.
+ * @author  Robert J. Greig
+ * @author  Bhupendra Bhardwaj
+ * @version 0.1
+ */
+public interface ManagedExchange
+{
+    static final String TYPE = "Exchange";
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the managed exchange.
+     * @return the name of the exchange.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    String getName() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Tells if the exchange is durable or not.
+     * @return true if the exchange is durable.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    boolean isDurable() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Tells if the exchange is set for autodelete or not.
+     * @return true if the exchange is set as autodelete.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    boolean isAutoDelete() throws IOException;
+
+    int getTicketNo() throws IOException;
+
+
+    // Operations
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all the bindings this exchange has with the queues.
+     * @return  the bindings with the exchange.
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws JMException
+     */
+    TabularData viewBindings()
+        throws IOException, JMException;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates new binding with the given queue and binding.
+     * @param QueueName
+     * @param binding
+     * @throws JMException
+     */
+    void createBinding(String QueueName, String binding)
+        throws JMException;
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/MessageRouter.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/MessageRouter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2eef5f0676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/MessageRouter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+/**
+ * Separated out from the ExchangeRegistry interface to allow components
+ * that use only this part to have a dependency with a reduced footprint.
+ *
+ */
+public interface MessageRouter
+{
+    /**
+     * Routes content through exchanges, delivering it to 1 or more queues.
+     * @param message the message to be routed
+     * @throws org.apache.qpid.AMQException if something goes wrong delivering data
+     */
+    void routeContent(AMQMessage message) throws AMQException;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/NoRouteException.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/NoRouteException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d5511d9c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/NoRouteException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.RequiredDeliveryException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+import org.apache.qpid.protocol.AMQConstant;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown by an exchange if there is no way to route a message with the
+ * mandatory flag set.
+ */
+public class NoRouteException extends RequiredDeliveryException
+{
+    public NoRouteException(String msg, AMQMessage message)
+    {
+        super(msg, message);
+    }
+
+    public int getReplyCode()
+    {
+        return AMQConstant.NO_ROUTE.getCode();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicAckMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicAckMethodHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e236f7da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicAckMethodHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicAckBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+
+public class BasicAckMethodHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<BasicAckBody>
+{     
+    private static final BasicAckMethodHandler _instance = new BasicAckMethodHandler();
+
+    public static BasicAckMethodHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private BasicAckMethodHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<BasicAckBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        BasicAckBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        final AMQChannel channel = protocolSession.getChannel(evt.getChannelId());
+        // this method throws an AMQException if the delivery tag is not known
+        channel.acknowledgeMessage(body.deliveryTag, body.multiple);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicCancelMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicCancelMethodHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52d6d9f0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicCancelMethodHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicCancelBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicCancelOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+public class BasicCancelMethodHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<BasicCancelBody>
+{
+    private static final BasicCancelMethodHandler _instance = new BasicCancelMethodHandler();
+
+    public static BasicCancelMethodHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private BasicCancelMethodHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<BasicCancelBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        final AMQChannel channel = protocolSession.getChannel(evt.getChannelId());
+        final BasicCancelBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        channel.unsubscribeConsumer(protocolSession, body.consumerTag);
+        if(!body.nowait)
+        {
+            final AMQFrame responseFrame = BasicCancelOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId(), body.consumerTag);
+            protocolSession.writeFrame(responseFrame);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicConsumeMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicConsumeMethodHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7da5863044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicConsumeMethodHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.protocol.AMQConstant;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicConsumeBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicConsumeOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ConnectionCloseBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.ConsumerTagNotUniqueException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class BasicConsumeMethodHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<BasicConsumeBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(BasicConsumeMethodHandler.class);
+
+    private static final BasicConsumeMethodHandler _instance = new BasicConsumeMethodHandler();
+
+    public static BasicConsumeMethodHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private BasicConsumeMethodHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession session,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<BasicConsumeBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        BasicConsumeBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        final int channelId = evt.getChannelId();
+
+        AMQChannel channel = session.getChannel(channelId);
+        if (channel == null)
+        {
+            _log.error("Channel " + channelId + " not found");
+            // TODO: either alert or error that the
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            AMQQueue queue = body.queue == null ? channel.getDefaultQueue() : queueRegistry.getQueue(body.queue);
+
+            if(queue == null)
+            {
+                _log.info("No queue for '" + body.queue + "'");
+            }
+            try
+            {
+                String consumerTag = channel.subscribeToQueue(body.consumerTag, queue,  session, !body.noAck);
+                if(!body.nowait)
+                {
+                    session.writeFrame(BasicConsumeOkBody.createAMQFrame(channelId, consumerTag));
+                }
+
+                //now allow queue to start async processing of any backlog of messages
+                queue.deliverAsync();
+            }
+            catch(ConsumerTagNotUniqueException e)
+            {
+                String msg = "Non-unique consumer tag, '" + body.consumerTag + "'";
+                session.writeFrame(ConnectionCloseBody.createAMQFrame(channelId, AMQConstant.NOT_ALLOWED.getCode(), msg, BasicConsumeBody.CLASS_ID, BasicConsumeBody.METHOD_ID));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicPublishMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicPublishMethodHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2f660299d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicPublishMethodHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicPublishBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ChannelCloseBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.Exchange;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+
+public class BasicPublishMethodHandler  implements StateAwareMethodListener<BasicPublishBody>
+{
+    private static final BasicPublishMethodHandler _instance = new BasicPublishMethodHandler();
+
+    public static BasicPublishMethodHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private BasicPublishMethodHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<BasicPublishBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        final BasicPublishBody body = evt.getMethod();
+
+        // TODO: check the delivery tag field details - is it unique across the broker or per subscriber?
+        if (body.exchange == null)
+        {
+            body.exchange = "amq.direct";
+        }
+        Exchange e = exchangeRegistry.getExchange(body.exchange);
+        // if the exchange does not exist we raise a channel exception
+        if (e == null)
+        {
+            protocolSession.closeChannel(evt.getChannelId());
+            // TODO: modify code gen to make getClazz and getMethod public methods rather than protected
+            // then we can remove the hardcoded 0,0
+            AMQFrame cf = ChannelCloseBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId(), 500, "Unknown exchange name", 0, 0);
+            protocolSession.writeFrame(cf);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // The partially populated BasicDeliver frame plus the received route body
+            // is stored in the channel. Once the final body frame has been received
+            // it is routed to the exchange.
+            AMQChannel channel = protocolSession.getChannel(evt.getChannelId());
+            channel.setPublishFrame(body, protocolSession);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicQosHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicQosHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d1c039207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicQosHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicQosBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicQosOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+public class BasicQosHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<BasicQosBody>
+{
+    private static final BasicQosHandler _instance = new BasicQosHandler();
+
+    public static BasicQosHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateMgr, QueueRegistry queues, ExchangeRegistry exchanges,
+                               AMQProtocolSession session, AMQMethodEvent<BasicQosBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        session.getChannel(evt.getChannelId()).setPrefetchCount(evt.getMethod().prefetchCount);
+        session.writeFrame(new AMQFrame(evt.getChannelId(), new BasicQosOkBody()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicRecoverMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicRecoverMethodHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dce283c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/BasicRecoverMethodHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicRecoverBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class BasicRecoverMethodHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<BasicRecoverBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(BasicRecoverMethodHandler.class);
+
+    private static final BasicRecoverMethodHandler _instance = new BasicRecoverMethodHandler();
+
+    public static BasicRecoverMethodHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<BasicRecoverBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _logger.debug("Recover received on protocol session " + protocolSession + " and channel " + evt.getChannelId());        
+        AMQChannel channel = protocolSession.getChannel(evt.getChannelId());
+        if (channel == null)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Unknown channel " + evt.getChannelId());
+        }
+        channel.resend(protocolSession);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelCloseHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelCloseHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b03f15d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelCloseHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ChannelCloseBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ChannelCloseOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+
+public class ChannelCloseHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<ChannelCloseBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(ChannelCloseHandler.class);
+
+    private static ChannelCloseHandler _instance = new ChannelCloseHandler();
+
+    public static ChannelCloseHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private ChannelCloseHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ChannelCloseBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        ChannelCloseBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        _logger.info("Received channel close for id " + evt.getChannelId() + " citing class " + body.classId +
+                     " and method " + body.methodId);
+        protocolSession.closeChannel(evt.getChannelId());
+        AMQFrame response = ChannelCloseOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId());
+        protocolSession.writeFrame(response);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelCloseOkHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelCloseOkHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7731e56d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelCloseOkHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ChannelCloseOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class ChannelCloseOkHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<ChannelCloseOkBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(ChannelCloseOkHandler.class);
+
+    private static ChannelCloseOkHandler _instance = new ChannelCloseOkHandler();
+
+    public static ChannelCloseOkHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private ChannelCloseOkHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ChannelCloseOkBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _logger.info("Received channel-close-ok for channel-id " + evt.getChannelId());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelFlowHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelFlowHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb26549fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelFlowHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ChannelFlowBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ChannelFlowOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ChannelCloseBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+public class ChannelFlowHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<ChannelFlowBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(ChannelFlowHandler.class);
+
+    private static ChannelFlowHandler _instance = new ChannelFlowHandler();
+
+    public static ChannelFlowHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private ChannelFlowHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ChannelFlowBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        ChannelFlowBody body = evt.getMethod();
+
+        AMQChannel channel = protocolSession.getChannel(evt.getChannelId());
+        channel.setSuspended(!body.active);
+        _logger.info("Channel.Flow for channel " + evt.getChannelId() + ", active=" + body.active);
+
+        AMQFrame response = ChannelFlowOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId(), body.active);
+        protocolSession.writeFrame(response);
+    }}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelOpenHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelOpenHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..634cd70469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ChannelOpenHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ChannelOpenBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ChannelOpenOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.IApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+
+public class ChannelOpenHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<ChannelOpenBody>
+{
+    private static ChannelOpenHandler _instance = new ChannelOpenHandler();
+
+    public static ChannelOpenHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private ChannelOpenHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ChannelOpenBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {        
+        IApplicationRegistry registry = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance();
+        final AMQChannel channel = new AMQChannel(evt.getChannelId(), registry.getMessageStore(),
+                                                  exchangeRegistry);
+        protocolSession.addChannel(channel);
+        AMQFrame response = ChannelOpenOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId());
+        protocolSession.writeFrame(response);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionCloseMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionCloseMethodHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f78d6f7276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionCloseMethodHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ConnectionCloseBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ConnectionCloseOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class ConnectionCloseMethodHandler implements  StateAwareMethodListener<ConnectionCloseBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(ConnectionCloseMethodHandler.class);
+
+    private static ConnectionCloseMethodHandler _instance = new ConnectionCloseMethodHandler();
+
+    public static ConnectionCloseMethodHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private ConnectionCloseMethodHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ConnectionCloseBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        final ConnectionCloseBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        _logger.info("ConnectionClose received with reply code/reply text " + body.replyCode + "/" +
+                     body.replyText +  " for " + protocolSession);
+        try
+        {
+            protocolSession.closeSession();
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            _logger.error("Error closing protocol session: " + e, e);
+        }
+        final AMQFrame response = ConnectionCloseOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId());
+        protocolSession.writeFrame(response);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionCloseOkMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionCloseOkMethodHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f918158edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionCloseOkMethodHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ConnectionCloseOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQState;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class ConnectionCloseOkMethodHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<ConnectionCloseOkBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(ConnectionCloseOkMethodHandler.class);
+
+    private static ConnectionCloseOkMethodHandler _instance = new ConnectionCloseOkMethodHandler();
+
+    public static ConnectionCloseOkMethodHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private ConnectionCloseOkMethodHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ConnectionCloseOkBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        //todo should this not do more than just log the method?
+        _logger.info("Received Connection-close-ok");
+
+        try
+        {
+            stateManager.changeState(AMQState.CONNECTION_CLOSED);
+            protocolSession.closeSession();
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            _logger.error("Error closing protocol session: " + e, e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionOpenMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionOpenMethodHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bc28f9eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionOpenMethodHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ConnectionOpenBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ConnectionOpenOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQState;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+
+public class ConnectionOpenMethodHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<ConnectionOpenBody>
+{
+    private static ConnectionOpenMethodHandler _instance = new ConnectionOpenMethodHandler();
+
+    public static ConnectionOpenMethodHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private ConnectionOpenMethodHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    private static String generateClientID()
+    {
+        return Long.toString(System.currentTimeMillis());
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ConnectionOpenBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        ConnectionOpenBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        String contextKey = body.virtualHost;
+
+        //todo //FIXME The virtual host must be validated by the server for the connection to open-ok
+        // See Spec (0.8.2). Section  3.1.2 Virtual Hosts
+        if (contextKey == null)
+        {
+            contextKey = generateClientID();
+        }
+        protocolSession.setContextKey(contextKey);
+        AMQFrame response = ConnectionOpenOkBody.createAMQFrame((short)0, contextKey);
+        stateManager.changeState(AMQState.CONNECTION_OPEN);
+        protocolSession.writeFrame(response);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionSecureOkMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionSecureOkMethodHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c0da4f658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionSecureOkMethodHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQChannelException;
+import org.apache.qpid.protocol.AMQConstant;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.*;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.HeartbeatConfig;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQState;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.AuthenticationManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.AuthenticationResult;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslException;
+
+public class ConnectionSecureOkMethodHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<ConnectionSecureOkBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(ConnectionSecureOkMethodHandler.class);
+
+    private static ConnectionSecureOkMethodHandler _instance = new ConnectionSecureOkMethodHandler();
+
+    public static ConnectionSecureOkMethodHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private ConnectionSecureOkMethodHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ConnectionSecureOkBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        ConnectionSecureOkBody body = evt.getMethod();
+
+        AuthenticationManager authMgr = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getAuthenticationManager();
+        SaslServer ss = protocolSession.getSaslServer();
+        if (ss == null)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("No SASL context set up in session");
+        }
+
+        AuthenticationResult authResult = authMgr.authenticate(ss, body.response);
+        switch (authResult.status)
+        {
+            case ERROR:
+                // Can't do this as we violate protocol. Need to send Close
+                // throw new AMQException(AMQConstant.NOT_ALLOWED.getCode(), AMQConstant.NOT_ALLOWED.getName());
+                _logger.info("Authentication failed");
+                stateManager.changeState(AMQState.CONNECTION_CLOSING);
+                AMQFrame close = ConnectionCloseBody.createAMQFrame(0, AMQConstant.NOT_ALLOWED.getCode(),
+                        AMQConstant.NOT_ALLOWED.getName(),
+                        ConnectionCloseBody.CLASS_ID,
+                        ConnectionCloseBody.METHOD_ID);
+                protocolSession.writeFrame(close);
+                disposeSaslServer(protocolSession);
+                break;
+            case SUCCESS:
+                _logger.info("Connected as: " + ss.getAuthorizationID());
+                stateManager.changeState(AMQState.CONNECTION_NOT_TUNED);
+                AMQFrame tune = ConnectionTuneBody.createAMQFrame(0, Integer.MAX_VALUE,
+                        ConnectionStartOkMethodHandler.getConfiguredFrameSize(),
+                        HeartbeatConfig.getInstance().getDelay());
+                protocolSession.writeFrame(tune);
+                disposeSaslServer(protocolSession);
+                break;
+            case CONTINUE:
+                stateManager.changeState(AMQState.CONNECTION_NOT_AUTH);
+                AMQFrame challenge = ConnectionSecureBody.createAMQFrame(0, authResult.challenge);
+                protocolSession.writeFrame(challenge);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void disposeSaslServer(AMQProtocolSession ps)
+    {
+        SaslServer ss = ps.getSaslServer();
+        if (ss != null)
+        {
+            ps.setSaslServer(null);
+            try
+            {
+                ss.dispose();
+            }
+            catch (SaslException e)
+            {
+                _logger.error("Error disposing of Sasl server: " + e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionStartOkMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionStartOkMethodHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5715ce181b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionStartOkMethodHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ConnectionSecureBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ConnectionStartOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ConnectionTuneBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.HeartbeatConfig;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.AuthenticationManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.AuthenticationResult;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQState;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslException;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+
+
+public class ConnectionStartOkMethodHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<ConnectionStartOkBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(ConnectionStartOkMethodHandler.class);
+
+    private static ConnectionStartOkMethodHandler _instance = new ConnectionStartOkMethodHandler();
+
+    private static final int DEFAULT_FRAME_SIZE = 65536;
+
+    public static StateAwareMethodListener<ConnectionStartOkBody> getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private ConnectionStartOkMethodHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ConnectionStartOkBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        final ConnectionStartOkBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        _logger.info("SASL Mechanism selected: " + body.mechanism);
+        _logger.info("Locale selected: " + body.locale);
+
+        AuthenticationManager authMgr = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getAuthenticationManager();
+
+        SaslServer ss = null;
+        try
+        {
+            ss = authMgr.createSaslServer(body.mechanism, protocolSession.getLocalFQDN());
+            protocolSession.setSaslServer(ss);
+
+            AuthenticationResult authResult = authMgr.authenticate(ss, body.response);
+
+            switch (authResult.status)
+            {
+                case ERROR:
+                    throw new AMQException("Authentication failed");
+                case SUCCESS:
+                    _logger.info("Connected as: " + ss.getAuthorizationID());
+                    stateManager.changeState(AMQState.CONNECTION_NOT_TUNED);
+                    AMQFrame tune = ConnectionTuneBody.createAMQFrame(0, Integer.MAX_VALUE, getConfiguredFrameSize(),
+                                                                      HeartbeatConfig.getInstance().getDelay());
+                    protocolSession.writeFrame(tune);
+                    break;
+                case CONTINUE:
+                    stateManager.changeState(AMQState.CONNECTION_NOT_AUTH);
+                    AMQFrame challenge = ConnectionSecureBody.createAMQFrame(0, authResult.challenge);
+                    protocolSession.writeFrame(challenge);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (SaslException e)
+        {
+            disposeSaslServer(protocolSession);
+            throw new AMQException("SASL error: " + e, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void disposeSaslServer(AMQProtocolSession ps)
+    {
+        SaslServer ss = ps.getSaslServer();
+        if (ss != null)
+        {
+            ps.setSaslServer(null);
+            try
+            {
+                ss.dispose();
+            }
+            catch (SaslException e)
+            {
+                _logger.error("Error disposing of Sasl server: " + e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static int getConfiguredFrameSize()
+    {
+        final Configuration config = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getConfiguration();
+        final int framesize =  config.getInt("advanced.framesize", DEFAULT_FRAME_SIZE);
+        _logger.info("Framesize set to " + framesize);
+        return framesize;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionTuneOkMethodHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionTuneOkMethodHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05ca10fec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ConnectionTuneOkMethodHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ConnectionTuneOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQState;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+
+public class ConnectionTuneOkMethodHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<ConnectionTuneOkBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(ConnectionTuneOkMethodHandler.class);
+
+    private static ConnectionTuneOkMethodHandler _instance = new ConnectionTuneOkMethodHandler();
+
+    public static ConnectionTuneOkMethodHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ConnectionTuneOkBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        ConnectionTuneOkBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _logger.debug(body);
+        }
+        stateManager.changeState(AMQState.CONNECTION_NOT_OPENED);
+        protocolSession.initHeartbeats(body.heartbeat);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ExchangeDeclareHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ExchangeDeclareHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..444a54a4f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ExchangeDeclareHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ExchangeDeclareBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ExchangeDeclareOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.Exchange;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+
+public class ExchangeDeclareHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<ExchangeDeclareBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(ExchangeDeclareHandler.class);
+
+    private static final ExchangeDeclareHandler _instance = new ExchangeDeclareHandler();
+
+    public static ExchangeDeclareHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private final ExchangeFactory exchangeFactory;
+
+    private ExchangeDeclareHandler()
+    {
+        exchangeFactory = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getExchangeFactory();
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ExchangeDeclareBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        final ExchangeDeclareBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Request to declare exchange of type " + body.type + " with name " + body.exchange);
+        }
+        synchronized(exchangeRegistry)
+        {
+            Exchange exchange = exchangeRegistry.getExchange(body.exchange);
+
+            if (exchange == null)
+            {
+                exchange = exchangeFactory.createExchange(body.exchange, body.type, body.durable,
+                                                          body.passive, body.ticket);
+                exchangeRegistry.registerExchange(exchange);
+            }
+        }
+        if(!body.nowait)
+        {
+            AMQFrame response = ExchangeDeclareOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId());
+            protocolSession.writeFrame(response);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ExchangeDeleteHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ExchangeDeleteHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..441e991872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/ExchangeDeleteHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ExchangeDeleteBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ExchangeDeleteOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeInUseException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+
+public class ExchangeDeleteHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<ExchangeDeleteBody>
+{
+    private static final ExchangeDeleteHandler _instance = new ExchangeDeleteHandler();
+
+    public static ExchangeDeleteHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private ExchangeDeleteHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<ExchangeDeleteBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        ExchangeDeleteBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        try
+        {
+            exchangeRegistry.unregisterExchange(body.exchange, body.ifUnused);
+            AMQFrame response = ExchangeDeleteOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId());
+            protocolSession.writeFrame(response);
+        }
+        catch (ExchangeInUseException e)
+        {
+            // TODO: sort out consistent channel close mechanism that does all clean up etc.
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/OnCurrentThreadExecutor.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/OnCurrentThreadExecutor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a689366a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/OnCurrentThreadExecutor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+
+/**
+ * An executor that executes the task on the current thread.
+ */
+public class OnCurrentThreadExecutor implements Executor
+{
+    public void execute(Runnable command)
+    {
+        command.run();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/QueueBindHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/QueueBindHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98eec37a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/QueueBindHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.protocol.AMQConstant;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.QueueBindBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.QueueBindOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.Exchange;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+
+public class QueueBindHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<QueueBindBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(QueueBindHandler.class);
+
+    private static final QueueBindHandler _instance = new QueueBindHandler();
+
+    public static QueueBindHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private QueueBindHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<QueueBindBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        final QueueBindBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        final AMQQueue queue;
+        if (body.queue == null)
+        {
+            queue = protocolSession.getChannel(evt.getChannelId()).getDefaultQueue();
+            if (queue == null)
+            {
+                throw new AMQException("No default queue defined on channel and queue was null");
+            }
+            if (body.routingKey == null)
+            {
+                body.routingKey = queue.getName();
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            queue = queueRegistry.getQueue(body.queue);
+        }
+
+        if (queue == null)
+        {
+            throw body.getChannelException(AMQConstant.NOT_FOUND.getCode(), "Queue " + body.queue + " does not exist.");
+        }
+        final Exchange exch = exchangeRegistry.getExchange(body.exchange);
+        if (exch == null)
+        {
+            throw body.getChannelException(AMQConstant.NOT_FOUND.getCode(), "Exchange " + body.exchange + " does not exist.");
+        }
+        exch.registerQueue(body.routingKey, queue, body.arguments);
+        queue.bind(body.routingKey, exch);
+        if (_log.isInfoEnabled())
+        {
+            _log.info("Binding queue " + queue + " to exchange " + exch + " with routing key " + body.routingKey);
+        }
+        if (!body.nowait)
+        {
+            final AMQFrame response = QueueBindOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId());
+            protocolSession.writeFrame(response);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/QueueDeclareHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/QueueDeclareHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1eb387748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/QueueDeclareHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.configuration.Configured;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.QueueDeclareBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.QueueDeclareOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.Exchange;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.configuration.Configurator;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+public class QueueDeclareHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<QueueDeclareBody>
+{
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(QueueDeclareHandler.class);
+
+    private static final QueueDeclareHandler _instance = new QueueDeclareHandler();
+
+    public static QueueDeclareHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    @Configured(path = "queue.auto_register", defaultValue = "false")
+    public boolean autoRegister;
+
+    private final AtomicInteger _counter = new AtomicInteger();
+
+    private final MessageStore _store;
+
+    protected QueueDeclareHandler()
+    {
+        Configurator.configure(this);
+        _store = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getMessageStore();
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<QueueDeclareBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        QueueDeclareBody body = evt.getMethod();
+
+        // if we aren't given a queue name, we create one which we return to the client
+        if (body.queue == null)
+        {
+            body.queue = createName();
+        }
+        //TODO: do we need to check that the queue already exists with exactly the same "configuration"?
+
+        synchronized (queueRegistry)
+        {
+            AMQQueue queue;
+            if ((queue = queueRegistry.getQueue(body.queue)) == null)
+            {
+                queue = createQueue(body, queueRegistry, protocolSession);
+                if (queue.isDurable() && !queue.isAutoDelete())
+                {
+                    _store.createQueue(queue);
+                }
+                queueRegistry.registerQueue(queue);
+                if (autoRegister)
+                {
+                    Exchange defaultExchange = exchangeRegistry.getExchange("amq.direct");
+                    defaultExchange.registerQueue(body.queue, queue, null);
+                    queue.bind(body.queue, defaultExchange);
+                    _log.info("Queue " + body.queue + " bound to default exchange");
+                }
+            }
+            //set this as the default queue on the channel:
+            protocolSession.getChannel(evt.getChannelId()).setDefaultQueue(queue);
+        }
+        if (!body.nowait)
+        {
+            AMQFrame response = QueueDeclareOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId(), body.queue, 0L, 0L);
+            _log.info("Queue " + body.queue + " declared successfully");
+            protocolSession.writeFrame(response);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected String createName()
+    {
+        return "tmp_" + pad(_counter.incrementAndGet());
+    }
+
+    protected static String pad(int value)
+    {
+        return MessageFormat.format("{0,number,0000000000000}", value);
+    }
+
+    protected AMQQueue createQueue(QueueDeclareBody body, QueueRegistry registry, AMQProtocolSession session)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        String owner = body.exclusive ? session.getContextKey() : null;
+        return new AMQQueue(body.queue, body.durable, owner, body.autoDelete, registry);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/QueueDeleteHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/QueueDeleteHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82c1d93065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/QueueDeleteHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.QueueDeleteBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.QueueDeleteOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+public class QueueDeleteHandler  implements StateAwareMethodListener<QueueDeleteBody>
+{
+    private static final QueueDeleteHandler _instance = new QueueDeleteHandler();
+
+    public static QueueDeleteHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private final boolean _failIfNotFound;
+    private final MessageStore _store;
+
+    public QueueDeleteHandler()
+    {
+        this(true);
+    }
+
+    public QueueDeleteHandler(boolean failIfNotFound)
+    {
+        _failIfNotFound = failIfNotFound;
+        _store = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getMessageStore();
+
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateMgr, QueueRegistry queues, ExchangeRegistry exchanges, AMQProtocolSession session, AMQMethodEvent<QueueDeleteBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        QueueDeleteBody body = evt.getMethod();
+        AMQQueue queue;
+        if(body.queue == null)
+        {
+            queue = session.getChannel(evt.getChannelId()).getDefaultQueue();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            queue = queues.getQueue(body.queue);
+        }
+
+        if(queue == null)
+        {
+            if(_failIfNotFound)
+            {
+                throw body.getChannelException(404, "Queue " + body.queue + " does not exist.");
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            int purged = queue.delete(body.ifUnused, body.ifEmpty);
+            _store.removeQueue(queue.getName());
+            session.writeFrame(QueueDeleteOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId(), purged));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/TxCommitHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/TxCommitHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce18c94c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/TxCommitHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.TxCommitBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.TxCommitOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+
+public class TxCommitHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<TxCommitBody>
+{
+    private static TxCommitHandler _instance = new TxCommitHandler();
+
+    public static TxCommitHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private TxCommitHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<TxCommitBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+
+        try{
+            protocolSession.getChannel(evt.getChannelId()).commit();
+            protocolSession.writeFrame(TxCommitOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId()));        
+        }catch(AMQException e){
+            throw evt.getMethod().getChannelException(e.getErrorCode(), "Failed to commit: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/TxRollbackHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/TxRollbackHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff2d79fb95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/TxRollbackHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.TxRollbackBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.TxRollbackOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+
+public class TxRollbackHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<TxRollbackBody>
+{
+    private static TxRollbackHandler _instance = new TxRollbackHandler();
+
+    public static TxRollbackHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private TxRollbackHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<TxRollbackBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        try{
+            AMQChannel channel = protocolSession.getChannel(evt.getChannelId());
+            channel.rollback();
+            protocolSession.writeFrame(TxRollbackOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId()));
+            //Now resend all the unacknowledged messages back to the original subscribers.
+            //(Must be done after the TxnRollback-ok response).
+            channel.resend(protocolSession);
+        }catch(AMQException e){
+            throw evt.getMethod().getChannelException(e.getErrorCode(), "Failed to rollback: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/TxSelectHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/TxSelectHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d55930489c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/handler/TxSelectHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.handler;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.TxSelectBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.TxSelectOkBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.StateAwareMethodListener;
+
+public class TxSelectHandler implements StateAwareMethodListener<TxSelectBody>
+{
+    private static TxSelectHandler _instance = new TxSelectHandler();
+
+    public static TxSelectHandler getInstance()
+    {
+        return _instance;
+    }
+
+    private TxSelectHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                               ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                               AMQMethodEvent<TxSelectBody> evt) throws AMQException
+    {
+        protocolSession.getChannel(evt.getChannelId()).setTransactional(true);
+        protocolSession.writeFrame(TxSelectOkBody.createAMQFrame(evt.getChannelId()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/jms/JmsConsumer.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/jms/JmsConsumer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da82d2166e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/jms/JmsConsumer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.jms;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+public class JmsConsumer
+{
+    private int _prefetchValue;
+
+    private PrefetchUnits _prefetchUnits;
+
+    private boolean _noLocal;
+
+    private boolean _autoAck;
+
+    private boolean _exclusive;
+
+    private AMQProtocolSession _protocolSession;
+
+    public enum PrefetchUnits
+    {
+        OCTETS,
+        MESSAGES
+    }
+
+    public int getPrefetchValue()
+    {
+        return _prefetchValue;
+    }
+
+    public void setPrefetchValue(int prefetchValue)
+    {
+        _prefetchValue = prefetchValue;
+    }
+
+    public PrefetchUnits getPrefetchUnits()
+    {
+        return _prefetchUnits;
+    }
+
+    public void setPrefetchUnits(PrefetchUnits prefetchUnits)
+    {
+        _prefetchUnits = prefetchUnits;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isNoLocal()
+    {
+        return _noLocal;
+    }
+
+    public void setNoLocal(boolean noLocal)
+    {
+        _noLocal = noLocal;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isAutoAck()
+    {
+        return _autoAck;
+    }
+
+    public void setAutoAck(boolean autoAck)
+    {
+        _autoAck = autoAck;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isExclusive()
+    {
+        return _exclusive;
+    }
+
+    public void setExclusive(boolean exclusive)
+    {
+        _exclusive = exclusive;
+    }
+
+    public AMQProtocolSession getProtocolSession()
+    {
+        return _protocolSession;
+    }
+
+    public void setProtocolSession(AMQProtocolSession protocolSession)
+    {
+        _protocolSession = protocolSession;
+    }
+
+    public void deliverMessage() throws AMQException
+    {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/AMQManagedObject.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/AMQManagedObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fea955b93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/AMQManagedObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.management;
+
+import javax.management.ListenerNotFoundException;
+import javax.management.NotificationBroadcaster;
+import javax.management.NotificationBroadcasterSupport;
+import javax.management.NotificationFilter;
+import javax.management.NotificationListener;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides additinal feature of Notification Broadcaster to the
+ * DefaultManagedObject.
+ * @author  Bhupendra Bhardwaj
+ * @version 0.1
+ */
+public abstract class AMQManagedObject extends DefaultManagedObject
+                                       implements NotificationBroadcaster
+{
+    /**
+     * broadcaster support class
+     */
+    protected NotificationBroadcasterSupport _broadcaster = new NotificationBroadcasterSupport();
+
+    /**
+     * sequence number for notifications
+     */
+    protected long _notificationSequenceNumber = 0;
+
+    protected AMQManagedObject(Class<?> managementInterface, String typeName)
+    {
+         super(managementInterface, typeName);
+    }
+    
+
+    // notification broadcaster implementation
+
+    public void addNotificationListener(NotificationListener listener,
+                                        NotificationFilter filter,
+                                        Object handback)
+    {
+        _broadcaster.addNotificationListener(listener, filter, handback);
+    }
+
+    public void removeNotificationListener(NotificationListener listener)
+        throws ListenerNotFoundException
+    {
+        _broadcaster.removeNotificationListener(listener);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/DefaultManagedObject.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/DefaultManagedObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb8603f8b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/DefaultManagedObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.management;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+import javax.management.MalformedObjectNameException;
+
+/**
+ * Provides implementation of the boilerplate ManagedObject interface. Most managed objects should find it useful
+ * to extend this class rather than implementing ManagedObject from scratch.
+ *
+ */
+public abstract class DefaultManagedObject implements ManagedObject
+{
+    private Class<?> _managementInterface;
+
+    private String _typeName;
+
+    protected DefaultManagedObject(Class<?> managementInterface, String typeName)
+    {
+        _managementInterface = managementInterface;
+        _typeName = typeName;
+    }
+
+    public String getType()
+    {
+        return _typeName;
+    }
+
+    public Class<?> getManagementInterface()
+    {
+        return _managementInterface;
+    }
+
+    public void register() throws AMQException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getManagedObjectRegistry().registerObject(this);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Error registering managed object " + this + ": " + e, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void unregister() throws AMQException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getManagedObjectRegistry().unregisterObject(this);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Error unregistering managed object: " + this + ": " + e, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return getObjectInstanceName() + "[" + getType() + "]";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Created the ObjectName as per the JMX Specs
+     * @return ObjectName
+     * @throws MalformedObjectNameException
+     */
+    public ObjectName getObjectName()
+        throws MalformedObjectNameException
+    {
+        String name = jmxEncode(new StringBuffer(getObjectInstanceName()), 0).toString();
+        StringBuffer objectName = new StringBuffer(ManagedObject.DOMAIN);
+        objectName.append(":type=").append(getType());
+        objectName.append(",name=").append(name);
+
+        return new ObjectName(objectName.toString());
+    }
+
+    private static StringBuffer jmxEncode(StringBuffer jmxName, int attrPos)
+    {
+        for (int i = attrPos; i < jmxName.length(); i++)
+        {
+            if (jmxName.charAt(i) == ',')
+            {
+                jmxName.setCharAt(i, ';');
+            }
+            else if (jmxName.charAt(i) == ':')
+            {
+                jmxName.setCharAt(i, '-');
+            }
+            else if (jmxName.charAt(i) == '?' ||
+                    jmxName.charAt(i) == '*' ||
+                    jmxName.charAt(i) == '\\')
+            {
+                jmxName.insert(i, '\\');
+                i++;
+            }
+            else if (jmxName.charAt(i) == '\n')
+            {
+                jmxName.insert(i, '\\');
+                i++;
+                jmxName.setCharAt(i, 'n');
+            }
+        }
+        return jmxName;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/JMXManagedObjectRegistry.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/JMXManagedObjectRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d556973970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/JMXManagedObjectRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.management;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import javax.management.JMException;
+import javax.management.MBeanServer;
+import javax.management.NotCompliantMBeanException;
+import javax.management.StandardMBean;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+
+public class JMXManagedObjectRegistry implements ManagedObjectRegistry
+{
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(JMXManagedObjectRegistry.class);
+
+    private final MBeanServer _mbeanServer;
+
+    public JMXManagedObjectRegistry()
+    {
+        _log.info("Initialising managed object registry using platform MBean server");
+        // we use the platform MBean server currently but this must be changed or at least be configuurable
+        _mbeanServer = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();
+    }
+
+    public void registerObject(ManagedObject managedObject) throws JMException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+             _mbeanServer.registerMBean(managedObject, managedObject.getObjectName());
+        }
+        catch(NotCompliantMBeanException ex)
+        {
+        // The following is a hack due to a silly change to StandardMBean in JDK 1.6
+        // They have added in generics to get compile time safety which reduces the
+        // flexibility
+            Object o = managedObject;
+            Class<Object> clazz = (Class<Object>) managedObject.getManagementInterface();
+            StandardMBean mbean = new StandardMBean(o, clazz);
+
+            _mbeanServer.registerMBean(mbean, managedObject.getObjectName());
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public void unregisterObject(ManagedObject managedObject) throws JMException
+    {
+        _mbeanServer.unregisterMBean(managedObject.getObjectName());
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/Managable.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/Managable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e62e1c7f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/Managable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.management;
+
+/**
+ * Any object that can return a related MBean should implement this interface.
+ *
+ * This enables other classes to get the managed object, which in turn is useful when
+ * constructing relationships between managed objects without having to maintain
+ * separate data structures containing MBeans.
+ *
+ */
+public interface Managable
+{
+    ManagedObject getManagedObject();
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagedBroker.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagedBroker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecf6123c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagedBroker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.qpid.server.management;
+
+import javax.management.JMException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * The ManagedBroker is the management interface to expose management
+ * features of the Broker.
+ *
+ * @author   Bhupendra Bhardwaj
+ * @version  0.1
+ */
+public interface ManagedBroker
+{
+    static final String TYPE = "BrokerManager";
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new Exchange.
+     * @param name
+     * @param type
+     * @param durable
+     * @param passive
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws JMException
+     */
+    void createNewExchange(String name, String type, boolean durable, boolean passive)
+        throws IOException, JMException;
+
+    /**
+     * unregisters all the channels, queuebindings etc and unregisters
+     * this exchange from managed objects.
+     * @param exchange
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws JMException
+     */
+    void unregisterExchange(String exchange)
+        throws IOException, JMException;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new Queue on the Broker server
+     * @param queueName
+     * @param durable
+     * @param owner
+     * @param autoDelete
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws JMException
+     */
+    void createQueue(String queueName, boolean durable, String owner, boolean autoDelete)
+        throws IOException, JMException;
+
+    /**
+     * Unregisters the Queue bindings, removes the subscriptions and unregisters
+     * from the managed objects.
+     * @param queueName
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws JMException
+     */
+    void deleteQueue(String queueName)
+        throws IOException, JMException;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagedObject.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagedObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0643f84744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagedObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.management;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+import javax.management.MalformedObjectNameException;
+
+/**
+ * This should be implemented by all Managable objects.
+ */
+public interface ManagedObject
+{
+    static final String DOMAIN = "org.apache.qpid";
+
+    /**
+     * @return the name that uniquely identifies this object instance. It must be
+     * unique only among objects of this type at this level in the hierarchy so
+     * the uniqueness should not be too difficult to ensure.
+     */
+    String getObjectInstanceName();
+
+    String getType();
+
+    Class<?> getManagementInterface();
+
+    void register() throws AMQException;
+
+    void unregister() throws AMQException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the ObjectName required for the mbeanserver registration.
+     * @return ObjectName
+     * @throws MalformedObjectNameException
+     */
+    ObjectName getObjectName() throws MalformedObjectNameException;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagedObjectRegistry.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagedObjectRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7270ec83b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagedObjectRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.management;
+
+import javax.management.JMException;
+
+/**
+ * Handles the registration (and unregistration and so on) of managed objects.
+ *
+ * Managed objects are responsible for exposting attributes, operations and notifications. They will expose
+ * these outside the JVM therefore it is important not to use implementation objects directly as managed objects.
+ * Instead, creating inner classes and exposing those is an effective way of exposing internal state in a
+ * controlled way.
+ *
+ * Although we do not explictly use them while targetting Java 5, the enhanced MXBean approach in Java 6 will
+ * be the obvious choice for managed objects.
+ *
+ */
+public interface ManagedObjectRegistry
+{
+    void registerObject(ManagedObject managedObject) throws JMException;
+
+    void unregisterObject(ManagedObject managedObject) throws JMException;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagementConfiguration.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagementConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec80009d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/ManagementConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.management;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.configuration.Configured;
+
+public class ManagementConfiguration
+{
+    @Configured(path = "management.enabled",
+                defaultValue = "true")
+    public boolean enabled;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/NoopManagedObjectRegistry.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/NoopManagedObjectRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bf2c8d9ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/management/NoopManagedObjectRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.management;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import javax.management.JMException;
+
+/**
+ * This managed object registry does not actually register MBeans. This can be used in tests when management is
+ * not required or when management has been disabled.
+ *
+ */
+public class NoopManagedObjectRegistry implements ManagedObjectRegistry
+{
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(NoopManagedObjectRegistry.class);
+
+    public NoopManagedObjectRegistry()
+    {
+        _log.info("Management is disabled");
+    }
+
+    public void registerObject(ManagedObject managedObject) throws JMException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void unregisterObject(ManagedObject managedObject) throws JMException
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQMethodEvent.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQMethodEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c8d049951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQMethodEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQMethodBody;
+
+/**
+ * An event that is passed to AMQMethodListeners describing a particular method.
+ * It supplies the:
+ * <ul><li>channel id</li>
+ * <li>protocol method</li>
+ * to listeners. This means that listeners do not need to be stateful.
+ *
+ * In the StateAwareMethodListener, other useful objects such as the protocol session
+ * are made available.
+ * 
+ */
+public class AMQMethodEvent<M extends AMQMethodBody>
+{
+    private final M _method;
+
+    private final int _channelId;
+
+    public AMQMethodEvent(int channelId, M method)
+    {
+        _channelId = channelId;
+        _method = method;
+    }
+
+    public M getMethod()
+    {
+        return _method;
+    }
+
+    public int getChannelId()
+    {
+        return _channelId;
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder("Method event: ");
+        buf.append("\nChannel id: ").append(_channelId);
+        buf.append("\nMethod: ").append(_method);
+        return buf.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQMethodListener.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQMethodListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8d973cd91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQMethodListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQMethodBody;
+
+/**
+ * Interface that allows classes to register for interest in protocol method frames.
+ * 
+ */
+public interface AMQMethodListener
+{
+    /**
+     * Invoked when a method frame has been received
+     * @param evt the event that contains the method and channel
+     * @param protocolSession the protocol session associated with the event
+     * @return true if the handler has processed the method frame, false otherwise. Note
+     * that this does not prohibit the method event being delivered to subsequent listeners
+     * but can be used to determine if nobody has dealt with an incoming method frame.
+     * @throws AMQException if an error has occurred. This exception will be delivered
+     * to all registered listeners using the error() method (see below) allowing them to
+     * perform cleanup if necessary.
+     */
+    <B extends AMQMethodBody> boolean methodReceived(AMQMethodEvent<B> evt,
+                           AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                           QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                           ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry) throws AMQException;
+
+    /**
+     * Callback when an error has occurred. Allows listeners to clean up.
+     * @param e
+     */
+    void error(AMQException e);
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQMinaProtocolSession.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQMinaProtocolSession.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80aa4756d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQMinaProtocolSession.java
@@ -0,0 +1,603 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.mina.common.IoSession;
+import org.apache.mina.common.IdleStatus;
+import org.apache.mina.transport.vmpipe.VmPipeAddress;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQChannelException;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.codec.AMQCodecFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.codec.AMQDecoder;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.*;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.RequiredDeliveryException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.DefaultManagedObject;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.state.AMQStateManager;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+import javax.management.MalformedObjectNameException;
+import javax.management.openmbean.*;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+
+public class AMQMinaProtocolSession implements AMQProtocolSession, ProtocolVersionList
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(AMQProtocolSession.class);
+
+    private final IoSession _minaProtocolSession;
+
+    private String _contextKey;
+
+    private final Map<Integer, AMQChannel> _channelMap = new HashMap<Integer, AMQChannel>();
+
+    private final CopyOnWriteArraySet<AMQMethodListener> _frameListeners = new CopyOnWriteArraySet<AMQMethodListener>();
+
+    private final AMQStateManager _stateManager;
+
+    private final QueueRegistry _queueRegistry;
+
+    private final ExchangeRegistry _exchangeRegistry;
+
+    private AMQCodecFactory _codecFactory;
+
+    private AMQProtocolSessionMBean _managedObject;
+
+    private SaslServer _saslServer;
+
+    private Object _lastReceived;
+
+    private Object _lastSent;
+
+    private boolean _closed;
+
+    private long _maxNoOfChannels;
+    
+    /* AMQP Version for this session */
+    
+    private byte _major;
+    private byte _minor;
+
+    /**
+     * This class implements the management interface (is an MBean). In order to make more attributes, operations
+     * and notifications available over JMX simply augment the ManagedConnection interface and add the appropriate
+     * implementation here.
+     */
+    private final class AMQProtocolSessionMBean extends DefaultManagedObject implements ManagedConnection
+    {
+        /**
+         * Represents the channel attributes sent with channel data.
+         */
+        private String[] _channelAtttibuteNames = { "ChannelId",
+                                                    "ChannelName",
+                                                    "Transactional",
+                                                    "DefaultQueue"};
+        private String[] _channelAttributeDescriptions = { "Channel Identifier",
+                                                           "Channel Name",
+                                                           "is Channel Transactional?",
+                                                           "Default Queue Name" };
+        private OpenType[] _channelAttributeTypes = { SimpleType.INTEGER,
+                                                      SimpleType.OBJECTNAME,
+                                                      SimpleType.BOOLEAN,
+                                                      SimpleType.STRING };
+        /**
+         * Channels in the list will be indexed according to channelId.
+         */
+        private String[] _indexNames = { "ChannelId" };
+
+        /**
+         * represents the data type for channel data.
+         */
+        private CompositeType _channelType = null;
+        /**
+         * Datatype for list of channelsType.
+         */
+        private TabularType  _channelsType = null;
+
+        private TabularDataSupport _channelsList = null;
+
+        public AMQProtocolSessionMBean()
+        {
+            super(ManagedConnection.class, ManagedConnection.TYPE);
+            init();
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * initialises the CompositeTypes and TabularType attributes.
+         */
+        private void init()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _channelType = new CompositeType("channel",
+                                              "a Channel",
+                                              _channelAtttibuteNames,
+                                              _channelAttributeDescriptions,
+                                              _channelAttributeTypes);
+
+                _channelsType = new TabularType("channelsType",
+                                       "List of available channelsType",
+                                       _channelType,
+                                       _indexNames);
+            }
+            catch(OpenDataException ex)
+            {
+                // It should never occur.
+                _logger.error("OpenDataTypes could not be created.", ex);
+                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public Date getLastIoTime()
+        {
+            return new Date(_minaProtocolSession.getLastIoTime());
+        }
+
+        public String getRemoteAddress()
+        {
+            return _minaProtocolSession.getRemoteAddress().toString();
+        }
+
+        public long getWrittenBytes()
+        {
+            return _minaProtocolSession.getWrittenBytes();
+        }
+
+        public long getReadBytes()
+        {
+            return _minaProtocolSession.getReadBytes();
+        }
+
+        public long getMaximumNumberOfAllowedChannels()
+        {
+            return _maxNoOfChannels;
+        }
+
+        public void setMaximumNumberOfAllowedChannels(long value)
+        {
+            _maxNoOfChannels = value;
+        }
+
+        public String getObjectInstanceName()
+        {
+            String remote = getRemoteAddress();
+            return "anonymous".equals(remote) ? remote + hashCode() : remote;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Creates the list of channels in tabular form from the _channelMap.
+         * @return  list of channels in tabular form.
+         * @throws OpenDataException
+         */
+        private TabularData getChannels()
+            throws OpenDataException
+        {
+            _channelsList = new TabularDataSupport(_channelsType);
+
+            for (Map.Entry<Integer, AMQChannel> entry : _channelMap.entrySet())
+            {
+                AMQChannel channel = entry.getValue();
+                ObjectName channelObjectName = null;
+
+                try
+                {
+                    channelObjectName = channel.getObjectName();
+                }
+                catch (MalformedObjectNameException ex)
+                {
+                    _logger.error("Unable to create object name: ", ex);
+                }
+
+                Object[] itemValues = {channel.getChannelId(),
+                                       channelObjectName,
+                                       channel.isTransactional(),
+                                       (channel.getDefaultQueue() != null) ? channel.getDefaultQueue().getName() : null};
+
+                CompositeData channelData = new CompositeDataSupport(_channelType,
+                                                            _channelAtttibuteNames,
+                                                            itemValues);
+
+                _channelsList.put(channelData);
+            }
+
+            return _channelsList;
+        }
+
+        public TabularData viewChannels()
+            throws OpenDataException
+        {
+            return getChannels();
+        }
+
+        public void closeChannel(int id)
+            throws Exception
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                AMQMinaProtocolSession.this.closeChannel(id);
+            }
+            catch (AMQException ex)
+            {
+                throw new Exception(ex.toString());
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void closeConnection()
+            throws Exception
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                AMQMinaProtocolSession.this.closeSession();
+            }
+            catch (AMQException ex)
+            {
+                throw new Exception(ex.toString());
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public AMQMinaProtocolSession(IoSession session, QueueRegistry queueRegistry, ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry,
+                                  AMQCodecFactory codecFactory)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        this(session, queueRegistry, exchangeRegistry, codecFactory, new AMQStateManager());
+    }
+
+    public AMQMinaProtocolSession(IoSession session, QueueRegistry queueRegistry, ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry,
+                                  AMQCodecFactory codecFactory, AMQStateManager stateManager)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        _stateManager = stateManager;
+        _minaProtocolSession = session;
+        session.setAttachment(this);
+        _frameListeners.add(_stateManager);
+        _queueRegistry = queueRegistry;
+        _exchangeRegistry = exchangeRegistry;
+        _codecFactory = codecFactory;
+        _managedObject = new AMQProtocolSessionMBean();
+        _managedObject.register();
+    }
+
+    public static AMQProtocolSession getAMQProtocolSession(IoSession minaProtocolSession)
+    {
+        return (AMQProtocolSession) minaProtocolSession.getAttachment();
+    }
+
+    public void dataBlockReceived(AMQDataBlock message)
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        _lastReceived = message;
+        if (message instanceof ProtocolInitiation)
+        {
+            ProtocolInitiation pi = (ProtocolInitiation) message;
+            // this ensures the codec never checks for a PI message again
+            ((AMQDecoder)_codecFactory.getDecoder()).setExpectProtocolInitiation(false);
+            try {
+                pi.checkVersion(this); // Fails if not correct
+                // This sets the protocol version (and hence framing classes) for this session.
+                _major = pi.protocolMajor;
+                _minor = pi.protocolMinor;
+                String mechanisms = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getAuthenticationManager().getMechanisms();
+                String locales = "en_US";
+                AMQFrame response = ConnectionStartBody.createAMQFrame((short)0, pi.protocolMajor, pi.protocolMinor, null,
+                                                                       mechanisms.getBytes(), locales.getBytes());
+                _minaProtocolSession.write(response);
+            } catch (AMQException e) {
+                _logger.error("Received incorrect protocol initiation", e);
+                /* Find last protocol version in protocol version list. Make sure last protocol version
+                listed in the build file (build-module.xml) is the latest version which will be used
+                here. */
+                int i = pv.length - 1;
+                _minaProtocolSession.write(new ProtocolInitiation(pv[i][PROTOCOL_MAJOR], pv[i][PROTOCOL_MINOR]));
+                // TODO: Close connection (but how to wait until message is sent?)
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            AMQFrame frame = (AMQFrame) message;
+
+            if (frame.bodyFrame instanceof AMQMethodBody)
+            {
+                methodFrameReceived(frame);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    contentFrameReceived(frame);
+                }
+                catch (RequiredDeliveryException e)
+                {
+                    //need to return the message:
+                    _logger.info("Returning message to " + this + " channel " + frame.channel
+                                 + ": " + e.getMessage());
+                    writeFrame(e.getReturnMessage(frame.channel));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void methodFrameReceived(AMQFrame frame)
+    {
+        if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Method frame received: " + frame);
+        }
+        final AMQMethodEvent<AMQMethodBody> evt = new AMQMethodEvent<AMQMethodBody>(frame.channel,
+                                                                                    (AMQMethodBody)frame.bodyFrame);
+        try
+        {
+            boolean wasAnyoneInterested = false;
+            for (AMQMethodListener listener : _frameListeners)
+            {
+                wasAnyoneInterested = listener.methodReceived(evt, this, _queueRegistry, _exchangeRegistry) ||
+                                      wasAnyoneInterested;
+            }
+            if (!wasAnyoneInterested)
+            {
+                throw new AMQException("AMQMethodEvent " + evt + " was not processed by any listener.");
+            }
+        }
+        catch (AMQChannelException e)
+        {
+            _logger.error("Closing channel due to: " + e.getMessage());
+            writeFrame(e.getCloseFrame(frame.channel));
+        }
+        catch (AMQException e)
+        {
+            for (AMQMethodListener listener : _frameListeners)
+            {
+                listener.error(e);
+            }
+            _minaProtocolSession.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void contentFrameReceived(AMQFrame frame) throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (frame.bodyFrame instanceof ContentHeaderBody)
+        {
+            contentHeaderReceived(frame);
+        }
+        else if (frame.bodyFrame instanceof ContentBody)
+        {
+            contentBodyReceived(frame);
+        }
+        else if (frame.bodyFrame instanceof HeartbeatBody)
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Received heartbeat from client");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _logger.warn("Unrecognised frame " + frame.getClass().getName());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void contentHeaderReceived(AMQFrame frame) throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Content header frame received: " + frame);
+        }
+        getChannel(frame.channel).publishContentHeader((ContentHeaderBody)frame.bodyFrame);
+    }
+
+    private void contentBodyReceived(AMQFrame frame) throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Content body frame received: " + frame);
+        }
+        getChannel(frame.channel).publishContentBody((ContentBody)frame.bodyFrame);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convenience method that writes a frame to the protocol session. Equivalent
+     * to calling getProtocolSession().write().
+     *
+     * @param frame the frame to write
+     */
+    public void writeFrame(AMQDataBlock frame)
+    {
+        _lastSent = frame;
+        _minaProtocolSession.write(frame);
+    }
+
+    public String getContextKey()
+    {
+        return _contextKey;
+    }
+
+    public void setContextKey(String contextKey)
+    {
+        _contextKey = contextKey;
+    }
+
+    public AMQChannel getChannel(int channelId) throws AMQException
+    {
+        return _channelMap.get(channelId);
+    }
+
+    public void addChannel(AMQChannel channel)
+    {
+        _channelMap.put(channel.getChannelId(), channel);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Close a specific channel. This will remove any resources used by the channel, including:
+     * <ul><li>any queue subscriptions (this may in turn remove queues if they are auto delete</li>
+     * </ul>
+     * @param channelId id of the channel to close
+     * @throws AMQException if an error occurs closing the channel
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the channel id is not valid
+     */
+    public void closeChannel(int channelId) throws AMQException
+    {
+        final AMQChannel channel = _channelMap.get(channelId);
+        if (channel == null)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown channel id");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                channel.close(this);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                _channelMap.remove(channelId);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * In our current implementation this is used by the clustering code.
+     * @param channelId
+     */
+    public void removeChannel(int channelId)
+    {
+        _channelMap.remove(channelId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialise heartbeats on the session.
+     * @param delay delay in seconds (not ms)
+     */
+    public void initHeartbeats(int delay)
+    {
+        if(delay > 0)
+        {
+            _minaProtocolSession.setIdleTime(IdleStatus.WRITER_IDLE, delay);
+            _minaProtocolSession.setIdleTime(IdleStatus.READER_IDLE, HeartbeatConfig.getInstance().getTimeout(delay));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Closes all channels that were opened by this protocol session. This frees up all resources
+     * used by the channel.
+     * @throws AMQException if an error occurs while closing any channel
+     */
+    private void closeAllChannels() throws AMQException
+    {
+        for (AMQChannel channel : _channelMap.values())
+        {
+            channel.close(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This must be called when the session is _closed in order to free up any resources
+     * managed by the session.
+     */
+    public void closeSession() throws AMQException
+    {
+        if(!_closed)
+        {
+            _closed = true;
+            closeAllChannels();
+            if (_managedObject != null)
+            {
+                _managedObject.unregister();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return "AMQProtocolSession(" + _minaProtocolSession.getRemoteAddress() + ")";
+    }
+
+    public String dump()
+    {
+        return this + " last_sent=" + _lastSent + " last_received=" + _lastReceived;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return an object that can be used to identity
+     */
+    public Object getKey()
+    {
+        return _minaProtocolSession.getRemoteAddress();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the fully qualified domain name of the local address to which this session is bound. Since some servers
+     * may be bound to multiple addresses this could vary depending on the acceptor this session was created from.
+     *
+     * @return a String FQDN
+     */
+    public String getLocalFQDN()
+    {
+        SocketAddress address = _minaProtocolSession.getLocalAddress();
+        // we use the vmpipe address in some tests hence the need for this rather ugly test. The host
+        // information is used by SASL primary.
+        if (address instanceof InetSocketAddress)
+        {
+            return ((InetSocketAddress)address).getHostName();
+        }
+        else if (address instanceof VmPipeAddress)
+        {
+            return "vmpipe:" + ((VmPipeAddress)address).getPort();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported socket address class: " + address);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public SaslServer getSaslServer()
+    {
+        return _saslServer;
+    }
+
+    public void setSaslServer(SaslServer saslServer)
+    {
+        _saslServer = saslServer;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Convenience methods for managing AMQP version.
+     * NOTE: Both major and minor will be set to 0 prior to protocol initiation.
+     */
+    
+    public byte getAmqpMajor()
+    {
+        return _major;
+    }
+    
+    public byte getAmqpMinor()
+    {
+        return _minor;
+    }
+    
+    public boolean amqpVersionEquals(byte major, byte minor)
+    {
+        return _major == major && _minor == minor;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQPFastProtocolHandler.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQPFastProtocolHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a51dbd5d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQPFastProtocolHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.codec.AMQCodecFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.*;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.transport.ConnectorConfiguration;
+import org.apache.qpid.ssl.BogusSSLContextFactory;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.mina.common.ByteBuffer;
+import org.apache.mina.common.IdleStatus;
+import org.apache.mina.common.IoHandlerAdapter;
+import org.apache.mina.common.IoSession;
+import org.apache.mina.filter.SSLFilter;
+import org.apache.mina.filter.codec.ProtocolCodecFilter;
+import org.apache.mina.util.SessionUtil;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+
+/**
+ * The protocol handler handles "protocol events" for all connections. The state
+ * associated with an individual connection is accessed through the protocol session.
+ *
+ * We delegate all frame (message) processing to the AMQProtocolSession which wraps
+ * the state for the connection.
+ *
+ */
+public class AMQPFastProtocolHandler  extends IoHandlerAdapter implements ProtocolVersionList
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(AMQPFastProtocolHandler.class);
+
+    /**
+     * The registry of all queues. This is passed to frame listeners when frame
+     * events occur.
+     */
+    private final QueueRegistry _queueRegistry;
+
+    /**
+     * The registry of all exchanges. This is passed to frame listeners when frame
+     * events occur.
+     */
+    private final ExchangeRegistry _exchangeRegistry;
+
+    private boolean _useSSL;
+
+    public AMQPFastProtocolHandler(QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                                   ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry)
+    {
+        _queueRegistry = queueRegistry;
+        _exchangeRegistry = exchangeRegistry;
+
+        _logger.debug("AMQPFastProtocolHandler created");
+    }
+
+    protected AMQPFastProtocolHandler(AMQPFastProtocolHandler handler)
+    {
+        this(handler._queueRegistry, handler._exchangeRegistry);
+    }
+
+    public void sessionCreated(IoSession protocolSession) throws Exception
+    {
+        SessionUtil.initialize(protocolSession);
+        final AMQCodecFactory codecFactory = new AMQCodecFactory(true);
+
+        createSession(protocolSession, _queueRegistry, _exchangeRegistry, codecFactory);
+        _logger.info("Protocol session created");
+
+        final ProtocolCodecFilter pcf = new ProtocolCodecFilter(codecFactory);
+
+        ConnectorConfiguration connectorConfig = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().
+                getConfiguredObject(ConnectorConfiguration.class);
+        if (connectorConfig.enableExecutorPool)
+        {
+            if (_useSSL)
+            {
+                protocolSession.getFilterChain().addAfter("AsynchronousReadFilter", "sslFilter",
+                                                          new SSLFilter(BogusSSLContextFactory.getInstance(true)));
+            }
+            protocolSession.getFilterChain().addBefore("AsynchronousWriteFilter", "protocolFilter", pcf);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            protocolSession.getFilterChain().addLast("protocolFilter", pcf);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Separated into its own, protected, method to allow easier reuse
+     */
+    protected void createSession(IoSession session, QueueRegistry queues, ExchangeRegistry exchanges, AMQCodecFactory codec) throws AMQException
+    {
+        new AMQMinaProtocolSession(session, queues, exchanges, codec);
+    }
+
+    public void sessionOpened(IoSession protocolSession) throws Exception
+    {
+        _logger.info("Session opened");
+    }
+
+    public void sessionClosed(IoSession protocolSession) throws Exception
+    {
+        _logger.info("Protocol Session closed");
+        final AMQProtocolSession amqProtocolSession = AMQMinaProtocolSession.getAMQProtocolSession(protocolSession);
+        amqProtocolSession.closeSession();
+    }
+
+    public void sessionIdle(IoSession session, IdleStatus status) throws Exception
+    {
+        _logger.debug("Protocol Session [" + this + "] idle: " + status);
+        if(IdleStatus.WRITER_IDLE.equals(status))
+        {
+            //write heartbeat frame:
+            session.write(HeartbeatBody.FRAME);
+        }
+        else if(IdleStatus.READER_IDLE.equals(status))
+        {
+            //failover:
+            throw new IOException("Timed out while waiting for heartbeat from peer.");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public void exceptionCaught(IoSession protocolSession, Throwable throwable) throws Exception
+    {
+        AMQProtocolSession session = AMQMinaProtocolSession.getAMQProtocolSession(protocolSession);
+        if (throwable instanceof AMQProtocolHeaderException)
+        {
+            /* Find last protocol version in protocol version list. Make sure last protocol version
+            listed in the build file (build-module.xml) is the latest version which will be returned
+            here. */
+            int i = pv.length - 1;
+            protocolSession.write(new ProtocolInitiation(pv[i][PROTOCOL_MAJOR], pv[i][PROTOCOL_MINOR]));
+            protocolSession.close();
+            _logger.error("Error in protocol initiation " + session + ": " + throwable.getMessage(), throwable);
+        }
+        else if(throwable instanceof IOException)
+        {
+            _logger.error("IOException caught in" + session + ", session closed implictly: " + throwable, throwable);            
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            protocolSession.write(ConnectionCloseBody.createAMQFrame(0, 200, throwable.getMessage(), 0, 0));
+            _logger.error("Exception caught in" + session + ", closing session explictly: " + throwable, throwable);
+            protocolSession.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Invoked when a message is received on a particular protocol session. Note that a
+     * protocol session is directly tied to a particular physical connection.
+     * @param protocolSession the protocol session that received the message
+     * @param message the message itself (i.e. a decoded frame)
+     * @throws Exception if the message cannot be processed
+     */
+    public void messageReceived(IoSession protocolSession, Object message) throws Exception
+    {
+        final AMQProtocolSession amqProtocolSession = AMQMinaProtocolSession.getAMQProtocolSession(protocolSession);
+
+        if (message instanceof AMQDataBlock)
+        {
+            amqProtocolSession.dataBlockReceived((AMQDataBlock) message);
+        }
+        else if (message instanceof ByteBuffer)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Handed undecoded ByteBuffer buf = " + message);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Handed unhandled message. message.class = " + message.getClass() + " message = " + message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Called after a message has been sent out on a particular protocol session
+     * @param protocolSession the protocol session (i.e. connection) on which this
+     * message was sent
+     * @param object the message (frame) that was encoded and sent
+     * @throws Exception if we want to indicate an error
+     */
+    public void messageSent(IoSession protocolSession, Object object) throws Exception
+    {
+        if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Message sent: " + object);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean isUseSSL()
+    {
+        return _useSSL;
+    }
+
+    public void setUseSSL(boolean useSSL)
+    {
+        _useSSL = useSSL;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQPProtocolProvider.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQPProtocolProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0088db08bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQPProtocolProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.IApplicationRegistry;
+
+/**
+ * The protocol provide's role is to encapsulate the initialisation of the protocol handler.
+ *
+ * The protocol handler (see AMQPFastProtocolHandler class) handles protocol events
+ * such as connection closing or a frame being received. It can either do this directly
+ * or pass off to the protocol session in the cases where state information is required to
+ * deal with the event.
+ *
+ */
+public class AMQPProtocolProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Handler for protocol events
+     */
+    private AMQPFastProtocolHandler _handler;
+
+    public AMQPProtocolProvider()
+    {
+        IApplicationRegistry registry = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance();
+        _handler = new AMQPFastProtocolHandler(registry.getQueueRegistry(),
+                                               registry.getExchangeRegistry());
+    }
+
+    public AMQPFastProtocolHandler getHandler()
+    {
+        return _handler;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQProtocolSession.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQProtocolSession.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..402ebc329d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/AMQProtocolSession.java
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQDataBlock;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+
+
+public interface AMQProtocolSession
+{
+    /**
+     * Called when a protocol data block is received
+     * @param message the data block that has been received
+     * @throws Exception if processing the datablock fails
+     */
+    void dataBlockReceived(AMQDataBlock message) throws Exception;
+
+    /**
+     * Write a datablock, encoding where necessary (e.g. into a sequence of bytes)
+     * @param frame the frame to be encoded and written
+     */
+    void writeFrame(AMQDataBlock frame);
+
+    /**
+     * Get the context key associated with this session. Context key is described
+     * in the AMQ protocol specification (RFC 6).
+     * @return the context key
+     */
+    String getContextKey();
+
+    /**
+     * Set the context key associated with this session. Context key is described
+     * in the AMQ protocol specification (RFC 6).
+     * @param contextKey the context key
+     */
+    void setContextKey(String contextKey);
+
+    /**
+     * Get the channel for this session associated with the specified id. A channel
+     * id is unique per connection (i.e. per session).
+     * @param channelId the channel id which must be valid
+     * @return null if no channel exists, the channel otherwise
+     */
+    AMQChannel getChannel(int channelId) throws AMQException;
+
+    /**
+     * Associate a channel with this session.
+     * @param channel the channel to associate with this session. It is an error to
+     * associate the same channel with more than one session but this is not validated.
+     */
+    void addChannel(AMQChannel channel);
+
+    /**
+     * Close a specific channel. This will remove any resources used by the channel, including:
+     * <ul><li>any queue subscriptions (this may in turn remove queues if they are auto delete</li>
+     * </ul>
+     * @param channelId id of the channel to close
+     * @throws org.apache.qpid.AMQException if an error occurs closing the channel
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the channel id is not valid
+     */
+    void closeChannel(int channelId) throws AMQException;
+
+    /**
+     * Remove a channel from the session but do not close it.
+     * @param channelId
+     */
+    void removeChannel(int channelId);
+
+    /**
+     * Initialise heartbeats on the session.
+     * @param delay delay in seconds (not ms)
+     */
+    void initHeartbeats(int delay);
+
+    /**
+     * This must be called when the session is _closed in order to free up any resources
+     * managed by the session.
+     */
+    void closeSession() throws AMQException;
+
+    /**
+     * @return a key that uniquely identifies this session
+     */
+    Object getKey();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the fully qualified domain name of the local address to which this session is bound. Since some servers
+     * may be bound to multiple addresses this could vary depending on the acceptor this session was created from.
+     *
+     * @return a String FQDN
+     */
+    String getLocalFQDN();
+
+    /**
+     * @return the sasl server that can perform authentication for this session.
+     */
+    SaslServer getSaslServer();
+
+    /**
+     * Set the sasl server that is to perform authentication for this session.
+     * @param saslServer
+     */
+    void setSaslServer(SaslServer saslServer);
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/ExchangeInitialiser.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/ExchangeInitialiser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08c31ed3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/ExchangeInitialiser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.exchange.ExchangeDefaults;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+
+public class ExchangeInitialiser
+{
+    public void initialise(ExchangeFactory factory, ExchangeRegistry registry) throws AMQException{        
+        define(registry, factory, ExchangeDefaults.DIRECT_EXCHANGE_NAME, ExchangeDefaults.DIRECT_EXCHANGE_CLASS);
+        define(registry, factory, ExchangeDefaults.TOPIC_EXCHANGE_NAME, ExchangeDefaults.TOPIC_EXCHANGE_CLASS);
+        define(registry, factory, ExchangeDefaults.HEADERS_EXCHANGE_NAME, ExchangeDefaults.HEADERS_EXCHANGE_CLASS);
+    }
+
+    private void define(ExchangeRegistry r, ExchangeFactory f,
+                        String name, String type) throws AMQException
+    {
+        r.registerExchange(f.createExchange(name, type, true, false, 0));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/HeartbeatConfig.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/HeartbeatConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7678185d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/HeartbeatConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.configuration.Configured;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+
+public class HeartbeatConfig
+{
+    @Configured(path = "heartbeat.delay", defaultValue = "5")    
+    public int delay = 5;//in secs
+    @Configured(path = "heartbeat.timeoutFactor", defaultValue = "2.0")
+    public double timeoutFactor = 2;
+
+    public double getTimeoutFactor()
+    {
+        return timeoutFactor;
+    }
+
+    public void setTimeoutFactor(double timeoutFactor)
+    {
+        this.timeoutFactor = timeoutFactor;
+    }
+
+    public int getDelay()
+    {
+        return delay;
+    }
+
+    public void setDelay(int delay)
+    {
+        this.delay = delay;
+    }
+
+    int getTimeout(int writeDelay)
+    {
+        return (int) (timeoutFactor * writeDelay);
+    }
+
+    public static HeartbeatConfig getInstance()
+    {
+        return ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getConfiguredObject(HeartbeatConfig.class);
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return "HeartBeatConfig{delay = " + delay + " timeoutFactor = " + timeoutFactor + "}";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/ManagedConnection.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/ManagedConnection.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3fd8bc7e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/ManagedConnection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+import javax.management.openmbean.TabularData;
+import javax.management.openmbean.OpenDataException;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * The management interface exposed to allow management of Connections.
+ * @author   Bhupendra Bhardwaj
+ * @version  0.1
+ */
+public interface ManagedConnection
+{
+    static final String TYPE = "Connection";
+
+    /**
+     * Tells the last time, the IO operation was done.
+     * @return last IO time.
+     */
+    Date getLastIoTime();
+
+    /**
+     * Tells the remote address of this connection.
+     * @return  remote address
+     */
+    String getRemoteAddress();
+
+    /**
+     * Tells the total number of bytes written till now.
+     * @return number of bytes written.
+     */
+    long getWrittenBytes();
+
+    /**
+     * Tells the total number of bytes read till now.
+     * @return number of bytes read.
+     */
+    long getReadBytes();
+
+    /**
+     * Tells the maximum number of channels that can be opened using
+     * this connection.  This is useful in setting notifications or
+     * taking required action is there are more channels being created.
+     * @return maximum number of channels allowed to be created.
+     */
+    long getMaximumNumberOfAllowedChannels();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the maximum number of channels allowed to be created using
+     * this connection.
+     * @param value
+     */
+    void setMaximumNumberOfAllowedChannels(long value);
+
+    //********** Operations *****************//
+
+    /**
+     * Returns channel details of all the channels opened for this connection.
+     * @return  channel details.
+     */
+    TabularData viewChannels() throws OpenDataException;
+
+    /**
+     * Closes all the channels and unregisters this connection from managed objects.
+     */
+    void closeConnection() throws Exception;
+
+    /**
+     * Unsubscribes the consumers and unregisters the channel from managed objects.
+     */
+    void closeChannel(int channelId) throws Exception;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/ManagedSession.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/ManagedSession.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a1a0b62c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/ManagedSession.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+public interface ManagedSession
+{
+    static final String TYPE = "Connection";
+
+    Date getLastIoTime();
+
+    String getRemoteAddress();
+
+    long getWrittenBytes();
+
+    long getReadBytes();
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AMQMessage.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AMQMessage.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4ff453720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AMQMessage.java
@@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.mina.common.ByteBuffer;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.*;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+/**
+ * Combines the information that make up a deliverable message into a more manageable form.
+ */
+public class AMQMessage
+{
+    private final Set<Object> _tokens = new HashSet<Object>();
+
+    private AMQProtocolSession _publisher;
+
+    private final BasicPublishBody  _publishBody;
+
+    private ContentHeaderBody _contentHeaderBody;
+
+    private List<ContentBody> _contentBodies;
+
+    private boolean _redelivered;
+
+    private final long _messageId;
+
+    private final AtomicInteger _referenceCount = new AtomicInteger(1);
+
+    /**
+     * Keeps a track of how many bytes we have received in body frames
+     */
+    private long _bodyLengthReceived = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * The message store in which this message is contained.
+     */
+    private transient final MessageStore _store;
+
+    public AMQMessage(MessageStore messageStore, BasicPublishBody publishBody)
+    {
+        _messageId = messageStore.getNewMessageId();
+        _publishBody = publishBody;
+        _store = messageStore;
+        _contentBodies = new LinkedList<ContentBody>();
+    }
+
+    public AMQMessage(MessageStore store, long messageId, BasicPublishBody publishBody,
+                      ContentHeaderBody contentHeaderBody, List<ContentBody> contentBodies)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        _publishBody = publishBody;
+        _contentHeaderBody = contentHeaderBody;
+        _contentBodies = contentBodies;
+        _messageId = messageId;
+        _store = store;
+        storeMessage();
+    }
+
+    public AMQMessage(MessageStore store, BasicPublishBody publishBody,
+                      ContentHeaderBody contentHeaderBody, List<ContentBody> contentBodies)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        this(store, store.getNewMessageId(), publishBody, contentHeaderBody, contentBodies);        
+    }
+
+    protected AMQMessage(AMQMessage msg) throws AMQException
+    {
+        this(msg._store, msg._messageId, msg._publishBody, msg._contentHeaderBody, msg._contentBodies);
+    }
+
+    private void storeMessage() throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (isPersistent())
+        {
+            _store.put(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public CompositeAMQDataBlock getDataBlock(ByteBuffer encodedDeliverBody, int channel)
+    {
+        AMQFrame[] allFrames = new AMQFrame[1 + _contentBodies.size()];
+
+        allFrames[0] = ContentHeaderBody.createAMQFrame(channel, _contentHeaderBody);
+        for (int i = 1; i < allFrames.length; i++)
+        {
+            allFrames[i] = ContentBody.createAMQFrame(channel, _contentBodies.get(i - 1));
+        }
+        return new CompositeAMQDataBlock(encodedDeliverBody, allFrames);
+    }
+
+    public CompositeAMQDataBlock getDataBlock(int channel, String consumerTag, long deliveryTag)
+    {
+        AMQFrame[] allFrames = new AMQFrame[2 + _contentBodies.size()];
+
+        allFrames[0] = BasicDeliverBody.createAMQFrame(channel, consumerTag, deliveryTag, _redelivered,
+                                                       getExchangeName(), getRoutingKey());
+        allFrames[1] = ContentHeaderBody.createAMQFrame(channel, _contentHeaderBody);
+        for (int i = 2; i < allFrames.length; i++)
+        {
+            allFrames[i] = ContentBody.createAMQFrame(channel, _contentBodies.get(i - 2));
+        }
+        return new CompositeAMQDataBlock(allFrames);
+    }
+
+    public List<AMQBody> getPayload()
+    {
+        List<AMQBody> payload = new ArrayList<AMQBody>(2 + _contentBodies.size());
+        payload.add(_publishBody);
+        payload.add(_contentHeaderBody);
+        payload.addAll(_contentBodies);
+        return payload;
+    }
+
+    public BasicPublishBody getPublishBody()
+    {
+        return _publishBody;
+    }
+
+    public ContentHeaderBody getContentHeaderBody()
+    {
+        return _contentHeaderBody;
+    }
+
+    public void setContentHeaderBody(ContentHeaderBody contentHeaderBody) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _contentHeaderBody = contentHeaderBody;
+        if (isAllContentReceived())
+        {
+            storeMessage();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public List<ContentBody> getContentBodies()
+    {
+        return _contentBodies;
+    }
+
+    public void setContentBodies(List<ContentBody> contentBodies)
+    {
+        _contentBodies = contentBodies;
+    }
+
+    public void addContentBodyFrame(ContentBody contentBody) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _contentBodies.add(contentBody);
+        _bodyLengthReceived += contentBody.getSize();
+        if (isAllContentReceived())
+        {
+            storeMessage();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean isAllContentReceived()
+    {
+        return _bodyLengthReceived == _contentHeaderBody.bodySize;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isRedelivered()
+    {
+        return _redelivered;
+    }
+
+    String getExchangeName()
+    {
+        return _publishBody.exchange;
+    }
+
+    String getRoutingKey()
+    {
+        return _publishBody.routingKey;
+    }
+
+    boolean isImmediate()
+    {
+        return _publishBody.immediate;
+    }
+
+    NoConsumersException getNoConsumersException(String queue)
+    {
+        return new NoConsumersException(queue, _publishBody, _contentHeaderBody, _contentBodies);
+    }
+
+    void setRedelivered(boolean redelivered)
+    {
+        _redelivered = redelivered;
+    }
+
+    public long getMessageId()
+    {
+        return _messageId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Threadsafe. Increment the reference count on the message.
+     */
+    public void incrementReference()
+    {
+        _referenceCount.incrementAndGet();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Threadsafe. This will decrement the reference count and when it reaches zero will remove the message from the
+     * message store.
+     */
+    public void decrementReference() throws AMQException
+    {
+        // note that the operation of decrementing the reference count and then removing the message does not
+        // have to be atomic since the ref count starts at 1 and the exchange itself decrements that after
+        // the message has been passed to all queues. i.e. we are
+        // not relying on the all the increments having taken place before the delivery manager decrements.
+        if (_referenceCount.decrementAndGet() == 0)
+        {
+            _store.removeMessage(_messageId);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisher(AMQProtocolSession publisher)
+    {
+        _publisher = publisher;
+    }
+
+    public AMQProtocolSession getPublisher()
+    {
+        return _publisher;
+    }
+
+    public boolean checkToken(Object token)
+    {
+        if(_tokens.contains(token))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _tokens.add(token);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void enqueue(AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+    {
+        //if the message is not persistent or the queue is not durable
+        //we will not need to recover the association and so do not
+        //need to record it
+        if(isPersistent() && queue.isDurable())
+        {
+            _store.enqueueMessage(queue.getName(), _messageId);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void dequeue(AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+    {
+        //only record associations where both queue and message will survive
+        //a restart, so only need to remove association if this is the case
+        if(isPersistent() && queue.isDurable())
+        {
+            _store.dequeueMessage(queue.getName(), _messageId);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Used to requeue a message (on delivery where an acknowledgement is
+     * expected). This will move it to the end of the queue.
+     */
+    public void requeue(AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+    {
+        if(isPersistent() && queue.isDurable())
+        {
+            if(!_store.inTran())
+            {
+                //if not already in tran, want to be so this is atomic
+                _store.beginTran();
+                try
+                {
+                    requeueImpl(queue);
+                    _store.commitTran();
+                }
+                catch(AMQException e)
+                {
+                    _store.abortTran();
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                //May already be in tran (e.g. if this is called during delivery
+                //resulting from a commit).
+                requeueImpl(queue);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void requeueImpl(AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            _store.dequeueMessage(queue.getName(), _messageId);
+            _store.enqueueMessage(queue.getName(), _messageId);
+        }
+        catch(AMQException e)
+        {
+            throw e;
+        }
+        catch(Throwable t)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Failure on requeue of message", t);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean isPersistent() throws AMQException
+    {
+        if(_contentHeaderBody == null)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Cannot determine delivery mode of message. Content header not found.");
+        }
+        return _contentHeaderBody.properties instanceof BasicContentHeaderProperties
+                &&((BasicContentHeaderProperties) _contentHeaderBody.properties).getDeliveryMode() == 2;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AMQQueue.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AMQQueue.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e744d5960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AMQQueue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,654 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.Exchange;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.Managable;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.ManagedObject;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.AMQManagedObject;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+
+import javax.management.openmbean.*;
+import javax.management.MBeanNotificationInfo;
+import javax.management.AttributeChangeNotification;
+import javax.management.Notification;
+import javax.management.JMException;
+import javax.management.MBeanException;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+
+/**
+ * This is an AMQ Queue, and should not be confused with a JMS queue or any other abstraction like
+ * that. It is described fully in RFC 006.
+ */
+public class AMQQueue implements Managable
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(AMQQueue.class);
+
+    private final String _name;
+
+    /**
+     * null means shared
+     */
+    private final String _owner;
+
+    private final boolean _durable;
+
+    /**
+     * If true, this queue is deleted when the last subscriber is removed
+     */
+    private final boolean _autoDelete;
+
+    /**
+     * Holds subscribers to the queue.
+     */
+    private final SubscriptionSet _subscribers;
+
+    private final SubscriptionFactory _subscriptionFactory;
+
+    /**
+     * Manages message delivery.
+     */
+    private final DeliveryManager _deliveryMgr;
+
+    /**
+     * The queue registry with which this queue is registered.
+     */
+    private final QueueRegistry _queueRegistry;
+
+    /**
+     * Used to track bindings to exchanges so that on deletion they can easily
+     * be cancelled.
+     */
+    private final ExchangeBindings _bindings = new ExchangeBindings(this);
+
+    /**
+     * Executor on which asynchronous delivery will be carriedout where required
+     */
+    private final Executor _asyncDelivery;
+
+    private final AMQQueueMBean _managedObject;
+
+    /**
+     * max allowed size of a single message.
+     */
+    private long _maxAllowedMessageSize = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * max allowed number of messages on a queue.
+     */
+    private long _maxAllowedMessageCount = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * max allowed size in bytes for all the messages combined together in a queue.
+     */
+    private long _queueDepth = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * total messages received by the queue since startup.
+     */
+    private long _totalMessagesReceived = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * MBean interface for the implementation AMQQueueMBean.
+     * This is required for making the implementation a compliant MBean.
+     */
+    public interface AMQQueueMBeanMBean extends ManagedQueue
+    {
+
+    }
+    /**
+     * MBean class for AMQQueue. It implements all the management features exposed
+     * for an AMQQueue.
+     */
+    private final class AMQQueueMBean extends AMQManagedObject implements AMQQueueMBeanMBean
+    {
+        // AMQ message attribute names exposed.
+        private String[] _msgAttributeNames = { "MessageId",
+                                                "Redelivered",
+                                                "Content's size",
+                                                "Contents" };
+        // AMQ Message attribute descriptions.
+        private String[] _msgAttributeDescriptions = { "Message Id",
+                                              "Redelivered",
+                                              "Message content's size in bytes",
+                                              "Message content bodies" };
+        // AMQ message attribute types.
+        private OpenType[]    _msgAttributeTypes = new OpenType[4];
+        // Messages will be indexed according to the messageId.
+        private String[]      _msgAttributeIndex = { "MessageId"};
+        // Composite type for representing AMQ Message data.
+        private CompositeType _messageDataType = null;
+        // Datatype for representing AMQ messages list.
+        private TabularType   _messagelistDataType = null;
+
+        private String[]      _contentNames = {"SerialNumber", "ContentBody"};
+        private String[]      _contentDesc  = {"SerialNumber", "Message Content"};
+        private String[]      _contentIndex = {"SerialNumber"};
+        private OpenType[]    _contentType  = new OpenType[2];
+        private CompositeType _contentBodyType = null;
+        private TabularType   _contentBodyListType = null;
+
+        public AMQQueueMBean()
+        {
+            super(ManagedQueue.class, ManagedQueue.TYPE);
+            init();
+        }
+
+        private void init()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _contentType[0]  = SimpleType.INTEGER;
+                _contentType[1]  = new ArrayType(1, SimpleType.BYTE);
+                _contentBodyType = new CompositeType("Content",
+                                                    "Message body content",
+                                                    _contentNames,
+                                                    _contentDesc,
+                                                    _contentType);
+                _contentBodyListType = new TabularType("MessageContents",
+                                                      "MessageContent",
+                                                      _contentBodyType,
+                                                      _contentIndex);
+
+                _msgAttributeTypes[0] = SimpleType.LONG;
+                _msgAttributeTypes[1] = SimpleType.BOOLEAN;
+                _msgAttributeTypes[2] = SimpleType.LONG;
+                _msgAttributeTypes[3] = _contentBodyListType;
+
+                _messageDataType = new CompositeType("Message",
+                                                    "AMQ Message",
+                                                    _msgAttributeNames,
+                                                    _msgAttributeDescriptions,
+                                                    _msgAttributeTypes);
+                _messagelistDataType = new TabularType("Messages",
+                                                      "List of messages",
+                                                      _messageDataType,
+                                                      _msgAttributeIndex);
+            }
+            catch (OpenDataException ex)
+            {
+                _logger.error("OpenDataTypes could not be created.", ex);
+                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public String getObjectInstanceName()
+        {
+            return _name;
+        }
+
+        public String getName()
+        {
+            return _name;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isDurable()
+        {
+            return _durable;
+        }
+
+        public String getOwner()
+        {
+            return _owner;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isAutoDelete()
+        {
+            return _autoDelete;
+        }
+
+        public int getMessageCount()
+        {
+            return _deliveryMgr.getQueueMessageCount();
+        }
+
+        public long getMaximumMessageSize()
+        {
+            return _maxAllowedMessageSize;
+        }
+
+        public void setMaximumMessageSize(long value)
+        {
+            _maxAllowedMessageSize = value;
+        }
+
+        public int getConsumerCount()
+        {
+            return _subscribers.size();
+        }
+
+        public int getActiveConsumerCount()
+        {
+            return _subscribers.getWeight();
+        }
+
+        public long getReceivedMessageCount()
+        {
+            return _totalMessagesReceived;
+        }
+
+        public long getMaximumMessageCount()
+        {
+            return _maxAllowedMessageCount;
+        }
+
+        public void setMaximumMessageCount( long value)
+        {
+            _maxAllowedMessageCount = value;
+        }
+
+        public long getQueueDepth()
+        {
+            return _queueDepth;
+        }
+
+        public void setQueueDepth(long value)
+        {
+           _queueDepth = value;
+        }
+
+        // Operations
+
+        private void checkForNotification()
+        {
+            if (getMessageCount() >= getMaximumMessageCount())
+            {
+                Notification n = new Notification(
+                        "Warning",
+                        this,
+                        ++_notificationSequenceNumber,
+                        System.currentTimeMillis(),
+                        "Queue has reached its size limit and is now full.");
+
+                _broadcaster.sendNotification(n);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void deleteMessageFromTop() throws JMException
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _deliveryMgr.removeAMessageFromTop();
+            }
+            catch(AMQException ex)
+            {
+                throw new MBeanException(ex, ex.toString());
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void clearQueue() throws JMException
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _deliveryMgr.clearAllMessages();
+            }
+            catch (AMQException ex)
+            {
+                throw new MBeanException(ex, ex.toString());
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the messages stored in this queue in tabular form.
+         * @param beginIndex
+         * @param endIndex
+         * @return AMQ messages in tabular form.
+         * @throws JMException
+         */
+        public TabularData viewMessages(int beginIndex, int endIndex) throws JMException
+        {
+            if ((beginIndex > endIndex) || (beginIndex < 1))
+            {
+                throw new JMException("FromIndex = " + beginIndex + ", ToIndex = " + endIndex +
+                          "\nFromIndex should be greater than 0 and less than ToIndex");
+            }
+
+            List<AMQMessage> list = _deliveryMgr.getMessages();
+
+            if (beginIndex > list.size())
+            {
+                throw new JMException("FromIndex = " + beginIndex + ". There are only " + list.size() + " messages in the queue");
+            }
+
+            endIndex = endIndex < list.size() ? endIndex : list.size();
+            TabularDataSupport _messageList = new TabularDataSupport(_messagelistDataType);
+
+            for (int i = beginIndex; i <= endIndex; i++)
+            {
+                AMQMessage msg = list.get(i - 1);
+                long msgId = msg.getMessageId();
+
+                List<ContentBody> cBodies = msg.getContentBodies();
+
+                TabularDataSupport _contentList = new TabularDataSupport(_contentBodyListType);
+                int  contentSerialNo = 1;
+                long size = 0;
+
+                for (ContentBody body : cBodies)
+                {
+                    if (body.getSize() != 0)
+                    {
+                        Byte[] byteArray = getByteArray(body.payload.slice().array());
+                        size = size + byteArray.length;
+
+                        Object[] contentValues = {contentSerialNo, byteArray};
+                        CompositeData contentData = new CompositeDataSupport(_contentBodyType,
+                                                                             _contentNames,
+                                                                             contentValues);
+
+                        _contentList.put(contentData);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Object[] itemValues = {msgId, true, size, _contentList};
+                CompositeData messageData = new CompositeDataSupport(_messageDataType,
+                                                                     _msgAttributeNames,
+                                                                     itemValues);
+                _messageList.put(messageData);
+            }
+
+            return _messageList;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * A utility to convert byte[] to Byte[]. Required to create composite
+         * type for message contents.
+         * @param byteArray  message content as byte[]
+         * @return  Byte[]
+         */
+        private Byte[] getByteArray(byte[] byteArray)
+        {
+            int size = byteArray.length;
+            List<Byte> list = new ArrayList<Byte>();
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+            {
+                list.add(byteArray[i]);
+            }
+
+            return list.toArray(new Byte[0]);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Creates all the notifications this MBean can send.
+         * @return Notifications broadcasted by this MBean.
+         */
+        public MBeanNotificationInfo[] getNotificationInfo()
+        {
+            String[] notificationTypes = new String[]
+                                {AttributeChangeNotification.ATTRIBUTE_CHANGE};
+            String name = AttributeChangeNotification.class.getName();
+            String description = "An attribute of this MBean has changed";
+            MBeanNotificationInfo info1 = new MBeanNotificationInfo(notificationTypes,
+                                                                    name,
+                                                                    description);
+
+            return new MBeanNotificationInfo[] {info1};
+        }
+
+    } // End of AMQMBean class
+
+    public AMQQueue(String name, boolean durable, String owner,
+                    boolean autoDelete, QueueRegistry queueRegistry)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        this(name, durable, owner, autoDelete, queueRegistry,
+             AsyncDeliveryConfig.getAsyncDeliveryExecutor(), new SubscriptionImpl.Factory());
+    }
+
+    public AMQQueue(String name, boolean durable, String owner,
+                    boolean autoDelete, QueueRegistry queueRegistry, SubscriptionFactory subscriptionFactory)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        this(name, durable, owner, autoDelete, queueRegistry,
+             AsyncDeliveryConfig.getAsyncDeliveryExecutor(), subscriptionFactory);
+    }
+
+    public AMQQueue(String name, boolean durable, String owner,
+                    boolean autoDelete, QueueRegistry queueRegistry, Executor asyncDelivery,
+                    SubscriptionFactory subscriptionFactory)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+
+        this(name, durable, owner, autoDelete, queueRegistry, asyncDelivery, new SubscriptionSet(), subscriptionFactory);
+    }
+
+    public AMQQueue(String name, boolean durable, String owner,
+                    boolean autoDelete, QueueRegistry queueRegistry, Executor asyncDelivery)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+
+        this(name, durable, owner, autoDelete, queueRegistry, asyncDelivery, new SubscriptionSet(),
+             new SubscriptionImpl.Factory());
+    }
+
+    protected AMQQueue(String name, boolean durable, String owner,
+                       boolean autoDelete, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                       SubscriptionSet subscribers, SubscriptionFactory subscriptionFactory)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        this(name, durable, owner, autoDelete, queueRegistry,
+             AsyncDeliveryConfig.getAsyncDeliveryExecutor(), subscribers, subscriptionFactory);
+    }
+
+    protected AMQQueue(String name, boolean durable, String owner,
+                       boolean autoDelete, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                       SubscriptionSet subscribers)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        this(name, durable, owner, autoDelete, queueRegistry,
+             AsyncDeliveryConfig.getAsyncDeliveryExecutor(), subscribers, new SubscriptionImpl.Factory());
+    }
+
+    protected AMQQueue(String name, boolean durable, String owner,
+                       boolean autoDelete, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                       Executor asyncDelivery, SubscriptionSet subscribers, SubscriptionFactory subscriptionFactory)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (name == null)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Queue name must not be null");
+        }
+        if (queueRegistry == null)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Queue registry must not be null");
+        }
+        _name = name;
+        _durable = durable;
+        _owner = owner;
+        _autoDelete = autoDelete;
+        _queueRegistry = queueRegistry;
+        _asyncDelivery = asyncDelivery;
+        _managedObject = new AMQQueueMBean();
+        _managedObject.register();
+
+        _subscribers = subscribers;
+        _subscriptionFactory = subscriptionFactory;
+        _deliveryMgr = new DeliveryManager(_subscribers, this);
+    }
+
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return _name;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isShared()
+    {
+        return _owner == null;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isDurable()
+    {
+        return _durable;
+    }
+
+    public String getOwner()
+    {
+        return _owner;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isAutoDelete()
+    {
+        return _autoDelete;
+    }
+
+    public int getMessageCount()
+    {
+        return _deliveryMgr.getQueueMessageCount();
+    }
+
+    public ManagedObject getManagedObject()
+    {
+        return _managedObject;
+    }
+
+    public void bind(String routingKey, Exchange exchange)
+    {
+        _bindings.addBinding(routingKey, exchange);
+    }
+
+    public void registerProtocolSession(AMQProtocolSession ps, int channel, String consumerTag, boolean acks)
+            throws AMQException
+    {
+        debug("Registering protocol session {0} with channel {1} and consumer tag {2} with {3}", ps, channel, consumerTag, this);
+
+        Subscription subscription = _subscriptionFactory.createSubscription(channel, ps, consumerTag, acks);
+        _subscribers.addSubscriber(subscription);
+    }
+
+    public void unregisterProtocolSession(AMQProtocolSession ps, int channel, String consumerTag) throws AMQException
+    {
+        debug("Unregistering protocol session {0} with channel {1} and consumer tag {2} from {3}", ps, channel, consumerTag,
+              this);
+
+        Subscription removedSubscription;
+        if ((removedSubscription = _subscribers.removeSubscriber(_subscriptionFactory.createSubscription(channel,
+                                                                                                         ps,
+                                                                                                         consumerTag)))
+                == null)
+        {
+            throw new AMQException("Protocol session with channel " + channel + " and consumer tag " + consumerTag +
+                    " and protocol session key " + ps.getKey() + " not registered with queue " + this);
+        }
+
+        // if we are eligible for auto deletion, unregister from the queue registry
+        if (_autoDelete && _subscribers.isEmpty())
+        {
+            autodelete();
+            // we need to manually fire the event to the removed subscription (which was the last one left for this
+            // queue. This is because the delete method uses the subscription set which has just been cleared
+            removedSubscription.queueDeleted(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public int delete(boolean checkUnused, boolean checkEmpty) throws AMQException
+    {
+        if(checkUnused && !_subscribers.isEmpty())
+        {
+            _logger.info("Will not delete " + this + " as it is in use.");
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else if(checkEmpty && _deliveryMgr.getQueueMessageCount() > 0)
+        {
+            _logger.info("Will not delete " + this + " as it is not empty.");
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            delete();
+            return _deliveryMgr.getQueueMessageCount();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void delete() throws AMQException
+    {
+        _subscribers.queueDeleted(this);
+        _bindings.deregister();
+        _queueRegistry.unregisterQueue(_name);
+        _managedObject.unregister();
+    }
+
+    protected void autodelete() throws AMQException
+    {
+        debug("autodeleting {0}", this);
+        delete();
+    }
+
+    public void deliver(AMQMessage msg) throws AMQException
+    {
+        msg.enqueue(this);
+        _deliveryMgr.deliver(getName(), msg);
+        updateReceivedMessageCount();
+    }
+
+    public void deliverAsync()
+    {
+        _deliveryMgr.processAsync(_asyncDelivery);
+    }
+
+    protected SubscriptionManager getSubscribers()
+    {
+        return _subscribers;
+    }
+
+    protected void updateReceivedMessageCount()
+    {
+        _totalMessagesReceived++;
+        _managedObject.checkForNotification();
+    }
+
+    public boolean equals(Object o)
+    {
+        if (this == o)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass())
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final AMQQueue amqQueue = (AMQQueue) o;
+
+        return (_name.equals(amqQueue._name));
+    }
+
+    public int hashCode()
+    {
+        return _name.hashCode();
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return "Queue(" + _name + ")@" + System.identityHashCode(this);
+    }
+
+    private void debug(String msg, Object... args)
+    {
+        if(_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _logger.debug(MessageFormat.format(msg, args));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AsyncDeliveryConfig.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AsyncDeliveryConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60788c1ccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AsyncDeliveryConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.configuration.Configured;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+public class AsyncDeliveryConfig
+{
+    private Executor _executor;
+
+    @Configured(path = "delivery.poolsize", defaultValue = "0")
+    public int poolSize;
+
+    public Executor getExecutor()
+    {
+        if (_executor == null)
+        {
+            if (poolSize > 0)
+            {
+                _executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(poolSize);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
+            }
+        }
+        return _executor;
+    }
+
+    public static Executor getAsyncDeliveryExecutor()
+    {
+        return ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getConfiguredObject(AsyncDeliveryConfig.class).getExecutor();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/DefaultQueueRegistry.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/DefaultQueueRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7dc98ec22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/DefaultQueueRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+public class DefaultQueueRegistry implements QueueRegistry
+{
+    private ConcurrentMap<String, AMQQueue> _queueMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, AMQQueue>();
+
+    public DefaultQueueRegistry()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void registerQueue(AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _queueMap.put(queue.getName(), queue);
+    }
+
+    public void unregisterQueue(String name) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _queueMap.remove(name);
+    }
+
+    public AMQQueue getQueue(String name)
+    {
+        return _queueMap.get(name);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/DeliveryManager.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/DeliveryManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbd952073e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/DeliveryManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Queue;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+/**
+ * Manages delivery of messages on behalf of a queue
+ *
+ */
+class DeliveryManager
+{
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(DeliveryManager.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Holds any queued messages
+     */
+    private final Queue<AMQMessage> _messages = new LinkedList<AMQMessage>();
+    /**
+     * Ensures that only one asynchronous task is running for this manager at
+     * any time.
+     */
+    private final AtomicBoolean _processing = new AtomicBoolean();
+    /**
+     * The subscriptions on the queue to whom messages are delivered
+     */
+    private final SubscriptionManager _subscriptions;
+
+    /**
+     * An indication of the mode we are in. If this is true then messages are
+     * being queued up in _messages for asynchronous delivery. If it is false
+     * then messages can be delivered directly as they come in.
+     */
+    private boolean _queueing;
+
+    /**
+     * A reference to the queue we are delivering messages for. We need this to be able
+     * to pass the code that handles acknowledgements a handle on the queue.
+     */
+    private final AMQQueue _queue;
+
+    DeliveryManager(SubscriptionManager subscriptions, AMQQueue queue)
+    {
+        _subscriptions = subscriptions;
+        _queue = queue;
+    }
+
+    private synchronized boolean enqueue(AMQMessage msg)
+    {
+        if (_queueing)
+        {
+            _messages.offer(msg);
+            return true;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private synchronized void startQueueing(AMQMessage msg)
+    {
+        _queueing = true;
+        enqueue(msg);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines whether there are queued messages. Sets _queueing to false if
+     * there are no queued messages. This needs to be atomic.
+     *
+     * @return true if there are queued messages
+     */
+    private synchronized boolean hasQueuedMessages()
+    {
+        boolean empty = _messages.isEmpty();
+        if (empty)
+        {
+            _queueing = false;
+        }
+        return !empty;
+    }
+
+    public synchronized int getQueueMessageCount()
+    {
+        return _messages.size();
+    }
+
+    protected synchronized List<AMQMessage> getMessages()
+    {
+        return new ArrayList<AMQMessage>(_messages);
+    }
+
+    protected synchronized void removeAMessageFromTop() throws AMQException
+    {
+        AMQMessage msg = poll();
+        if (msg != null)
+        {
+            msg.dequeue(_queue);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected synchronized void clearAllMessages() throws AMQException
+    {
+        AMQMessage msg = poll();
+        while (msg != null)
+        {
+            msg.dequeue(_queue);
+            msg = poll();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Only one thread should ever execute this method concurrently, but
+     * it can do so while other threads invoke deliver().
+     */
+    private void processQueue()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            boolean hasSubscribers = _subscriptions.hasActiveSubscribers();
+            while (hasQueuedMessages() && hasSubscribers)
+            {
+                Subscription next =  _subscriptions.nextSubscriber(peek());
+                //We don't synchronize access to subscribers so need to re-check
+                if (next != null)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        next.send(poll(), _queue);
+                    }
+                    catch (AMQException e)
+                    {
+                        _log.error("Unable to deliver message: " + e, e);
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    hasSubscribers = false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _processing.set(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private synchronized AMQMessage peek()
+    {
+        return _messages.peek();
+    }
+
+    private synchronized AMQMessage poll()
+    {
+        return _messages.poll();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Requests that the delivery manager start processing the queue asynchronously
+     * if there is work that can be done (i.e. there are messages queued up and
+     * subscribers that can receive them.
+     * <p/>
+     * This should be called when subscribers are added, but only after the consume-ok
+     * message has been returned as message delivery may start immediately. It should also
+     * be called after unsuspending a client.
+     * <p/>
+     *
+     * @param executor the executor on which the delivery should take place
+     */
+    void processAsync(Executor executor)
+    {
+        if (hasQueuedMessages() && _subscriptions.hasActiveSubscribers())
+        {
+            //are we already running? if so, don't re-run
+            if (_processing.compareAndSet(false, true))
+            {
+                executor.execute(new Runner());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handles message delivery. The delivery manager is always in one of two modes;
+     * it is either queueing messages for asynchronous delivery or delivering
+     * directly.
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the entity on whose behalf we are delivering the message
+     * @param msg  the message to deliver
+     * @throws NoConsumersException if there are no active subscribers to deliver
+     *                              the message to
+     */
+    void deliver(String name, AMQMessage msg) throws AMQException
+    {
+        msg.incrementReference();
+        // first check whether we are queueing, and enqueue if we are
+        if (!enqueue(msg))
+        {
+            // not queueing so deliver message to 'next' subscriber
+            Subscription s =  _subscriptions.nextSubscriber(msg);
+            if (s == null)
+            {
+                if (msg.isImmediate())
+                {
+                    throw msg.getNoConsumersException(name);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // no subscribers yet so enter 'queueing' mode and queue this message
+                    startQueueing(msg);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                s.send(msg, _queue);
+            }
+        }
+
+        else
+        {
+            if (msg.isImmediate())
+            {
+                //todo check with spec to see if enqueing for immediate client delivery is ok.
+                Subscription s = _subscriptions.nextSubscriber(msg);
+                if (s == null)
+                {
+                    throw msg.getNoConsumersException(name);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class Runner implements Runnable
+    {
+        public void run()
+        {
+            processQueue();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/ExchangeBindings.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/ExchangeBindings.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..424330bd11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/ExchangeBindings.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.Exchange;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * When a queue is deleted, it should be deregistered from any
+ * exchange it has been bound to. This class assists in this task,
+ * by keeping track of all bindings for a given queue.
+ */
+class ExchangeBindings
+{
+    static class ExchangeBinding
+    {
+        private final Exchange exchange;
+        private final String routingKey;
+
+        ExchangeBinding(String routingKey, Exchange exchange)
+        {
+            this.routingKey = routingKey;
+            this.exchange = exchange;
+        }
+
+        void unbind(AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+        {
+            exchange.deregisterQueue(routingKey, queue);
+        }
+
+        public Exchange getExchange()
+        {
+            return exchange;
+        }
+
+        public String getRoutingKey()
+        {
+            return routingKey;
+        }
+
+        public int hashCode()
+        {
+            return exchange.hashCode() + routingKey.hashCode();
+        }
+
+        public boolean equals(Object o)
+        {
+            if (!(o instanceof ExchangeBinding)) return false;
+            ExchangeBinding eb = (ExchangeBinding) o;
+            return exchange.equals(eb.exchange) && routingKey.equals(eb.routingKey);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private final List<ExchangeBinding> _bindings = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<ExchangeBinding>();
+    private final AMQQueue _queue;
+
+    ExchangeBindings(AMQQueue queue)
+    {
+        _queue = queue;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds the specified binding to those being tracked.
+     * @param routingKey the routing key with which the queue whose bindings
+     * are being tracked by the instance has been bound to the exchange
+     * @param exchange the exchange bound to
+     */
+    void addBinding(String routingKey, Exchange exchange)
+    {
+        _bindings.add(new ExchangeBinding(routingKey, exchange));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deregisters this queue from any exchange it has been bound to
+     */
+    void deregister() throws AMQException
+    {
+        //remove duplicates at this point
+        HashSet<ExchangeBinding> copy = new HashSet<ExchangeBinding>(_bindings);
+        for (ExchangeBinding b : copy)
+        {
+            b.unbind(_queue);
+        }
+    }
+
+    List<ExchangeBinding> getExchangeBindings()
+    {
+        return _bindings;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/ManagedQueue.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/ManagedQueue.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03a0a10337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/ManagedQueue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import javax.management.openmbean.TabularData;
+import javax.management.JMException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * The management interface exposed to allow management of a queue.
+ * @author  Robert J. Greig
+ * @author  Bhupendra Bhardwaj
+ * @version 0.1
+ */
+public interface ManagedQueue
+{
+    static final String TYPE = "Queue";
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the Name of the ManagedQueue.
+     * @return the name of the managedQueue.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    String getName() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Tells whether this ManagedQueue is durable or not.
+     * @return true if this ManagedQueue is a durable queue.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    boolean isDurable() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Tells the Owner of the ManagedQueue.
+     * @return the owner's name.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    String getOwner() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Tells if the ManagedQueue is set to AutoDelete.
+     * @return  true if the ManagedQueue is set to AutoDelete.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    boolean isAutoDelete() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the total number of messages on the queue, which are yet to be
+     * delivered to the consumer(s).
+     * @return number of undelivered message in the Queue.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    int getMessageCount() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the maximum size of a message (in bytes) allowed to be accepted by the
+     * ManagedQueue. This is useful in setting notifications or taking
+     * appropriate action, if the size of the message received is more than
+     * the allowed size.
+     * @return the maximum size of a message allowed to be aceepted by the
+     *         ManagedQueue.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    long getMaximumMessageSize() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the maximum size of the message (in bytes) that is allowed to be
+     * accepted by the Queue.
+     * @param bytes  maximum size of message.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    void setMaximumMessageSize(long bytes) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the total number of subscribers to the queue.
+     * @return the number of subscribers.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    int getConsumerCount() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     *  Returns the total number of active subscribers to the queue.
+     * @return the number of active subscribers
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    int getActiveConsumerCount() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Tells the total number of messages receieved by the queue since startup.
+     * @return total number of messages received.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    long getReceivedMessageCount() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Tells the maximum number of messages that can be stored in the queue.
+     * This is useful in setting the notifications or taking required
+     * action is the number of message increase this limit.
+     * @return maximum muber of message allowed to be stored in the queue.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    long getMaximumMessageCount() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the maximum number of messages allowed to be stored in the queue.
+     * @param value  the maximum number of messages allowed to be stored in the queue.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    void setMaximumMessageCount(long value) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Tells the maximum size of all the messages combined together,
+     * that can be stored in the queue. This is useful for setting notifications
+     * or taking required action if the size of messages stored in the queue
+     * increases over this limit.
+     * @return maximum size of the all the messages allowed for the queue.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    long getQueueDepth() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the maximum size of all the messages together, that can be stored
+     * in the queue.
+     * @param value
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    void setQueueDepth(long value) throws IOException;
+
+
+
+    //********** Operations *****************//
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a subset of all the messages stored in the queue. The messages
+     * are returned based on the given index numbers.
+     * @param fromIndex
+     * @param toIndex
+     * @return
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws JMException
+     */
+    TabularData viewMessages(int fromIndex, int toIndex)
+        throws IOException, JMException;
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes the first message from top.
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws JMException
+     */
+    void deleteMessageFromTop()
+         throws IOException, JMException;
+
+    /**
+     * Clears the queue by deleting all the messages from the queue.
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws JMException
+     */
+    void clearQueue()
+        throws IOException, JMException;
+
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/NoConsumersException.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/NoConsumersException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0616f75633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/NoConsumersException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.RequiredDeliveryException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentHeaderBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicPublishBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.protocol.AMQConstant;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Signals that no consumers exist for a message at a given point in time.
+ * Used if a message has immediate=true and there are no consumers registered
+ * with the queue.
+ */
+public class NoConsumersException extends RequiredDeliveryException
+{
+    public NoConsumersException(String queue,
+                                BasicPublishBody publishBody,
+                                ContentHeaderBody contentHeaderBody,
+                                List<ContentBody> contentBodies)
+    {
+        super("Immediate delivery to " + queue + " is not possible.", publishBody, contentHeaderBody, contentBodies);
+    }
+
+    public int getReplyCode()
+    {
+        return AMQConstant.NO_CONSUMERS.getCode();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueueRegistry.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueueRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc5599fb20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueueRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+
+public interface QueueRegistry
+{
+    void registerQueue(AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException;
+
+    void unregisterQueue(String name) throws AMQException;
+
+    AMQQueue getQueue(String name);
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/Subscription.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/Subscription.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d76e9ec105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/Subscription.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+public interface Subscription
+{
+    void send(AMQMessage msg, AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException;
+
+    boolean isSuspended();
+
+    void queueDeleted(AMQQueue queue);
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionFactory.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..127b19b0e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+/**
+ * Allows the customisation of the creation of a subscription. This is typically done within an AMQQueue. This
+ * factory primarily assists testing although in future more sophisticated subscribers may need a different
+ * subscription implementation.
+ *
+ * @see org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue
+ */
+public interface SubscriptionFactory
+{
+    Subscription createSubscription(int channel, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession, String consumerTag, boolean acks)
+        throws AMQException;
+
+    Subscription createSubscription(int channel, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,String consumerTag)
+        throws AMQException;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionImpl.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3c2fab4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.mina.common.ByteBuffer;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQDataBlock;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrame;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicDeliverBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulation of a supscription to a queue.
+ * <p/>
+ * Ties together the protocol session of a subscriber, the consumer tag that
+ * was given out by the broker and the channel id.
+ * <p/>
+ */
+public class SubscriptionImpl implements Subscription
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(SubscriptionImpl.class);
+
+    public final AMQChannel channel;
+
+    public final AMQProtocolSession protocolSession;
+
+    public final String consumerTag;
+
+    private final Object sessionKey;
+
+    /**
+     * True if messages need to be acknowledged
+     */
+    private final boolean _acks;
+
+    public static class Factory implements SubscriptionFactory
+    {
+        public SubscriptionImpl createSubscription(int channel, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession, String consumerTag, boolean acks)
+            throws AMQException
+        {
+            return new SubscriptionImpl(channel, protocolSession, consumerTag, acks);
+        }
+
+        public SubscriptionImpl createSubscription(int channel, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession, String consumerTag)
+            throws AMQException
+        {
+            return new SubscriptionImpl(channel, protocolSession, consumerTag);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public SubscriptionImpl(int channelId, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                            String consumerTag, boolean acks)
+        throws AMQException
+    {
+        AMQChannel channel = protocolSession.getChannel(channelId);
+        if (channel == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException("channel not found in protocol session");
+        }
+
+        this.channel = channel;
+        this.protocolSession = protocolSession;
+        this.consumerTag = consumerTag;
+        sessionKey = protocolSession.getKey();
+        _acks = acks;
+    }
+
+    public SubscriptionImpl(int channel, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                            String consumerTag)
+        throws AMQException
+    {
+        this(channel, protocolSession, consumerTag, false);
+    }
+
+    public boolean equals(Object o)
+    {
+        return (o instanceof SubscriptionImpl) && equals((SubscriptionImpl) o);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Equality holds if the session matches and the channel and consumer tag are the same.
+     */
+    private boolean equals(SubscriptionImpl psc)
+    {
+        return sessionKey.equals(psc.sessionKey)
+                && psc.channel == channel
+                && psc.consumerTag.equals(consumerTag);
+    }
+
+    public int hashCode()
+    {
+        return sessionKey.hashCode();
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return "[channel=" + channel + ", consumerTag=" + consumerTag + ", session=" + protocolSession.getKey() + "]";
+    }
+
+    public void send(AMQMessage msg, AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+    {
+        if (msg != null)
+        {
+            final long deliveryTag = channel.getNextDeliveryTag();
+            ByteBuffer deliver = createEncodedDeliverFrame(deliveryTag, msg.getRoutingKey(), msg.getExchangeName());
+            AMQDataBlock frame = msg.getDataBlock(deliver, channel.getChannelId());
+            if (_acks)
+            {
+                channel.addUnacknowledgedMessage(msg, deliveryTag, consumerTag, queue);
+            }
+            protocolSession.writeFrame(frame);
+            // if we do not need to wait for client acknowledgements we can decrement
+            // the reference count immediately
+            if (!_acks)
+            {
+                msg.decrementReference();
+                msg.dequeue(queue);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                //move the msg to the back of the persistently recorded queue while
+                //witing for ack
+                msg.requeue(queue);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _logger.error("Attempt to send Null message", new NullPointerException());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSuspended()
+    {
+        return channel.isSuspended();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Callback indicating that a queue has been deleted.
+     * @param queue
+     */
+    public void queueDeleted(AMQQueue queue)
+    {
+        channel.queueDeleted(queue);
+    }
+
+    private ByteBuffer createEncodedDeliverFrame(long deliveryTag, String routingKey, String exchange)
+    {
+        AMQFrame deliverFrame = BasicDeliverBody.createAMQFrame(channel.getChannelId(), consumerTag,
+                                                                deliveryTag, false, exchange,
+                                                                routingKey);
+        ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate((int) deliverFrame.getSize()); // XXX: Could cast be a problem?
+        deliverFrame.writePayload(buf);
+        buf.flip();
+        return buf;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionManager.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..185b0e4268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of actor that will determine the subscriber to whom
+ * a message will be sent.
+ */
+public interface SubscriptionManager
+{
+    public boolean hasActiveSubscribers();
+    public Subscription nextSubscriber(AMQMessage msg);
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionSet.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionSet.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b53792234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionSet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ListIterator;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * Holds a set of subscriptions for a queue and manages the round
+ * robin-ing of deliver etc.
+ */
+class SubscriptionSet implements WeightedSubscriptionManager
+{
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(SubscriptionSet.class);
+
+    /**
+     * List of registered subscribers
+     */
+    private List<Subscription> _subscriptions = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<Subscription>();
+
+    /**
+     * Used to control the round robin delivery of content
+     */
+    private int _currentSubscriber;
+
+    /**
+     * Accessor for unit tests.
+     */
+    int getCurrentSubscriber()
+    {
+        return _currentSubscriber;
+    }
+
+    public void addSubscriber(Subscription subscription)
+    {
+        _subscriptions.add(subscription);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove the subscription, returning it if it was found
+     * @param subscription
+     * @return null if no match was found
+     */
+    public Subscription removeSubscriber(Subscription subscription)
+    {
+        boolean isRemoved = _subscriptions.remove(subscription); // TODO: possibly need O(1) operation here.
+        if (isRemoved)
+        {
+            return subscription;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            debugDumpSubscription(subscription);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void debugDumpSubscription(Subscription subscription)
+    {
+        if (_log.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _log.debug("Subscription " + subscription + " not found. Dumping subscriptions:");
+            for (Subscription s : _subscriptions)
+            {
+                _log.debug("Subscription: " + s);
+            }
+            _log.debug("Subscription dump complete");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the next unsuspended subscription or null if not found.
+     *
+     * Performance note:
+     * This method can scan all items twice when looking for a subscription that is not
+     * suspended. The worst case occcurs when all subscriptions are suspended. However, it is does this
+     * without synchronisation and subscriptions may be added and removed concurrently. Also note that because of
+     * race conditions and when subscriptions are removed between calls to nextSubscriber, the
+     * IndexOutOfBoundsException also causes the scan to start at the beginning.
+     */
+    public Subscription nextSubscriber(AMQMessage msg)
+    {
+        if (_subscriptions.isEmpty())
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            final Subscription result = nextSubscriber();
+            if (result == null) {
+                _currentSubscriber = 0;
+                return nextSubscriber();
+            } else {
+                return result;
+            }
+        } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+            _currentSubscriber = 0;
+            return nextSubscriber();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Subscription nextSubscriber()
+    {
+        final ListIterator<Subscription> iterator = _subscriptions.listIterator(_currentSubscriber);
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+            Subscription subscription = iterator.next();
+            ++_currentSubscriber;
+            subscriberScanned();
+            if (!subscription.isSuspended()) {
+                return subscription;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Overridden in test classes.
+     */
+    protected void subscriberScanned()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public boolean isEmpty()
+    {
+        return _subscriptions.isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    public boolean hasActiveSubscribers()
+    {
+        for (Subscription s : _subscriptions)
+        {
+            if (!s.isSuspended()) return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public int getWeight()
+    {
+        int count = 0;
+        for (Subscription s : _subscriptions)
+        {
+            if (!s.isSuspended()) count++;
+        }
+        return count;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Notification that a queue has been deleted. This is called so that the subscription can inform the
+     * channel, which in turn can update its list of unacknowledged messages.
+     * @param queue
+     */
+    public void queueDeleted(AMQQueue queue)
+    {
+        for (Subscription s : _subscriptions)
+        {
+            s.queueDeleted(queue);
+        }
+    }
+
+    int size() {
+        return _subscriptions.size();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/WeightedSubscriptionManager.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/WeightedSubscriptionManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adf6aefdfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/WeightedSubscriptionManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+public interface WeightedSubscriptionManager extends SubscriptionManager
+{
+    public int getWeight();        
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/registry/ApplicationRegistry.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/registry/ApplicationRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d1b0dbcfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/registry/ApplicationRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.registry;
+
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.configuration.Configurator;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * An abstract application registry that provides access to configuration information and handles the
+ * construction and caching of configurable objects.
+ *
+ * Subclasses should handle the construction of the "registered objects" such as the exchange registry.
+ *
+ */
+public abstract class ApplicationRegistry implements IApplicationRegistry
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(ApplicationRegistry.class);
+
+    private static IApplicationRegistry _instance;
+
+    private final Map<Class<?>, Object> _configuredObjects = new HashMap<Class<?>, Object>();
+
+    protected final Configuration _configuration;
+
+    private static class ShutdownService implements Runnable
+    {
+        public void run()
+        {
+            _logger.info("Shutting down application registry...");
+            try
+            {
+                _instance.getMessageStore().close();
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                _logger.error("Error shutting down message store: " + e, e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void initialise(IApplicationRegistry instance) throws Exception
+    {
+        _instance = instance;
+        instance.initialise();
+        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(new ShutdownService()));
+    }
+
+    protected ApplicationRegistry(Configuration configuration)
+    {
+        _configuration = configuration;
+    }
+
+    public static IApplicationRegistry getInstance()
+    {
+        if (_instance == null)
+        {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Application registry not initialised");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return _instance;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Configuration getConfiguration()
+    {
+        return _configuration;
+    }
+
+    public <T> T getConfiguredObject(Class<T> instanceType)
+    {
+        T instance = (T) _configuredObjects.get(instanceType);
+        if (instance == null)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                instance = instanceType.newInstance();
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                _logger.error("Unable to instantiate configuration class " + instanceType + " - ensure it has a public default constructor");
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to instantiate configuration class " + instanceType + " - ensure it has a public default constructor");
+            }
+            Configurator.configure(instance);
+            _configuredObjects.put(instanceType, instance);
+        }
+        return instance;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/registry/ConfigurationFileApplicationRegistry.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/registry/ConfigurationFileApplicationRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db79ae8876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/registry/ConfigurationFileApplicationRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.registry;
+
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.CompositeConfiguration;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.SystemConfiguration;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.XMLConfiguration;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.DefaultExchangeFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.DefaultExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.JMXManagedObjectRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.ManagedObjectRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.ManagementConfiguration;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.NoopManagedObjectRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.DefaultQueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.AuthenticationManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.SASLAuthenticationManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+public class ConfigurationFileApplicationRegistry extends ApplicationRegistry
+{
+    private QueueRegistry _queueRegistry;
+
+    private ExchangeRegistry _exchangeRegistry;
+
+    private ExchangeFactory _exchangeFactory;
+
+    private ManagedObjectRegistry _managedObjectRegistry;
+
+    private AuthenticationManager _authenticationManager;
+
+    private MessageStore _messageStore;
+
+    public ConfigurationFileApplicationRegistry(File configurationURL) throws ConfigurationException
+    {
+        super(config(configurationURL));
+    }
+
+    // Our configuration class needs to make the interpolate method
+    // public so it can be called below from the config method.
+    private static class MyConfiguration extends CompositeConfiguration {
+        public String interpolate(String obj) {
+            return super.interpolate(obj);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final Configuration config(File url) throws ConfigurationException {
+        // We have to override the interpolate methods so that
+        // interpolation takes place accross the entirety of the
+        // composite configuration. Without doing this each
+        // configuration object only interpolates variables defined
+        // inside itself.
+        final MyConfiguration conf = new MyConfiguration();
+        conf.addConfiguration(new SystemConfiguration() {
+            protected String interpolate(String o) {
+                return conf.interpolate(o);
+            }
+        });
+        conf.addConfiguration(new XMLConfiguration(url) {
+            protected String interpolate(String o) {
+                return conf.interpolate(o);
+            }
+        });
+        return conf;
+    }
+
+    public void initialise() throws Exception
+    {
+        initialiseManagedObjectRegistry();
+        _queueRegistry = new DefaultQueueRegistry();
+        _exchangeFactory = new DefaultExchangeFactory();
+        _exchangeRegistry = new DefaultExchangeRegistry(_exchangeFactory);
+        _authenticationManager = new SASLAuthenticationManager();
+        initialiseMessageStore();
+    }
+
+    private void initialiseManagedObjectRegistry()
+    {
+        ManagementConfiguration config = getConfiguredObject(ManagementConfiguration.class);
+        if (config.enabled)
+        {
+            _managedObjectRegistry = new JMXManagedObjectRegistry();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _managedObjectRegistry = new NoopManagedObjectRegistry();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void initialiseMessageStore() throws Exception
+    {
+        String messageStoreClass = _configuration.getString("store.class");
+        Class clazz = Class.forName(messageStoreClass);
+        Object o = clazz.newInstance();
+
+        if (!(o instanceof MessageStore))
+        {
+            throw new Exception("Message store class must implement " + MessageStore.class + ". Class " + clazz +
+                                " does not.");
+        }
+        _messageStore = (MessageStore) o;
+        _messageStore.configure(getQueueRegistry(), "store", _configuration);
+    }
+
+    public QueueRegistry getQueueRegistry()
+    {
+        return _queueRegistry;
+    }
+
+    public ExchangeRegistry getExchangeRegistry()
+    {
+        return _exchangeRegistry;
+    }
+
+    public ExchangeFactory getExchangeFactory()
+    {
+        return _exchangeFactory;
+    }
+
+    public ManagedObjectRegistry getManagedObjectRegistry()
+    {
+        return _managedObjectRegistry;
+    }
+
+    public AuthenticationManager getAuthenticationManager()
+    {
+        return _authenticationManager;
+    }
+
+    public MessageStore getMessageStore()
+    {
+        return _messageStore;
+    }    
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/registry/IApplicationRegistry.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/registry/IApplicationRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0102f78424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/registry/IApplicationRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.registry;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.ManagedObjectRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.AuthenticationManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+
+public interface IApplicationRegistry
+{
+    /**
+     * Initialise the application registry. All initialisation must be done in this method so that any components
+     * that need access to the application registry itself for initialisation are able to use it. Attempting to
+     * initialise in the constructor will lead to failures since the registry reference will not have been set.
+     */
+    void initialise() throws Exception;    
+
+    /**
+     * This gets access to a "configured object". A configured object has fields populated from a the configuration
+     * object (Commons Configuration) automatically, where it has the appropriate attributes defined on fields.
+     * Application registry implementations can choose the refresh strategy or caching approach.
+     * @param instanceType the type of object you want initialised. This must be unique - i.e. you can only
+     * have a single object of this type in the system.
+     * @return the configured object
+     */
+    <T> T getConfiguredObject(Class<T> instanceType);
+
+    /**
+     * Get the low level configuration. For use cases where the configured object approach is not required
+     * you can get the complete configuration information.
+     * @return a Commons Configuration instance
+     */
+    Configuration getConfiguration();
+
+    QueueRegistry getQueueRegistry();
+
+    ExchangeRegistry getExchangeRegistry();
+
+    ExchangeFactory getExchangeFactory();
+
+    ManagedObjectRegistry getManagedObjectRegistry();
+
+    AuthenticationManager getAuthenticationManager();
+
+    MessageStore getMessageStore();
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/AuthenticationManager.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/AuthenticationManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0adb7b98e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/AuthenticationManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslException;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+
+public interface AuthenticationManager
+{
+    String getMechanisms();
+
+    SaslServer createSaslServer(String mechanism, String localFQDN) throws SaslException;
+
+    AuthenticationResult authenticate(SaslServer server, byte[] response);
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/AuthenticationProviderInitialiser.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/AuthenticationProviderInitialiser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71e3c81ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/AuthenticationProviderInitialiser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth;
+
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+
+import javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServerFactory;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public interface AuthenticationProviderInitialiser
+{
+    /**
+     * @return the mechanism's name. This will be used in the list of mechanism's advertised to the
+     * client.
+     */
+    String getMechanismName();
+
+    /**
+     * Initialise the authentication provider.
+     * @param baseConfigPath the path in the config file that points to any config options for this provider. Each
+     * provider can have its own set of configuration options
+     * @param configuration the Apache Commons Configuration instance used to configure this provider
+     * @param principalDatabases the set of principal databases that are available
+     */
+    void initialise(String baseConfigPath, Configuration configuration,
+                    Map<String, PrincipalDatabase> principalDatabases) throws Exception;
+
+    /**
+     * @return the callback handler that should be used to process authentication requests for this mechanism. This will
+     * be called after initialise and will be stored by the authentication manager. The callback handler <b>must</b> be
+     * fully threadsafe.
+     */
+    CallbackHandler getCallbackHandler();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the properties that must be passed in to the Sasl.createSaslServer method.
+     * @return the properties, which may be null
+     */
+    Map<String, ?> getProperties();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the class that is the server factory. This is used for the JCA registration.
+     * @return null if no JCA registration is required, otherwise return the class
+     * that will be used in JCA registration
+     */
+    Class<? extends SaslServerFactory> getServerFactoryClassForJCARegistration();
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/AuthenticationResult.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/AuthenticationResult.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7dcf2c973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/AuthenticationResult.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth;
+
+public class AuthenticationResult
+{
+    public enum AuthenticationStatus
+    {
+        SUCCESS, CONTINUE, ERROR
+    }
+
+    public AuthenticationStatus status;
+    public byte[] challenge;
+
+    public AuthenticationResult(byte[] challenge, AuthenticationStatus status)
+    {
+        this.status = status;
+        this.challenge = challenge;
+    }
+
+    public AuthenticationResult(AuthenticationStatus status)
+    {
+        this.status = status;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/CRAMMD5Initialiser.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/CRAMMD5Initialiser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfd2ac1b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/CRAMMD5Initialiser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServerFactory;
+
+public class CRAMMD5Initialiser extends UsernamePasswordInitialiser
+{
+    public String getMechanismName()
+    {
+        return "CRAM-MD5";
+    }
+
+    public Class<? extends SaslServerFactory> getServerFactoryClassForJCARegistration()
+    {
+        // since the CRAM-MD5 provider is registered as part of the JDK, we do not
+        // return the factory class here since we do not need to register it ourselves.
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/JCAProvider.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/JCAProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1477b33ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/JCAProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServerFactory;
+import java.security.Provider;
+import java.security.Security;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public final class JCAProvider extends Provider
+{
+    public JCAProvider(Map<String, Class<? extends SaslServerFactory>> providerMap)
+    {
+        super("AMQSASLProvider", 1.0, "A JCA provider that registers all " +
+              "AMQ SASL providers that want to be registered");
+        register(providerMap);
+        Security.addProvider(this);
+    }
+
+    private void register(Map<String, Class<? extends SaslServerFactory>> providerMap)
+    {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Class<? extends SaslServerFactory>> me :
+             providerMap.entrySet())
+        {
+            put("SaslServerFactory." + me.getKey(), me.getValue().getName());
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/PasswordFilePrincipalDatabase.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/PasswordFilePrincipalDatabase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb11b89367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/PasswordFilePrincipalDatabase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import javax.security.auth.callback.PasswordCallback;
+import javax.security.auth.login.AccountNotFoundException;
+import java.security.Principal;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a user database where the account information is stored in a simple flat file.
+ *
+ * The file is expected to be in the form:
+ * username:password
+ * username1:password1
+ * ...
+ * usernamen:passwordn
+ *
+ * where a carriage return separates each username/password pair. Passwords are assumed to be in
+ * plain text.
+ *
+ */
+public class PasswordFilePrincipalDatabase implements PrincipalDatabase
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(PasswordFilePrincipalDatabase.class);
+
+    private File _passwordFile;
+
+    private Pattern _regexp = Pattern.compile(":");
+
+    public PasswordFilePrincipalDatabase()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void setPasswordFile(String passwordFile) throws FileNotFoundException
+    {
+        File f = new File(passwordFile);
+        _logger.info("PasswordFilePrincipalDatabase using file " + f.getAbsolutePath());
+        _passwordFile = f;
+        if (!f.exists())
+        {
+            throw new FileNotFoundException("Cannot find password file " + f);
+        }
+        if (!f.canRead())
+        {
+            throw new FileNotFoundException("Cannot read password file " + f +
+                                            ". Check permissions.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setPassword(Principal principal, PasswordCallback callback) throws IOException,
+            AccountNotFoundException
+    {
+        if (_passwordFile == null)
+        {
+            throw new AccountNotFoundException("Unable to locate principal since no password file was specified during initialisation");
+        }
+        if (principal == null)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("principal must not be null");
+        }
+        char[] pwd = lookupPassword(principal.getName());
+        if (pwd != null)
+        {
+            callback.setPassword(pwd);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new AccountNotFoundException("No account found for principal " + principal);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Looks up the password for a specified user in the password file.
+     * Note this code is <b>not</b> secure since it creates strings of passwords. It should be modified
+     * to create only char arrays which get nulled out.
+     * @param name
+     * @return
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    private char[] lookupPassword(String name) throws IOException
+    {
+        BufferedReader reader = null;
+        try
+        {
+            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(_passwordFile));
+            String line;
+
+            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
+            {
+                String[] result = _regexp.split(line);
+                if (result == null || result.length < 2)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (name.equals(result[0]))
+                {
+                    return result[1].toCharArray();
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if (reader != null)
+            {
+                reader.close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/PrincipalDatabase.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/PrincipalDatabase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8add5455ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/PrincipalDatabase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth;
+
+import javax.security.auth.callback.PasswordCallback;
+import javax.security.auth.login.AccountNotFoundException;
+import java.security.Principal;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a "user database" which is really a way of storing principals (i.e. usernames) and
+ * passwords.
+ */
+public interface PrincipalDatabase
+{
+    /**
+     * Set the password for a given principal in the specified callback. This is used for certain
+     * SASL providers. The user database implementation should look up the password in any way it
+     * chooses and set it in the callback by calling its setPassword method.
+     * @param principal the principal
+     * @param callback the password callback that wants to receive the password
+     * @throws AccountNotFoundException if the account for specified principal could not be found
+     * @throws IOException if there was an error looking up the principal
+     */
+    void setPassword(Principal principal, PasswordCallback callback)
+            throws IOException, AccountNotFoundException;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/SASLAuthenticationManager.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/SASLAuthenticationManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d0b60d95e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/SASLAuthenticationManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth;
+
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.configuration.PropertyUtils;
+
+import javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler;
+import javax.security.sasl.Sasl;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslException;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServerFactory;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.security.Security;
+
+public class SASLAuthenticationManager implements AuthenticationManager
+{
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(SASLAuthenticationManager.class);
+
+    /**
+     * The list of mechanisms, in the order in which they are configured (i.e. preferred order)
+     */
+    private String _mechanisms;
+
+    /**
+     * Maps from the mechanism to the callback handler to use for handling those requests
+     */
+    private Map<String, CallbackHandler> _callbackHandlerMap = new HashMap<String, CallbackHandler>();
+
+    /**
+     * Maps from the mechanism to the properties used to initialise the server. See the method
+     * Sasl.createSaslServer for details of the use of these properties. This map is populated during initialisation
+     * of each provider.
+     */
+    private Map<String, Map<String, ?>> _serverCreationProperties = new HashMap<String, Map<String, ?>>();
+
+    public SASLAuthenticationManager() throws Exception
+    {
+        _log.info("Initialising SASL authentication manager");
+        Map<String, PrincipalDatabase> databases = initialisePrincipalDatabases();
+        initialiseAuthenticationMechanisms(databases);
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, PrincipalDatabase> initialisePrincipalDatabases() throws Exception
+    {
+        Configuration config = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getConfiguration();
+        List<String> databaseNames = config.getList("security.principal-databases.principal-database.name");
+        List<String> databaseClasses = config.getList("security.principal-databases.principal-database.class");
+        Map<String, PrincipalDatabase> databases = new HashMap<String, PrincipalDatabase>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < databaseNames.size(); i++)
+        {
+            Object o;
+            try
+            {
+                o = Class.forName(databaseClasses.get(i)).newInstance();
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Error initialising principal database: " + e, e);
+            }
+
+            if (!(o instanceof PrincipalDatabase))
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Principal databases must implement the PrincipalDatabase interface");
+            }
+
+            initialisePrincipalDatabase((PrincipalDatabase) o, config, i);
+
+            String name = databaseNames.get(i);
+            if (name == null || name.length() == 0)
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Principal database names must have length greater than or equal to one character");
+            }
+            PrincipalDatabase pd = databases.get(name);
+            if (pd != null)
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Duplicate principal database name provided");
+            }
+            _log.info("Initialised principal database " + name + " successfully");
+            databases.put(name, (PrincipalDatabase) o);
+        }
+        return databases;
+    }
+
+    private void initialisePrincipalDatabase(PrincipalDatabase principalDatabase, Configuration config, int index)
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        String baseName = "security.principal-databases.principal-database(" + index + ").attributes.attribute.";
+        List<String> argumentNames = config.getList(baseName + "name");
+        List<String> argumentValues = config.getList(baseName + "value");
+        for (int i = 0; i < argumentNames.size(); i++)
+        {
+            String argName = argumentNames.get(i);
+            if (argName == null || argName.length() == 0)
+            {
+                throw new Exception("Argument names must have length >= 1 character");
+            }
+            if (Character.isLowerCase(argName.charAt(0)))
+            {
+                argName = Character.toUpperCase(argName.charAt(0)) + argName.substring(1);
+            }
+            String methodName = "set" + argName;
+            Method method = principalDatabase.getClass().getMethod(methodName, String.class);
+            if (method == null)
+            {
+                throw new Exception("No method " + methodName + " found in class " + principalDatabase.getClass() +
+                                    " hence unable to configure principal database. The method must be public and " +
+                                    "have a single String argument with a void return type");
+            }
+            method.invoke(principalDatabase, PropertyUtils.replaceProperties(argumentValues.get(i)));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void initialiseAuthenticationMechanisms(Map<String, PrincipalDatabase> databases) throws Exception
+    {
+        Configuration config = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getConfiguration();
+        List<String> mechanisms = config.getList("security.sasl.mechanisms.mechanism.initialiser.class");
+
+        // Maps from the mechanism to the properties used to initialise the server. See the method
+        // Sasl.createSaslServer for details of the use of these properties. This map is populated during initialisation
+        // of each provider.
+        Map<String, Class<? extends SaslServerFactory>> providerMap = new TreeMap<String, Class<? extends SaslServerFactory>>();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < mechanisms.size(); i++)
+        {
+            String baseName = "security.sasl.mechanisms.mechanism(" + i + ").initialiser";
+            String clazz = config.getString(baseName + ".class");
+            initialiseAuthenticationMechanism(baseName, clazz, databases, config, providerMap);
+        }
+        if (providerMap.size() > 0)
+        {
+            Security.addProvider(new JCAProvider(providerMap));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void initialiseAuthenticationMechanism(String baseName, String clazz,
+                                                   Map<String, PrincipalDatabase> databases,
+                                                   Configuration configuration,
+                                                   Map<String, Class<? extends SaslServerFactory>> providerMap)
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        Class initialiserClazz = Class.forName(clazz);
+        Object o = initialiserClazz.newInstance();
+        if (!(o instanceof AuthenticationProviderInitialiser))
+        {
+            throw new Exception("The class " + clazz + " must be an instance of " +
+                                AuthenticationProviderInitialiser.class);
+        }
+        AuthenticationProviderInitialiser initialiser = (AuthenticationProviderInitialiser) o;
+        initialiser.initialise(baseName, configuration, databases);
+        String mechanism = initialiser.getMechanismName();
+        if (_mechanisms == null)
+        {
+            _mechanisms = mechanism;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // simple append should be fine since the number of mechanisms is small and this is a one time initialisation
+            _mechanisms = _mechanisms + " " + mechanism;
+        }
+        _callbackHandlerMap.put(mechanism, initialiser.getCallbackHandler());
+        _serverCreationProperties.put(mechanism, initialiser.getProperties());
+        Class<? extends SaslServerFactory> factory = initialiser.getServerFactoryClassForJCARegistration();
+        if (factory != null)
+        {
+            providerMap.put(mechanism, factory);
+        }
+        _log.info("Initialised " + mechanism + " SASL provider successfully");
+    }
+
+    public String getMechanisms()
+    {
+        return _mechanisms;
+    }
+
+    public SaslServer createSaslServer(String mechanism, String localFQDN) throws SaslException
+    {
+         return Sasl.createSaslServer(mechanism, "AMQP", localFQDN, _serverCreationProperties.get(mechanism),
+                                      _callbackHandlerMap.get(mechanism));
+    }
+
+    public AuthenticationResult authenticate(SaslServer server, byte[] response)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // Process response from the client
+            byte[] challenge = server.evaluateResponse(response != null ? response : new byte[0]);
+
+            if (server.isComplete())
+            {
+                return new AuthenticationResult(challenge, AuthenticationResult.AuthenticationStatus.SUCCESS);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return new AuthenticationResult(challenge, AuthenticationResult.AuthenticationStatus.CONTINUE);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (SaslException e)
+        {
+            return new AuthenticationResult(AuthenticationResult.AuthenticationStatus.ERROR);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/UsernamePasswordInitialiser.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/UsernamePasswordInitialiser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02a953f47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/UsernamePasswordInitialiser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth;
+
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+
+import javax.security.auth.callback.*;
+import javax.security.auth.login.AccountNotFoundException;
+import javax.security.sasl.AuthorizeCallback;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.security.Principal;
+
+public abstract class UsernamePasswordInitialiser implements AuthenticationProviderInitialiser
+{
+    private ServerCallbackHandler _callbackHandler;
+
+    private class ServerCallbackHandler implements CallbackHandler
+    {
+        private final PrincipalDatabase _principalDatabase;
+
+        protected ServerCallbackHandler(PrincipalDatabase database)
+        {
+            _principalDatabase = database;
+        }
+
+        public void handle(Callback[] callbacks) throws IOException, UnsupportedCallbackException
+        {
+            Principal username = null;
+            for (Callback callback : callbacks)
+            {
+                if (callback instanceof NameCallback)
+                {
+                    username = new UsernamePrincipal(((NameCallback)callback).getDefaultName());
+                }
+                else if (callback instanceof PasswordCallback)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        _principalDatabase.setPassword(username, (PasswordCallback) callback);
+                    }
+                    catch (AccountNotFoundException e)
+                    {
+                        // very annoyingly the callback handler does not throw anything more appropriate than
+                        // IOException
+                        throw new IOException("Error looking up user " + e);
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (callback instanceof AuthorizeCallback)
+                {
+                    ((AuthorizeCallback)callback).setAuthorized(true);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new UnsupportedCallbackException(callback);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }    
+
+    public void initialise(String baseConfigPath, Configuration configuration,
+                           Map<String, PrincipalDatabase> principalDatabases) throws Exception
+    {
+        String principalDatabaseName = configuration.getString(baseConfigPath + ".principal-database");
+        PrincipalDatabase db = principalDatabases.get(principalDatabaseName);
+        if (db == null)
+        {
+            throw new Exception("Principal database " + principalDatabaseName + " not found. Ensure the name matches " +
+                                "an entry in the configuration file");
+        }
+        _callbackHandler = new ServerCallbackHandler(db);
+    }
+
+    public CallbackHandler getCallbackHandler()
+    {
+        return _callbackHandler;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, ?> getProperties()
+    {
+        // there are no properties required for the CRAM-MD5 implementation
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/UsernamePrincipal.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/UsernamePrincipal.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d425b8399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/UsernamePrincipal.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth;
+
+import java.security.Principal;
+
+/**
+ * A principal that is just a wrapper for a simple username.
+ *
+ */
+public class UsernamePrincipal implements Principal
+{
+    private String _name;
+
+    public UsernamePrincipal(String name)
+    {
+        _name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return _name;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/amqplain/AmqPlainInitialiser.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/amqplain/AmqPlainInitialiser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94406237a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/amqplain/AmqPlainInitialiser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.amqplain;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.UsernamePasswordInitialiser;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServerFactory;
+
+public class AmqPlainInitialiser extends UsernamePasswordInitialiser
+{
+    public String getMechanismName()
+    {
+        return "AMQPLAIN";
+    }
+
+    public Class<? extends SaslServerFactory> getServerFactoryClassForJCARegistration()
+    {
+        return AmqPlainSaslServerFactory.class;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/amqplain/AmqPlainSaslServer.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/amqplain/AmqPlainSaslServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f7981abe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/amqplain/AmqPlainSaslServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.amqplain;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.FieldTable;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQFrameDecodingException;
+import org.apache.mina.common.ByteBuffer;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslException;
+import javax.security.sasl.AuthorizeCallback;
+import javax.security.auth.callback.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class AmqPlainSaslServer implements SaslServer
+{
+    public static final String MECHANISM = "AMQPLAIN";
+
+    private CallbackHandler _cbh;
+
+    private String _authorizationId;
+
+    private boolean _complete = false;
+
+    public AmqPlainSaslServer(CallbackHandler cbh)
+    {
+        _cbh = cbh;
+    }
+
+    public String getMechanismName()
+    {
+        return MECHANISM;
+    }
+
+    public byte[] evaluateResponse(byte[] response) throws SaslException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            final FieldTable ft = new FieldTable(ByteBuffer.wrap(response), response.length);
+            String username = (String) ft.get("LOGIN");
+            // we do not care about the prompt but it throws if null
+            NameCallback nameCb = new NameCallback("prompt", username);
+            // we do not care about the prompt but it throws if null
+            PasswordCallback passwordCb = new PasswordCallback("prompt", false);
+            // TODO: should not get pwd as a String but as a char array...
+            String pwd = (String) ft.get("PASSWORD");
+            passwordCb.setPassword(pwd.toCharArray());
+            AuthorizeCallback authzCb = new AuthorizeCallback(username, username);
+            Callback[] callbacks = new Callback[]{nameCb, passwordCb, authzCb};
+            _cbh.handle(callbacks);
+            _complete = true;
+            if (authzCb.isAuthorized())
+            {
+                _authorizationId = authzCb.getAuthenticationID();
+                return null;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new SaslException("Authentication failed");
+            }
+        }
+        catch (AMQFrameDecodingException e)
+        {
+            throw new SaslException("Unable to decode response: " + e, e);
+        }
+        catch (IOException e)
+        {
+            throw new SaslException("Error processing data: " + e, e);
+        }
+        catch (UnsupportedCallbackException e)
+        {
+            throw new SaslException("Unable to obtain data from callback handler: " + e, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean isComplete()
+    {
+        return _complete;
+    }
+
+    public String getAuthorizationID()
+    {
+        return _authorizationId;
+    }
+
+    public byte[] unwrap(byte[] incoming, int offset, int len) throws SaslException
+    {
+        throw new SaslException("Unsupported operation");
+    }
+
+    public byte[] wrap(byte[] outgoing, int offset, int len) throws SaslException
+    {
+        throw new SaslException("Unsupported operation");
+    }
+
+    public Object getNegotiatedProperty(String propName)
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void dispose() throws SaslException
+    {
+        _cbh = null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/amqplain/AmqPlainSaslServerFactory.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/amqplain/AmqPlainSaslServerFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4e904f923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/amqplain/AmqPlainSaslServerFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.amqplain;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServerFactory;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslException;
+import javax.security.sasl.Sasl;
+import javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class AmqPlainSaslServerFactory implements SaslServerFactory
+{
+    public SaslServer createSaslServer(String mechanism, String protocol, String serverName, Map props,
+                                       CallbackHandler cbh) throws SaslException
+    {
+        if (AmqPlainSaslServer.MECHANISM.equals(mechanism))
+        {
+            return new AmqPlainSaslServer(cbh);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String[] getMechanismNames(Map props)
+    {
+        if (props.containsKey(Sasl.POLICY_NOPLAINTEXT) ||
+            props.containsKey(Sasl.POLICY_NODICTIONARY) ||
+            props.containsKey(Sasl.POLICY_NOACTIVE))
+        {
+            // returned array must be non null according to interface documentation
+            return new String[0];
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return new String[]{AmqPlainSaslServer.MECHANISM};
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/plain/PlainInitialiser.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/plain/PlainInitialiser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b055a4f58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/plain/PlainInitialiser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.plain;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.UsernamePasswordInitialiser;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServerFactory;
+
+public class PlainInitialiser extends UsernamePasswordInitialiser
+{
+    public String getMechanismName()
+    {
+        return "PLAIN";
+    }
+
+    public Class<? extends SaslServerFactory> getServerFactoryClassForJCARegistration()
+    {
+        return PlainSaslServerFactory.class;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/plain/PlainSaslServer.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/plain/PlainSaslServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a69ed02ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/plain/PlainSaslServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.plain;
+
+import javax.security.auth.callback.*;
+import javax.security.sasl.AuthorizeCallback;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslException;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class PlainSaslServer implements SaslServer
+{
+    public static final String MECHANISM = "PLAIN";
+
+    private CallbackHandler _cbh;
+
+    private String _authorizationId;
+
+    private boolean _complete = false;
+
+    public PlainSaslServer(CallbackHandler cbh)
+    {
+        _cbh = cbh;
+    }
+
+    public String getMechanismName()
+    {
+        return MECHANISM;
+    }
+
+    public byte[] evaluateResponse(byte[] response) throws SaslException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            int authzidNullPosition = findNullPosition(response, 0);
+            if (authzidNullPosition < 0)
+            {
+                throw new SaslException("Invalid PLAIN encoding, authzid null terminator not found");
+            }
+            int authcidNullPosition = findNullPosition(response, authzidNullPosition + 1);
+            if (authcidNullPosition < 0)
+            {
+                throw new SaslException("Invalid PLAIN encoding, authcid null terminator not found");
+            }
+
+            // we do not currently support authcid in any meaningful way
+            String authcid = new String(response, 0, authzidNullPosition, "utf8");
+            String authzid = new String(response, authzidNullPosition + 1, authcidNullPosition - 1, "utf8");
+
+            // we do not care about the prompt but it throws if null
+            NameCallback nameCb = new NameCallback("prompt", authzid);
+            // we do not care about the prompt but it throws if null
+            PasswordCallback passwordCb = new PasswordCallback("prompt", false);
+            // TODO: should not get pwd as a String but as a char array...
+            int passwordLen = response.length - authcidNullPosition - 1;
+            String pwd = new String(response, authcidNullPosition + 1, passwordLen, "utf8");
+            passwordCb.setPassword(pwd.toCharArray());
+            AuthorizeCallback authzCb = new AuthorizeCallback(authzid, authzid);
+            Callback[] callbacks = new Callback[]{nameCb, passwordCb, authzCb};
+            _cbh.handle(callbacks);
+            _complete = true;
+            if (authzCb.isAuthorized())
+            {
+                _authorizationId = authzCb.getAuthenticationID();
+                return null;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new SaslException("Authentication failed");
+            }
+        }
+        catch (IOException e)
+        {
+            throw new SaslException("Error processing data: " + e, e);
+        }
+        catch (UnsupportedCallbackException e)
+        {
+            throw new SaslException("Unable to obtain data from callback handler: " + e, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private int findNullPosition(byte[] response, int startPosition)
+    {
+        int position = startPosition;
+        while (position < response.length)
+        {
+            if (response[position] == (byte) 0)
+            {
+                return position;
+            }
+            position++;
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isComplete()
+    {
+        return _complete;
+    }
+
+    public String getAuthorizationID()
+    {
+        return _authorizationId;
+    }
+
+    public byte[] unwrap(byte[] incoming, int offset, int len) throws SaslException
+    {
+        throw new SaslException("Unsupported operation");
+    }
+
+    public byte[] wrap(byte[] outgoing, int offset, int len) throws SaslException
+    {
+        throw new SaslException("Unsupported operation");
+    }
+
+    public Object getNegotiatedProperty(String propName)
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void dispose() throws SaslException
+    {
+        _cbh = null;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/plain/PlainSaslServerFactory.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/plain/PlainSaslServerFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..754ecbde78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/security/auth/plain/PlainSaslServerFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.plain;
+
+import javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler;
+import javax.security.sasl.Sasl;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslException;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServerFactory;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class PlainSaslServerFactory implements SaslServerFactory
+{    
+    public SaslServer createSaslServer(String mechanism, String protocol, String serverName, Map props,
+                                       CallbackHandler cbh) throws SaslException
+    {
+        if (PlainSaslServer.MECHANISM.equals(mechanism))
+        {
+            return new PlainSaslServer(cbh);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String[] getMechanismNames(Map props)
+    {
+        if (props.containsKey(Sasl.POLICY_NOPLAINTEXT) ||
+            props.containsKey(Sasl.POLICY_NODICTIONARY) ||
+            props.containsKey(Sasl.POLICY_NOACTIVE))
+        {
+            // returned array must be non null according to interface documentation
+            return new String[0];
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return new String[]{PlainSaslServer.MECHANISM};
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/AMQState.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/AMQState.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46d46eb4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/AMQState.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.state;
+
+/**
+ * States used in the AMQ protocol. Used by the finite state machine to determine
+ * valid responses.
+ */
+public enum AMQState
+{
+    CONNECTION_NOT_STARTED,
+    CONNECTION_NOT_AUTH,
+    CONNECTION_NOT_TUNED,
+    CONNECTION_NOT_OPENED,
+    CONNECTION_OPEN,
+    CONNECTION_CLOSING,
+    CONNECTION_CLOSED    
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/AMQStateManager.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/AMQStateManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54c8bcd9d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/AMQStateManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.state;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.*;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.handler.*;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodListener;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
+
+/**
+ * The state manager is responsible for managing the state of the protocol session.
+ * <p/>
+ * For each AMQProtocolHandler there is a separate state manager.
+ *
+ */
+public class AMQStateManager implements AMQMethodListener
+{
+    private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(AMQStateManager.class);
+
+    /**
+     * The current state
+     */
+    private AMQState _currentState;
+
+    /**
+     * Maps from an AMQState instance to a Map from Class to StateTransitionHandler.
+     * The class must be a subclass of AMQFrame.
+     */
+    private final Map<AMQState, Map<Class<? extends AMQMethodBody>, StateAwareMethodListener<? extends AMQMethodBody>>> _state2HandlersMap =
+            new HashMap<AMQState, Map<Class<? extends AMQMethodBody>, StateAwareMethodListener<? extends AMQMethodBody>>>();
+
+    private CopyOnWriteArraySet<StateListener> _stateListeners = new CopyOnWriteArraySet<StateListener>();
+
+    public AMQStateManager()
+    {
+        this(AMQState.CONNECTION_NOT_STARTED, true);
+    }
+
+    protected AMQStateManager(AMQState initial, boolean register)
+    {
+        _currentState = initial;
+        if (register)
+        {
+            registerListeners();
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void registerListeners()
+    {
+        Map<Class<? extends AMQMethodBody>, StateAwareMethodListener<? extends AMQMethodBody>> frame2handlerMap =
+                new HashMap<Class<? extends AMQMethodBody>, StateAwareMethodListener<? extends AMQMethodBody>>();
+
+        // we need to register a map for the null (i.e. all state) handlers otherwise you get
+        // a stack overflow in the handler searching code when you present it with a frame for which
+        // no handlers are registered
+        //
+        _state2HandlersMap.put(null, frame2handlerMap);
+
+        frame2handlerMap = new HashMap<Class<? extends AMQMethodBody>, StateAwareMethodListener<? extends AMQMethodBody>>();
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ConnectionStartOkBody.class, ConnectionStartOkMethodHandler.getInstance());
+        _state2HandlersMap.put(AMQState.CONNECTION_NOT_STARTED, frame2handlerMap);
+
+        frame2handlerMap = new HashMap<Class<? extends AMQMethodBody>, StateAwareMethodListener<? extends AMQMethodBody>>();
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ConnectionSecureOkBody.class, ConnectionSecureOkMethodHandler.getInstance());
+        _state2HandlersMap.put(AMQState.CONNECTION_NOT_AUTH, frame2handlerMap);
+
+        frame2handlerMap = new HashMap<Class<? extends AMQMethodBody>, StateAwareMethodListener<? extends AMQMethodBody>>();
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ConnectionTuneOkBody.class, ConnectionTuneOkMethodHandler.getInstance());
+        _state2HandlersMap.put(AMQState.CONNECTION_NOT_TUNED, frame2handlerMap);
+
+        frame2handlerMap = new HashMap<Class<? extends AMQMethodBody>, StateAwareMethodListener<? extends AMQMethodBody>>();
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ConnectionOpenBody.class, ConnectionOpenMethodHandler.getInstance());
+        _state2HandlersMap.put(AMQState.CONNECTION_NOT_OPENED, frame2handlerMap);
+
+        //
+        // ConnectionOpen handlers
+        //
+        frame2handlerMap = new HashMap<Class<? extends AMQMethodBody>, StateAwareMethodListener<? extends AMQMethodBody>>();
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ChannelOpenBody.class, ChannelOpenHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ChannelCloseBody.class, ChannelCloseHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ChannelCloseOkBody.class, ChannelCloseOkHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ConnectionCloseBody.class, ConnectionCloseMethodHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ExchangeDeclareBody.class, ExchangeDeclareHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ExchangeDeleteBody.class, ExchangeDeleteHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(BasicAckBody.class, BasicAckMethodHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(BasicRecoverBody.class, BasicRecoverMethodHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(BasicConsumeBody.class, BasicConsumeMethodHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(BasicCancelBody.class, BasicCancelMethodHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(BasicPublishBody.class, BasicPublishMethodHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(BasicQosBody.class, BasicQosHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(QueueBindBody.class, QueueBindHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(QueueDeclareBody.class, QueueDeclareHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(QueueDeleteBody.class, QueueDeleteHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ChannelFlowBody.class, ChannelFlowHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(TxSelectBody.class, TxSelectHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(TxCommitBody.class, TxCommitHandler.getInstance());
+        frame2handlerMap.put(TxRollbackBody.class, TxRollbackHandler.getInstance());
+
+        _state2HandlersMap.put(AMQState.CONNECTION_OPEN, frame2handlerMap);
+
+        frame2handlerMap = new HashMap<Class<? extends AMQMethodBody>, StateAwareMethodListener<? extends AMQMethodBody>>();
+        frame2handlerMap.put(ConnectionCloseOkBody.class, ConnectionCloseOkMethodHandler.getInstance());
+        _state2HandlersMap.put(AMQState.CONNECTION_CLOSING, frame2handlerMap);
+
+    }
+
+    public AMQState getCurrentState()
+    {
+        return _currentState;
+    }
+
+    public void changeState(AMQState newState) throws AMQException
+    {
+        _logger.debug("State changing to " + newState + " from old state " + _currentState);
+        final AMQState oldState = _currentState;
+        _currentState = newState;
+
+        for (StateListener l : _stateListeners)
+        {
+            l.stateChanged(oldState, newState);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void error(AMQException e)
+    {
+        _logger.error("State manager received error notification: " + e, e);
+        for (StateListener l : _stateListeners)
+        {
+            l.error(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public <B extends AMQMethodBody> boolean methodReceived(AMQMethodEvent<B> evt,
+                           AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                           QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                           ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry) throws AMQException
+    {
+        StateAwareMethodListener<B> handler = findStateTransitionHandler(_currentState, evt.getMethod());
+        if (handler != null)
+        {
+            handler.methodReceived(this, queueRegistry, exchangeRegistry, protocolSession, evt);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    protected <B extends AMQMethodBody> StateAwareMethodListener<B> findStateTransitionHandler(AMQState currentState,
+                                                                                             B frame)
+            throws IllegalStateTransitionException
+    {
+        if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _logger.debug("Looking for state transition handler for frame " + frame.getClass());
+        }
+        final Map<Class<? extends AMQMethodBody>, StateAwareMethodListener<? extends AMQMethodBody>>
+                classToHandlerMap = _state2HandlersMap.get(currentState);
+
+        if (classToHandlerMap == null)
+        {
+            // if no specialised per state handler is registered look for a
+            // handler registered for "all" states
+            return findStateTransitionHandler(null, frame);
+        }
+        final StateAwareMethodListener<B> handler = (StateAwareMethodListener<B>) classToHandlerMap.get(frame.getClass());
+        if (handler == null)
+        {
+            if (currentState == null)
+            {
+                _logger.debug("No state transition handler defined for receiving frame " + frame);
+                return null;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // if no specialised per state handler is registered look for a
+                // handler registered for "all" states
+                return findStateTransitionHandler(null, frame);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return handler;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void addStateListener(StateListener listener)
+    {
+        _logger.debug("Adding state listener");
+        _stateListeners.add(listener);
+    }
+
+    public void removeStateListener(StateListener listener)
+    {
+        _stateListeners.remove(listener);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/IllegalStateTransitionException.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/IllegalStateTransitionException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c77cb4f833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/IllegalStateTransitionException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.state;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+public class IllegalStateTransitionException extends AMQException
+{
+    private AMQState _originalState;
+
+    private Class _frame;
+
+    public IllegalStateTransitionException(AMQState originalState, Class frame)
+    {
+        super("No valid state transition defined for receiving frame " + frame +
+              " from state " + originalState);
+        _originalState = originalState;
+        _frame = frame;
+    }
+
+    public AMQState getOriginalState()
+    {
+        return _originalState;
+    }
+
+    public Class getFrameClass()
+    {
+        return _frame;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/StateAwareMethodListener.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/StateAwareMethodListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9776151c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/StateAwareMethodListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.state;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMethodEvent;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQMethodBody;
+
+/**
+ * A frame listener that is informed of the protocol state when invoked and has
+ * the opportunity to update state.
+ *
+ */
+public interface StateAwareMethodListener <B extends AMQMethodBody>
+{
+    void methodReceived(AMQStateManager stateManager, QueueRegistry queueRegistry,
+                        ExchangeRegistry exchangeRegistry, AMQProtocolSession protocolSession,
+                        AMQMethodEvent<B> evt) throws AMQException;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/StateListener.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/StateListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d31e786ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/state/StateListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.state;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+public interface StateListener
+{
+    void stateChanged(AMQState oldState, AMQState newState) throws AMQException;
+
+    void error(Throwable t);
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/MemoryMessageStore.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/MemoryMessageStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d15a035259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/MemoryMessageStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.store;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A simple message store that stores the messages in a threadsafe structure in memory.
+ *
+ */
+public class MemoryMessageStore implements MessageStore
+{
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(MemoryMessageStore.class);
+
+    private static final int DEFAULT_HASHTABLE_CAPACITY = 50000;
+
+    private static final String HASHTABLE_CAPACITY_CONFIG = "hashtable-capacity";
+
+    protected ConcurrentMap<Long, AMQMessage> _messageMap;
+
+    private final AtomicLong _messageId = new AtomicLong(1);
+
+    public void configure(String base, Configuration config)
+    {
+        int hashtableCapacity = config.getInt(base + "." + HASHTABLE_CAPACITY_CONFIG, DEFAULT_HASHTABLE_CAPACITY);
+        _log.info("Using capacity " + hashtableCapacity + " for hash table");
+        _messageMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<Long, AMQMessage>(hashtableCapacity);
+    }
+
+    public void configure(QueueRegistry queueRegistry, String base, Configuration config) throws Exception
+    {
+        configure(base, config);
+    }
+
+    public void close() throws Exception
+    {
+        if(_messageMap != null)
+        {
+            _messageMap.clear();
+            _messageMap = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void put(AMQMessage msg)
+    {
+        _messageMap.put(msg.getMessageId(), msg);
+    }
+
+    public void removeMessage(long messageId)
+    {
+        if (_log.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            _log.debug("Removing message with id " + messageId);
+        }
+        _messageMap.remove(messageId);
+    }
+
+    public void createQueue(AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void removeQueue(String name) throws AMQException
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void enqueueMessage(String name, long messageId) throws AMQException
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void dequeueMessage(String name, long messageId) throws AMQException
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void beginTran() throws AMQException
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void commitTran() throws AMQException
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void abortTran() throws AMQException
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public boolean inTran()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public List<AMQQueue> createQueues() throws AMQException
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public long getNewMessageId()
+    {
+        return _messageId.getAndIncrement();
+    }
+
+    public AMQMessage getMessage(long messageId)
+    {
+        return _messageMap.get(messageId);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/MessageStore.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/MessageStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7655b26221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/MessageStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.store;
+
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public interface MessageStore
+{
+    /**
+     * Called after instantiation in order to configure the message store. A particular implementation can define
+     * whatever parameters it wants.
+     * @param queueRegistry the registry of queues to be used by this store
+     * @param base the base element identifier from which all configuration items are relative. For example, if the base
+     * element is "store", the all elements used by concrete classes will be "store.foo" etc.
+     * @param config the apache commons configuration object
+     */
+    void configure(QueueRegistry queueRegistry, String base, Configuration config) throws Exception;
+
+    /**
+     * Called to close and cleanup any resources used by the message store.
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    void close() throws Exception;
+
+    void put(AMQMessage msg) throws AMQException;
+
+    void removeMessage(long messageId) throws AMQException;
+
+    void createQueue(AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException;
+
+    void removeQueue(String name) throws AMQException;
+
+    void enqueueMessage(String name, long messageId) throws AMQException;
+
+    void dequeueMessage(String name, long messageId) throws AMQException;
+
+    void beginTran() throws AMQException;
+
+    void commitTran() throws AMQException;
+
+    void abortTran() throws AMQException;
+
+    boolean inTran();
+
+    /**
+     * Recreate all queues that were persisted, including re-enqueuing of existing messages
+     * @return
+     * @throws AMQException
+     */
+    List<AMQQueue> createQueues() throws AMQException;
+
+    /**
+     * Return a valid, currently unused message id.
+     * @return a message id
+     */
+    long getNewMessageId();
+}
+
+
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/transport/ConnectorConfiguration.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/transport/ConnectorConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9e9c8aca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/transport/ConnectorConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.transport;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.configuration.Configured;
+import org.apache.mina.common.IoAcceptor;
+
+public class ConnectorConfiguration
+{
+    public static final String DEFAULT_PORT = "5672";
+
+    public static final String SSL_PORT = "8672";
+
+    @Configured(path = "connector.processors",
+                defaultValue = "4")
+    public int processors;
+
+    @Configured(path = "connector.port",
+                defaultValue = DEFAULT_PORT)
+    public int port;
+
+    @Configured(path = "connector.bind",
+                defaultValue = "wildcard")
+    public String bindAddress;
+
+    @Configured(path = "connector.sslport",
+                defaultValue = SSL_PORT)
+    public int sslPort;
+
+    @Configured(path = "connector.socketReceiveBuffer",
+                defaultValue = "32767")
+    public int socketReceiveBufferSize;
+
+    @Configured(path = "connector.socketWriteBuffer",
+                defaultValue = "32767")
+    public int socketWriteBuferSize;
+
+    @Configured(path = "connector.tcpNoDelay",
+                defaultValue = "true")
+    public boolean tcpNoDelay;
+
+    @Configured(path = "advanced.filterchain[@enableExecutorPool]",
+                defaultValue = "false")
+    public boolean enableExecutorPool;
+
+    @Configured(path = "advanced.enablePooledAllocator",
+                defaultValue = "false")
+    public boolean enablePooledAllocator;
+
+    @Configured(path = "advanced.enableDirectBuffers",
+                defaultValue = "false")
+    public boolean enableDirectBuffers;
+
+    @Configured(path = "connector.ssl",
+                defaultValue = "false")
+    public boolean enableSSL;
+
+    @Configured(path = "connector.nonssl",
+                defaultValue = "true")
+    public boolean enableNonSSL;
+
+    @Configured(path = "advanced.useBlockingIo",
+                defaultValue = "false")
+    public boolean useBlockingIo;
+
+    public IoAcceptor createAcceptor()
+    {
+        if(useBlockingIo)
+        {
+            System.out.println("Using blocking io");
+            return new org.apache.qpid.bio.SocketAcceptor();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return new org.apache.mina.transport.socket.nio.SocketAcceptor(processors);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/transport/ThreadPoolFilter.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/transport/ThreadPoolFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3d87f808c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/transport/ThreadPoolFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,692 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.transport;
+
+import org.apache.mina.common.*;
+import org.apache.mina.util.*;
+import org.apache.mina.util.Queue;
+import org.apache.mina.util.Stack;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * A Thread-pooling filter.  This filter forwards {@link IoHandler} events
+ * to its thread pool.
+ * <p/>
+ * This is an implementation of
+ * <a href="http://deuce.doc.wustl.edu/doc/pspdfs/lf.pdf">Leader/Followers
+ * thread pool</a> by Douglas C. Schmidt et al.
+ */
+public class ThreadPoolFilter extends IoFilterAdapter
+{
+    /**
+     * Default maximum size of thread pool (2G).
+     */
+    public static final int DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_POOL_SIZE = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+
+    /**
+     * Default keep-alive time of thread pool (1 min).
+     */
+    public static final int DEFAULT_KEEP_ALIVE_TIME = 60 * 1000;
+
+    /**
+     * A queue which contains {@link Integer}s which represents reusable
+     * thread IDs.  {@link Worker} first checks this queue and then
+     * uses {@link #threadId} when no reusable thread ID is available.
+     */
+    private static final Queue threadIdReuseQueue = new Queue();
+    private static int threadId = 0;
+
+    private static int acquireThreadId()
+    {
+        synchronized (threadIdReuseQueue)
+        {
+            Integer id = (Integer) threadIdReuseQueue.pop();
+            if (id == null)
+            {
+                return ++ threadId;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return id.intValue();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void releaseThreadId(int id)
+    {
+        synchronized (threadIdReuseQueue)
+        {
+            threadIdReuseQueue.push(new Integer(id));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private final String threadNamePrefix;
+    private final Map buffers = new IdentityHashMap();
+    private final BlockingQueue unfetchedSessionBuffers = new BlockingQueue();
+    private final Set allSessionBuffers = new IdentityHashSet();
+
+    private Worker leader;
+    private final Stack followers = new Stack();
+    private final Set allWorkers = new IdentityHashSet();
+
+    private int maximumPoolSize = DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_POOL_SIZE;
+    private int keepAliveTime = DEFAULT_KEEP_ALIVE_TIME;
+
+    private boolean shuttingDown;
+
+    private int poolSize;
+    private final Object poolSizeLock = new Object();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance of this filter with default thread pool settings.
+     */
+    public ThreadPoolFilter()
+    {
+        this("IoThreadPool");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance of this filter with the specified thread name prefix
+     * and other default settings.
+     *
+     * @param threadNamePrefix the prefix of the thread names this pool will create.
+     */
+    public ThreadPoolFilter(String threadNamePrefix)
+    {
+        if (threadNamePrefix == null)
+        {
+            throw new NullPointerException("threadNamePrefix");
+        }
+        threadNamePrefix = threadNamePrefix.trim();
+        if (threadNamePrefix.length() == 0)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("threadNamePrefix is empty.");
+        }
+        this.threadNamePrefix = threadNamePrefix;
+    }
+
+    public String getThreadNamePrefix()
+    {
+        return threadNamePrefix;
+    }
+
+    public int getPoolSize()
+    {
+        synchronized (poolSizeLock)
+        {
+            return poolSize;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public int getMaximumPoolSize()
+    {
+        return maximumPoolSize;
+    }
+
+    public int getKeepAliveTime()
+    {
+        return keepAliveTime;
+    }
+
+    public void setMaximumPoolSize(int maximumPoolSize)
+    {
+        if (maximumPoolSize <= 0)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+        }
+        this.maximumPoolSize = maximumPoolSize;
+    }
+
+    public void setKeepAliveTime(int keepAliveTime)
+    {
+        this.keepAliveTime = keepAliveTime;
+    }
+
+    public void init()
+    {
+        shuttingDown = false;
+        leader = new Worker();
+        leader.start();
+        leader.lead();
+    }
+
+    public void destroy()
+    {
+        shuttingDown = true;
+        int expectedPoolSize = 0;
+        while (getPoolSize() != expectedPoolSize)
+        {
+            List allWorkers;
+            synchronized (poolSizeLock)
+            {
+                allWorkers = new ArrayList(this.allWorkers);
+            }
+
+            // You may not interrupt the current thread.
+            if (allWorkers.remove(Thread.currentThread()))
+            {
+                expectedPoolSize = 1;
+            }
+
+            for (Iterator i = allWorkers.iterator(); i.hasNext();)
+            {
+                Worker worker = (Worker) i.next();
+                while (worker.isAlive())
+                {
+                    worker.interrupt();
+                    try
+                    {
+                        // This timeout will help us from
+                        // infinite lock-up and interrupt workers again.
+                        worker.join(100);
+                    }
+                    catch (InterruptedException e)
+                    {
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.allSessionBuffers.clear();
+        this.unfetchedSessionBuffers.clear();
+        this.buffers.clear();
+        this.followers.clear();
+        this.leader = null;
+    }
+
+    private void increasePoolSize(Worker worker)
+    {
+        synchronized (poolSizeLock)
+        {
+            poolSize++;
+            allWorkers.add(worker);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void decreasePoolSize(Worker worker)
+    {
+        synchronized (poolSizeLock)
+        {
+            poolSize--;
+            allWorkers.remove(worker);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void fireEvent(NextFilter nextFilter, IoSession session,
+                           EventType type, Object data)
+    {
+        final BlockingQueue unfetchedSessionBuffers = this.unfetchedSessionBuffers;
+        final Set allSessionBuffers = this.allSessionBuffers;
+        final Event event = new Event(type, nextFilter, data);
+
+        synchronized (unfetchedSessionBuffers)
+        {
+            final SessionBuffer buf = getSessionBuffer(session);
+            final Queue eventQueue = buf.eventQueue;
+
+            synchronized (buf)
+            {
+                eventQueue.push(event);
+            }
+
+            if (!allSessionBuffers.contains(buf))
+            {
+                allSessionBuffers.add(buf);
+                unfetchedSessionBuffers.push(buf);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Implement this method to fetch (or pop) a {@link SessionBuffer} from
+     * the given <tt>unfetchedSessionBuffers</tt>.  The default implementation
+     * simply pops the buffer from it.  You could prioritize the fetch order.
+     *
+     * @return A non-null {@link SessionBuffer}
+     */
+    protected SessionBuffer fetchSessionBuffer(Queue unfetchedSessionBuffers)
+    {
+        return (SessionBuffer) unfetchedSessionBuffers.pop();
+    }
+
+    private SessionBuffer getSessionBuffer(IoSession session)
+    {
+        final Map buffers = this.buffers;
+        SessionBuffer buf = (SessionBuffer) buffers.get(session);
+        if (buf == null)
+        {
+            synchronized (buffers)
+            {
+                buf = (SessionBuffer) buffers.get(session);
+                if (buf == null)
+                {
+                    buf = new SessionBuffer(session);
+                    buffers.put(session, buf);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return buf;
+    }
+
+    private void removeSessionBuffer(SessionBuffer buf)
+    {
+        final Map buffers = this.buffers;
+        final IoSession session = buf.session;
+        synchronized (buffers)
+        {
+            buffers.remove(session);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected static class SessionBuffer
+    {
+        private final IoSession session;
+
+        private final Queue eventQueue = new Queue();
+
+        private SessionBuffer(IoSession session)
+        {
+            this.session = session;
+        }
+
+        public IoSession getSession()
+        {
+            return session;
+        }
+
+        public Queue getEventQueue()
+        {
+            return eventQueue;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class Worker extends Thread
+    {
+        private final int id;
+        private final Object promotionLock = new Object();
+        private boolean dead;
+
+        private Worker()
+        {
+            int id = acquireThreadId();
+            this.id = id;
+            this.setName(threadNamePrefix + '-' + id);
+            increasePoolSize(this);
+        }
+
+        public boolean lead()
+        {
+            final Object promotionLock = this.promotionLock;
+            synchronized (promotionLock)
+            {
+                if (dead)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                leader = this;
+                promotionLock.notify();
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public void run()
+        {
+            for (; ;)
+            {
+                if (!waitForPromotion())
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                SessionBuffer buf = fetchBuffer();
+                giveUpLead();
+                if (buf == null)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                processEvents(buf);
+                follow();
+                releaseBuffer(buf);
+            }
+
+            decreasePoolSize(this);
+            releaseThreadId(id);
+        }
+
+        private SessionBuffer fetchBuffer()
+        {
+            BlockingQueue unfetchedSessionBuffers = ThreadPoolFilter.this.unfetchedSessionBuffers;
+            synchronized (unfetchedSessionBuffers)
+            {
+                while (!shuttingDown)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        unfetchedSessionBuffers.waitForNewItem();
+                    }
+                    catch (InterruptedException e)
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    return ThreadPoolFilter.this.fetchSessionBuffer(unfetchedSessionBuffers);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        private void processEvents(SessionBuffer buf)
+        {
+            final IoSession session = buf.session;
+            final Queue eventQueue = buf.eventQueue;
+            for (; ;)
+            {
+                Event event;
+                synchronized (buf)
+                {
+                    event = (Event) eventQueue.pop();
+                    if (event == null)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                processEvent(event.getNextFilter(), session,
+                             event.getType(), event.getData());
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void follow()
+        {
+            final Object promotionLock = this.promotionLock;
+            final Stack followers = ThreadPoolFilter.this.followers;
+            synchronized (promotionLock)
+            {
+                if (this != leader)
+                {
+                    synchronized (followers)
+                    {
+                        followers.push(this);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void releaseBuffer(SessionBuffer buf)
+        {
+            final BlockingQueue unfetchedSessionBuffers = ThreadPoolFilter.this.unfetchedSessionBuffers;
+            final Set allSessionBuffers = ThreadPoolFilter.this.allSessionBuffers;
+            final Queue eventQueue = buf.eventQueue;
+
+            synchronized (unfetchedSessionBuffers)
+            {
+                if (eventQueue.isEmpty())
+                {
+                    allSessionBuffers.remove(buf);
+                    removeSessionBuffer(buf);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    unfetchedSessionBuffers.push(buf);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private boolean waitForPromotion()
+        {
+            final Object promotionLock = this.promotionLock;
+
+            long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+            synchronized (promotionLock)
+            {
+                while (this != leader && !shuttingDown)
+                {
+                    // Calculate remaining keep-alive time
+                    int keepAliveTime = getKeepAliveTime();
+                    if (keepAliveTime > 0)
+                    {
+                        keepAliveTime -= (currentTime - startTime);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        keepAliveTime = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+                    }
+
+                    // Break the loop if there's no remaining keep-alive time.
+                    if (keepAliveTime <= 0)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    // Wait for promotion
+                    try
+                    {
+                        promotionLock.wait(keepAliveTime);
+                    }
+                    catch (InterruptedException e)
+                    {
+                    }
+
+                    // Update currentTime for the next iteration
+                    currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                }
+
+                boolean timeToLead = this == leader && !shuttingDown;
+
+                if (!timeToLead)
+                {
+                    // time to die
+                    synchronized (followers)
+                    {
+                        followers.remove(this);
+                    }
+
+                    // Mark as dead explicitly when we've got promotionLock.
+                    dead = true;
+                }
+
+                return timeToLead;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void giveUpLead()
+        {
+            final Stack followers = ThreadPoolFilter.this.followers;
+            Worker worker;
+            do
+            {
+                synchronized (followers)
+                {
+                    worker = (Worker) followers.pop();
+                }
+
+                if (worker == null)
+                {
+                    // Increase the number of threads if we
+                    // are not shutting down and we can increase the number.
+                    if (!shuttingDown
+                            && getPoolSize() < getMaximumPoolSize())
+                    {
+                        worker = new Worker();
+                        worker.lead();
+                        worker.start();
+                    }
+
+                    // This loop should end because:
+                    // 1) lead() is called already,
+                    // 2) or it is shutting down and there's no more threads left.
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            while (!worker.lead());
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected static class EventType
+    {
+        public static final EventType OPENED = new EventType("OPENED");
+
+        public static final EventType CLOSED = new EventType("CLOSED");
+
+        public static final EventType READ = new EventType("READ");
+
+        public static final EventType WRITTEN = new EventType("WRITTEN");
+
+        public static final EventType RECEIVED = new EventType("RECEIVED");
+
+        public static final EventType SENT = new EventType("SENT");
+
+        public static final EventType IDLE = new EventType("IDLE");
+
+        public static final EventType EXCEPTION = new EventType("EXCEPTION");
+
+        private final String value;
+
+        private EventType(String value)
+        {
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+
+        public String toString()
+        {
+            return value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected static class Event
+    {
+        private final EventType type;
+        private final NextFilter nextFilter;
+        private final Object data;
+
+        public Event(EventType type, NextFilter nextFilter, Object data)
+        {
+            this.type = type;
+            this.nextFilter = nextFilter;
+            this.data = data;
+        }
+
+        public Object getData()
+        {
+            return data;
+        }
+
+
+        public NextFilter getNextFilter()
+        {
+            return nextFilter;
+        }
+
+
+        public EventType getType()
+        {
+            return type;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void sessionCreated(NextFilter nextFilter, IoSession session)
+    {
+        nextFilter.sessionCreated(session);
+    }
+
+    public void sessionOpened(NextFilter nextFilter,
+                              IoSession session)
+    {
+        fireEvent(nextFilter, session, EventType.OPENED, null);
+    }
+
+    public void sessionClosed(NextFilter nextFilter,
+                              IoSession session)
+    {
+        fireEvent(nextFilter, session, EventType.CLOSED, null);
+    }
+
+    public void sessionIdle(NextFilter nextFilter,
+                            IoSession session, IdleStatus status)
+    {
+        fireEvent(nextFilter, session, EventType.IDLE, status);
+    }
+
+    public void exceptionCaught(NextFilter nextFilter,
+                                IoSession session, Throwable cause)
+    {
+        fireEvent(nextFilter, session, EventType.EXCEPTION, cause);
+    }
+
+    public void messageReceived(NextFilter nextFilter,
+                                IoSession session, Object message)
+    {
+        ByteBufferUtil.acquireIfPossible(message);
+        fireEvent(nextFilter, session, EventType.RECEIVED, message);
+    }
+
+    public void messageSent(NextFilter nextFilter,
+                            IoSession session, Object message)
+    {
+        ByteBufferUtil.acquireIfPossible(message);
+        fireEvent(nextFilter, session, EventType.SENT, message);
+    }
+
+    protected void processEvent(NextFilter nextFilter,
+                                IoSession session, EventType type,
+                                Object data)
+    {
+        if (type == EventType.RECEIVED)
+        {
+            nextFilter.messageReceived(session, data);
+            ByteBufferUtil.releaseIfPossible(data);
+        }
+        else if (type == EventType.SENT)
+        {
+            nextFilter.messageSent(session, data);
+            ByteBufferUtil.releaseIfPossible(data);
+        }
+        else if (type == EventType.EXCEPTION)
+        {
+            nextFilter.exceptionCaught(session, (Throwable) data);
+        }
+        else if (type == EventType.IDLE)
+        {
+            nextFilter.sessionIdle(session, (IdleStatus) data);
+        }
+        else if (type == EventType.OPENED)
+        {
+            nextFilter.sessionOpened(session);
+        }
+        else if (type == EventType.CLOSED)
+        {
+            nextFilter.sessionClosed(session);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void filterWrite(NextFilter nextFilter, IoSession session, WriteRequest writeRequest)
+    {
+        nextFilter.filterWrite(session, writeRequest);
+    }
+
+    public void filterClose(NextFilter nextFilter, IoSession session) throws Exception
+    {
+        nextFilter.filterClose(session);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/txn/TxnBuffer.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/txn/TxnBuffer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a46afafe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/txn/TxnBuffer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.txn;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class TxnBuffer
+{
+    private final MessageStore _store;
+    private final List<TxnOp> _ops = new ArrayList<TxnOp>();
+
+    public TxnBuffer(MessageStore store)
+    {
+        _store = store;
+    }
+
+    public void commit() throws AMQException
+    {
+        _store.beginTran();
+        boolean failed = true;
+        try
+        {
+            for(TxnOp op : _ops)
+            {
+                op.commit();
+            }
+            _ops.clear();
+            failed = false;
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if(failed)
+            {
+                _store.abortTran();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _store.commitTran();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void rollback() throws AMQException
+    {
+        for(TxnOp op : _ops)
+        {
+            op.rollback();
+        }
+        _ops.clear();
+    }
+
+    public void enlist(TxnOp op)
+    {
+        _ops.add(op);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/txn/TxnOp.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/txn/TxnOp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..402e75c64b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/txn/TxnOp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.txn;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+public interface TxnOp
+{
+    public void commit() throws AMQException;
+    public void rollback();
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/CircularBuffer.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/CircularBuffer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2c10cb4d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/CircularBuffer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.util;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+public class CircularBuffer implements Iterable
+{
+    private final Object[] _log;
+    private int _size;
+    private int _index;
+
+    public CircularBuffer(int size)
+    {
+        _log = new Object[size];
+    }
+
+    public void add(Object o)
+    {
+        _log[_index++] = o;
+        _size = Math.min(_size+1, _log.length);
+        if(_index >= _log.length)
+        {
+            _index = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Object get(int i)
+    {
+        if(i >= _log.length)
+        {
+            throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(i);
+        }
+        return _log[index(i)];
+    }
+
+    public int size() {
+        return _size;
+    }
+
+    public Iterator iterator()
+    {
+        return new Iterator()
+        {
+            private int i = 0;
+
+            public boolean hasNext()
+            {
+                return i < _size;
+            }
+
+            public Object next()
+            {
+                return get(i++);
+            }
+
+            public void remove()
+            {
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
+        boolean first = true;
+        for(Object o : this)
+        {
+            if(!first)
+            {
+                s.append(", ");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                first = false;
+            }
+            s.append(o);
+        }
+        return s.toString();
+    }
+
+    public void dump()
+    {
+        for(Object o : this)
+        {
+         System.out.println(o);   
+        }
+    }
+
+    int index(int i)
+    {
+        return _size == _log.length ? (_index + i) % _log.length : i;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] artgv)
+    {
+        String[] items = new String[]{
+                "A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K"
+        };
+        CircularBuffer buffer = new CircularBuffer(5);
+        for(String s : items)
+        {
+            buffer.add(s);
+            System.out.println(buffer);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/LoggingProxy.java b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/LoggingProxy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03c4896422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/LoggingProxy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.util;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * Dynamic proxy that records invocations in a fixed size circular buffer,
+ * dumping details on hitting an exception.
+ * <p>
+ * Useful in debugging.
+ * <p>
+ */
+public class LoggingProxy implements InvocationHandler
+{
+    private final Object _target;
+    private final CircularBuffer _log;
+
+    public LoggingProxy(Object target, int size)
+    {
+        _target = target;
+        _log = new CircularBuffer(size);
+    }
+
+    public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            entered(method, args);
+            Object result = method.invoke(_target, args);
+            returned(method, result);
+            return result;
+        }
+        catch(InvocationTargetException e)
+        {
+            dump();
+            throw e.getTargetException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    void dump()
+    {
+        _log.dump();
+    }
+
+    CircularBuffer getBuffer()
+    {
+        return _log;
+    }
+
+    private synchronized void entered(Method method, Object[] args)
+    {
+        if (args == null)
+        {
+            _log.add(Thread.currentThread() + ": " + method.getName() + "() entered");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _log.add(Thread.currentThread() + ": " + method.getName() + "(" + Arrays.toString(args) + ") entered");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private synchronized void returned(Method method, Object result)
+    {
+        if (method.getReturnType() == Void.TYPE)
+        {
+            _log.add(Thread.currentThread() + ": " + method.getName() + "() returned");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _log.add(Thread.currentThread() + ": " + method.getName() + "() returned " + result);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Object getProxy(Class... c)
+    {
+        return Proxy.newProxyInstance(_target.getClass().getClassLoader(), c, this);
+    }
+
+    public int getBufferSize() {
+        return _log.size();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/build-module.xml b/java/broker/test/build-module.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3128b77249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/build-module.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<!--
+ -
+ - Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ -
+ - Licensed 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.
+ -
+ -->
+<project name="Broker Tests" default="build">
+  <property name="module.depends" value="broker common"/>
+  <property name="module.dist" value="false"/>
+
+  <import file="../../module.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="test" depends="build">
+    <junit fork="yes" showoutput="true" haltonfailure="yes">
+      <test name="org.apache.qpid.server.UnitTests"/>
+      <formatter type="plain"/>
+      <classpath refid="module.class.path"/>
+    </junit>
+  </target>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/java/broker/test/lib/README b/java/broker/test/lib/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a75673935e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/lib/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Junit copied here momentarily.

diff --git a/java/broker/test/lib/junit/junit-4.0.jar b/java/broker/test/lib/junit/junit-4.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b20406924a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/lib/junit/junit-4.0.jar
diff --git a/java/broker/test/lib/junit/junit.jar b/java/broker/test/lib/junit/junit.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..674d71e89e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/lib/junit/junit.jar
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/UnitTests.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/UnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..377b1fb64e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/UnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Suite;
+
+@RunWith(Suite.class)
+@Suite.SuiteClasses({
+        org.apache.qpid.server.configuration.UnitTests.class,
+        org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.UnitTests.class,
+        org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.UnitTests.class,
+        org.apache.qpid.server.queue.UnitTests.class,
+        org.apache.qpid.server.store.UnitTests.class,
+        org.apache.qpid.server.util.UnitTests.class
+        })
+public class UnitTests
+{
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(UnitTests.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/TestPropertyUtils.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/TestPropertyUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd78d1c786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/TestPropertyUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.configuration;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import org.apache.qpid.configuration.PropertyException;
+import org.apache.qpid.configuration.PropertyUtils;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+// TODO: This belongs in the "common" module.
+public class TestPropertyUtils
+{
+    @Test
+    public void testSimpleExpansion() throws PropertyException
+    {
+        System.setProperty("banana", "fruity");
+        String expandedProperty = PropertyUtils.replaceProperties("${banana}");
+        assertEquals(expandedProperty, "fruity");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDualExpansion() throws PropertyException
+    {
+        System.setProperty("banana", "fruity");
+        System.setProperty("concrete", "horrible");
+        String expandedProperty = PropertyUtils.replaceProperties("${banana}xyz${concrete}");
+        assertEquals(expandedProperty, "fruityxyzhorrible");
+    }
+
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(TestPropertyUtils.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/UnitTests.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/UnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c70d7c4da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/configuration/UnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.configuration;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Suite;
+
+@RunWith(Suite.class)
+@Suite.SuiteClasses({TestPropertyUtils.class})
+public class UnitTests
+{
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(UnitTests.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/AbstractHeadersExchangeTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/AbstractHeadersExchangeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac04c51e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/AbstractHeadersExchangeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.NoConsumersException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.SkeletonMessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicPublishBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentHeaderBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.FieldTable;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicContentHeaderProperties;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+public class AbstractHeadersExchangeTest
+{
+    private final HeadersExchange exchange = new HeadersExchange();
+    protected final Set<TestQueue> queues = new HashSet<TestQueue>();
+    private int count;
+
+    protected TestQueue bindDefault(String... bindings) throws AMQException
+    {
+        return bind("Queue" + (++count), bindings);
+    }
+
+    protected TestQueue bind(String queueName, String... bindings) throws AMQException
+    {
+        return bind(queueName, getHeaders(bindings));
+    }
+
+    protected TestQueue bind(String queue, FieldTable bindings) throws AMQException
+    {
+        return bind(new TestQueue(queue), bindings);
+    }
+
+    protected TestQueue bind(TestQueue queue, String... bindings) throws AMQException
+    {
+        return bind(queue, getHeaders(bindings));
+    }
+
+    protected TestQueue bind(TestQueue queue, FieldTable bindings) throws AMQException
+    {
+        queues.add(queue);
+        exchange.registerQueue(null, queue, bindings);
+        return queue;
+    }
+
+
+    protected void route(Message m) throws AMQException
+    {
+        m.route(exchange);
+    }
+
+    protected void routeAndTest(Message m, TestQueue... expected) throws AMQException
+    {
+        routeAndTest(m, Arrays.asList(expected));
+    }
+
+    protected void routeAndTest(Message m, List<TestQueue> expected) throws AMQException
+    {
+        route(m);
+        for (TestQueue q : queues)
+        {
+            if (expected.contains(q))
+            {
+                assertTrue("Expected " + m + " to be delivered to " + q, m.isInQueue(q));
+                //assert m.isInQueue(q) : "Expected " + m + " to be delivered to " + q;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                assertFalse("Did not expect " + m + " to be delivered to " + q, m.isInQueue(q));
+                //assert !m.isInQueue(q) : "Did not expect " + m + " to be delivered to " + q;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static FieldTable getHeaders(String... entries)
+    {
+        FieldTable headers = new FieldTable();
+        for (String s : entries)
+        {
+            String[] parts = s.split("=", 2);
+            headers.put(parts[0], parts.length > 1 ? parts[1] : "");
+        }
+        return headers;
+    }
+
+    static BasicPublishBody getPublishRequest(String id)
+    {
+        BasicPublishBody request = new BasicPublishBody();
+        request.routingKey = id;
+        return request;
+    }
+
+    static ContentHeaderBody getContentHeader(FieldTable headers)
+    {
+        ContentHeaderBody header = new ContentHeaderBody();
+        header.properties = getProperties(headers);
+        return header;
+    }
+
+    static BasicContentHeaderProperties getProperties(FieldTable headers)
+    {
+        BasicContentHeaderProperties properties = new BasicContentHeaderProperties();
+        properties.setHeaders(headers);
+        return properties;
+    }
+
+    static class TestQueue extends AMQQueue
+    {
+        final List<HeadersExchangeTest.Message> messages = new ArrayList<HeadersExchangeTest.Message>();
+
+        public TestQueue(String name) throws AMQException
+        {
+            super(name, false, "test", true, ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getQueueRegistry());
+        }
+
+        public void deliver(AMQMessage msg) throws AMQException
+        {
+            messages.add(new HeadersExchangeTest.Message(msg));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Just add some extra utility methods to AMQMessage to aid testing.
+     */
+    static class Message extends AMQMessage
+    {
+        private static MessageStore _messageStore = new SkeletonMessageStore();
+
+        Message(String id, String... headers) throws AMQException
+        {
+            this(id, getHeaders(headers));
+        }
+
+        Message(String id, FieldTable headers) throws AMQException
+        {
+            this(getPublishRequest(id), getContentHeader(headers), null);
+        }
+
+        private Message(BasicPublishBody publish, ContentHeaderBody header, List<ContentBody> bodies) throws AMQException
+        {
+            super(_messageStore, publish, header, bodies);
+        }
+
+        private Message(AMQMessage msg) throws AMQException
+        {
+            super(msg);
+        }
+
+        void route(Exchange exchange) throws AMQException
+        {
+            exchange.route(this);
+        }
+
+        boolean isInQueue(TestQueue queue)
+        {
+            return queue.messages.contains(this);
+        }
+
+        public int hashCode()
+        {
+            return getKey().hashCode();
+        }
+
+        public boolean equals(Object o)
+        {
+            return o instanceof HeadersExchangeTest.Message && equals((HeadersExchangeTest.Message) o);
+        }
+
+        private boolean equals(HeadersExchangeTest.Message m)
+        {
+            return getKey().equals(m.getKey());
+        }
+
+        public String toString()
+        {
+            return getKey().toString();
+        }
+
+        private Object getKey()
+        {
+            return getPublishBody().routingKey;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersBindingTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersBindingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e33b1d711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersBindingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+
+/**
+ */
+public class HeadersBindingTest
+{
+    private Map<String, String> bindHeaders = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    private Map<String, String> matchHeaders = new HashMap<String, String>();
+
+    @Test public void default_1()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+
+        assertTrue(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void default_2()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        matchHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        assertTrue(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void default_3()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Altered value of A");
+
+        assertFalse(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void all_1()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("X-match", "all");
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+
+        assertTrue(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void all_2()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("X-match", "all");
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        bindHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+
+        assertFalse(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void all_3()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("X-match", "all");
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        bindHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        matchHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        assertTrue(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void all_4()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("X-match", "all");
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        bindHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        matchHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+        matchHeaders.put("C", "Value of C");
+
+        assertTrue(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void all_5()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("X-match", "all");
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        bindHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        matchHeaders.put("B", "Altered value of B");
+        matchHeaders.put("C", "Value of C");
+
+        assertFalse(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void any_1()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("X-match", "any");
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+
+        assertTrue(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void any_2()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("X-match", "any");
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        bindHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+
+        assertTrue(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void any_3()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("X-match", "any");
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        bindHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        matchHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        assertTrue(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void any_4()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("X-match", "any");
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        bindHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        matchHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+        matchHeaders.put("C", "Value of C");
+
+        assertTrue(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void any_5()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("X-match", "any");
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        bindHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        matchHeaders.put("B", "Altered value of B");
+        matchHeaders.put("C", "Value of C");
+
+        assertTrue(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void any_6()
+    {
+        bindHeaders.put("X-match", "any");
+        bindHeaders.put("A", "Value of A");
+        bindHeaders.put("B", "Value of B");
+
+        matchHeaders.put("A", "Altered value of A");
+        matchHeaders.put("B", "Altered value of B");
+        matchHeaders.put("C", "Value of C");
+
+        assertFalse(new HeadersBinding(bindHeaders).matches(matchHeaders));
+    }
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(HeadersBindingTest.class);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersExchangePerformanceTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersExchangePerformanceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74cb082db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersExchangePerformanceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.NoConsumersException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.TimedRun;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.AveragedRun;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicPublishBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentHeaderBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentBody;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Want to vary the number of regsitrations, messages and matches and measure
+ * the corresponding variance in execution time.
+ * <p/>
+ * Each registration will contain the 'All' header, even registrations will
+ * contain the 'Even' header and odd headers will contain the 'Odd' header.
+ * In additions each regsitration will have a unique value for the 'Specific'
+ * header as well.
+ * <p/>
+ * Messages can then be routed to all registrations, to even- or odd- registrations
+ * or to a specific registration.
+ *
+ */
+public class HeadersExchangePerformanceTest extends AbstractHeadersExchangeTest
+{
+    private static enum Mode {ALL, ODD_OR_EVEN, SPECIFIC}
+
+    private final TestQueue[] queues;
+    private final Mode mode;
+
+    public HeadersExchangePerformanceTest(Mode mode, int registrations) throws AMQException
+    {
+        this.mode = mode;
+        queues = new TestQueue[registrations];
+        for (int i = 0; i < queues.length; i++)
+        {
+            switch(mode)
+            {
+                case ALL:
+                    queues[i] = bind(new FastQueue("Queue" + i), "All");
+                    break;
+                case ODD_OR_EVEN:
+                    queues[i] = bind(new FastQueue("Queue" + i), "All", oddOrEven(i));
+                    break;
+                case SPECIFIC:
+                    queues[i] = bind(new FastQueue("Queue" + i), "All", oddOrEven(i), "Specific"+ i);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void sendToAll(int count) throws AMQException
+    {
+        send(count, "All=True");
+    }
+
+    void sendToOdd(int count) throws AMQException
+    {
+        send(count, "All=True", "Odd=True");
+    }
+
+    void sendToEven(int count) throws AMQException
+    {
+        send(count, "All=True", "Even=True");
+    }
+
+    void sendToAllSpecifically(int count) throws AMQException
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < queues.length; i++)
+        {
+            sendToSpecific(count, i);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void sendToSpecific(int count, int index) throws AMQException
+    {
+        send(count, "All=True", oddOrEven(index) + "=True", "Specific=" + index);
+    }
+
+    private void send(int count, String... headers) throws AMQException
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+        {
+            route(new Message("Message" + i, headers));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String oddOrEven(int i)
+    {
+        return (i % 2 == 0 ? "Even" : "Odd");
+    }
+
+    static class FastQueue extends TestQueue
+    {
+
+        public FastQueue(String name) throws AMQException
+        {
+            super(name);
+        }
+
+        public void deliver(BasicPublishBody publishBody, ContentHeaderBody contentHeaderBody, List<ContentBody> contentBodies) throws NoConsumersException
+        {
+            //just discard as we are not testing routing functionality here
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class Test extends TimedRun
+    {
+        private final Mode mode;
+        private final int registrations;
+        private final int count;
+        private HeadersExchangePerformanceTest test;
+
+        Test(Mode mode, int registrations, int count)
+        {
+            super(mode + ", registrations=" + registrations + ", count=" + count);
+            this.mode = mode;
+            this.registrations = registrations;
+            this.count = count;
+        }
+
+        protected void setup() throws Exception
+        {
+            test = new HeadersExchangePerformanceTest(mode, registrations);
+            run(100); //do a warm up run before times start
+        }
+
+        protected void teardown() throws Exception
+        {
+            test = null;
+            System.gc();
+        }
+
+        protected void run() throws Exception
+        {
+            run(count);
+        }
+
+        private void run(int count) throws Exception
+        {
+            switch(mode)
+            {
+                case ALL:
+                    test.sendToAll(count);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    System.out.println("Test for " + mode + " not yet implemented.");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception
+    {
+        int registrations = Integer.parseInt(argv[0]);
+        int messages = Integer.parseInt(argv[1]);
+        int iterations = Integer.parseInt(argv[2]);
+        TimedRun test = new Test(Mode.ALL, registrations, messages);
+        AveragedRun tests = new AveragedRun(test, iterations);
+        System.out.println(tests.call());
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersExchangeTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersExchangeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86414ffae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/HeadersExchangeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.NullApplicationRegistry;
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+
+public class HeadersExchangeTest extends AbstractHeadersExchangeTest
+{
+    @Before
+    public void init() throws Exception
+    {
+        ApplicationRegistry.initialise(new NullApplicationRegistry());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void simple() throws AMQException
+    {
+        TestQueue q1 = bindDefault("F0000");
+        TestQueue q2 = bindDefault("F0000=Aardvark");
+        TestQueue q3 = bindDefault("F0001");
+        TestQueue q4 = bindDefault("F0001=Bear");
+        TestQueue q5 = bindDefault("F0000", "F0001");
+        TestQueue q6 = bindDefault("F0000=Aardvark", "F0001=Bear");
+        TestQueue q7 = bindDefault("F0000", "F0001=Bear");
+        TestQueue q8 = bindDefault("F0000=Aardvark", "F0001");
+        TestQueue q9 = bindDefault("F0000=Apple", "F0001=Banana");
+        TestQueue q10 = bindDefault("F0000=Apple", "F0001");
+
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message1", "F0000"), q1);
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message2", "F0000=Aardvark"), q1, q2);
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message3", "F0000=Aardvark", "F0001"), q1, q2, q3, q5, q8);
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message4", "F0000", "F0001=Bear"), q1, q3, q4, q5, q7);
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message5", "F0000=Aardvark", "F0001=Bear"),
+                     q1, q2, q3, q4, q5, q6, q7, q8);
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message6", "F0002"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void any() throws AMQException
+    {
+        TestQueue q1 = bindDefault("F0000", "F0001", "X-match=any");
+        TestQueue q2 = bindDefault("F0000=Aardvark", "F0001=Bear", "X-match=any");
+        TestQueue q3 = bindDefault("F0000", "F0001=Bear", "X-match=any");
+        TestQueue q4 = bindDefault("F0000=Aardvark", "F0001", "X-match=any");
+        TestQueue q5 = bindDefault("F0000=Apple", "F0001=Banana", "X-match=any");
+        TestQueue q6 = bindDefault("F0000=Apple", "F0001", "X-match=any");
+
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message1", "F0000"), q1, q3);
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message2", "F0000=Aardvark"), q1, q2, q3, q4);
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message3", "F0000=Aardvark", "F0001"), q1, q2, q3, q4, q6);
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message4", "F0000", "F0001=Bear"), q1, q2, q3, q4, q6);
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message5", "F0000=Aardvark", "F0001=Bear"), q1, q2, q3, q4, q6);
+        routeAndTest(new Message("Message6", "F0002"));
+    }
+
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(HeadersExchangeTest.class);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/UnitTests.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/UnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3c6439b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/exchange/UnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.exchange;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Suite;
+
+@RunWith(Suite.class)
+@Suite.SuiteClasses({HeadersBindingTest.class, HeadersExchangeTest.class})
+public class UnitTests
+{
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(UnitTests.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/MockIoSession.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/MockIoSession.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..101ba7dd36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/MockIoSession.java
@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.mina.common.*;
+import org.apache.mina.common.support.DefaultCloseFuture;
+import org.apache.mina.common.support.DefaultWriteFuture;
+
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class MockIoSession implements IoSession
+{
+    private AMQProtocolSession _protocolSession;
+
+    /**
+     * Stores the last response written
+     */
+    private Object _lastWrittenObject;
+
+    private boolean _closing;
+
+    public MockIoSession()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Object getLastWrittenObject()
+    {
+        return _lastWrittenObject;
+    }
+
+    public IoService getService()
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public IoHandler getHandler()
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public IoSessionConfig getConfig()
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public IoFilterChain getFilterChain()
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public WriteFuture write(Object message)
+    {
+        WriteFuture wf = new DefaultWriteFuture(null);
+        _lastWrittenObject = message;
+        return wf;
+    }
+
+    public CloseFuture close()
+    {
+        _closing = true;
+        CloseFuture cf = new DefaultCloseFuture(null);
+        cf.setClosed();
+        return cf;
+    }
+
+    public Object getAttachment()
+    {
+        return _protocolSession;
+    }
+
+    public Object setAttachment(Object attachment)
+    {
+        Object current = _protocolSession;
+        _protocolSession = (AMQProtocolSession) attachment;
+        return current;
+    }
+
+    public Object getAttribute(String key)
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public Object setAttribute(String key, Object value)
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public Object setAttribute(String key)
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public Object removeAttribute(String key)
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public boolean containsAttribute(String key)
+    {
+        return false;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public Set getAttributeKeys()
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public TransportType getTransportType()
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public boolean isConnected()
+    {
+        return false;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public boolean isClosing()
+    {
+        return _closing;
+    }
+
+    public CloseFuture getCloseFuture()
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public SocketAddress getRemoteAddress()
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public SocketAddress getLocalAddress()
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public SocketAddress getServiceAddress()
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public int getIdleTime(IdleStatus status)
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public long getIdleTimeInMillis(IdleStatus status)
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void setIdleTime(IdleStatus status, int idleTime)
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public int getWriteTimeout()
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public long getWriteTimeoutInMillis()
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void setWriteTimeout(int writeTimeout)
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public TrafficMask getTrafficMask()
+    {
+        return null;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void setTrafficMask(TrafficMask trafficMask)
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void suspendRead()
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void suspendWrite()
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void resumeRead()
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public void resumeWrite()
+    {
+        //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public long getReadBytes()
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public long getWrittenBytes()
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public long getReadMessages()
+    {
+        return 0L;
+    }
+
+    public long getWrittenMessages()
+    {
+        return 0L;
+    }
+
+    public long getWrittenWriteRequests()
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public int getScheduledWriteRequests()
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public int getScheduledWriteBytes()
+    {
+        return 0;  //TODO
+    }
+
+    public long getCreationTime()
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public long getLastIoTime()
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public long getLastReadTime()
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public long getLastWriteTime()
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public boolean isIdle(IdleStatus status)
+    {
+        return false;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public int getIdleCount(IdleStatus status)
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+
+    public long getLastIdleTime(IdleStatus status)
+    {
+        return 0;  //To change body of implemented methods use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/TestProtocolInitiation.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/TestProtocolInitiation.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34e1709a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/TestProtocolInitiation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import org.apache.qpid.codec.AMQDecoder;
+import org.apache.qpid.codec.AMQEncoder;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.*;
+import org.apache.mina.common.ByteBuffer;
+import org.apache.mina.common.WriteFuture;
+import org.apache.mina.filter.codec.ProtocolDecoderOutput;
+import org.apache.mina.filter.codec.ProtocolEncoderOutput;
+import org.apache.mina.filter.codec.support.SimpleProtocolDecoderOutput;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * This test suite tests the handling of protocol initiation frames and related issues.
+ */
+public class TestProtocolInitiation implements ProtocolVersionList
+{
+    private AMQPFastProtocolHandler _protocolHandler;
+
+    private MockIoSession _mockIoSession;
+
+    /**
+     * We need to use the object encoder mechanism so to allow us to retrieve the
+     * output (a bytebuffer) we define our own encoder output class. The encoder
+     * writes the encoded data to this class, from where we can retrieve it during
+     * the test run.
+     */
+    private class TestProtocolEncoderOutput implements ProtocolEncoderOutput
+    {
+        public ByteBuffer result;
+
+        public void write(ByteBuffer buf)
+        {
+            result = buf;
+        }
+
+        public void mergeAll()
+        {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+        public WriteFuture flush()
+        {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class TestProtocolDecoderOutput implements ProtocolDecoderOutput
+    {
+        public Object result;
+
+        public void write(Object buf)
+        {
+            result = buf;
+        }
+
+        public void flush()
+        {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void createCommonObjects()
+    {
+        _mockIoSession = new MockIoSession();
+        _protocolHandler = new AMQPFastProtocolHandler(null, null);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that the AMQDecoder handles invalid protocol classes
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test(expected = AMQProtocolClassException.class)
+    public void testDecoderValidateProtocolClass() throws Exception
+    {
+        ProtocolInitiation pi = createValidProtocolInitiation();
+        pi.protocolClass = 2;
+        decodePI(pi);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that the AMQDecoder handles invalid protocol instance numbers
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test(expected = AMQProtocolInstanceException.class)
+    public void testDecoderValidatesProtocolInstance() throws Exception
+    {
+        ProtocolInitiation pi = createValidProtocolInitiation();
+        pi.protocolInstance = 2;
+        decodePI(pi);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that the AMQDecoder handles invalid protocol major
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test(expected = AMQProtocolVersionException.class)
+    public void testDecoderValidatesProtocolMajor() throws Exception
+    {
+        ProtocolInitiation pi = createValidProtocolInitiation();
+        pi.protocolMajor = 2;
+        decodePI(pi);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that the AMQDecoder handles invalid protocol minor
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test(expected = AMQProtocolVersionException.class)
+    public void testDecoderValidatesProtocolMinor() throws Exception
+    {
+        ProtocolInitiation pi = createValidProtocolInitiation();
+        pi.protocolMinor = 99;
+        decodePI(pi);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that the AMQDecoder accepts a valid PI
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test(expected = AMQProtocolHeaderException.class)
+    public void testDecoderValidatesHeader() throws Exception
+    {
+        ProtocolInitiation pi = createValidProtocolInitiation();
+        pi.header = new char[] {'P', 'Q', 'M', 'A' };
+        decodePI(pi);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test that a valid header is passed by the decoder.
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testDecoderAcceptsValidHeader() throws Exception
+    {
+        ProtocolInitiation pi = createValidProtocolInitiation();
+        decodePI(pi);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This test checks that an invalid protocol header results in the
+     * connection being closed.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testInvalidProtocolHeaderClosesConnection() throws Exception
+    {
+        AMQProtocolHeaderException pe = new AMQProtocolHeaderException("Test");
+        _protocolHandler.exceptionCaught(_mockIoSession, pe);
+        Assert.assertNotNull(_mockIoSession.getLastWrittenObject());
+        Object piResponse = _mockIoSession.getLastWrittenObject();
+        Assert.assertEquals(piResponse.getClass(), ProtocolInitiation.class);
+        ProtocolInitiation pi = (ProtocolInitiation) piResponse;
+        Assert.assertEquals("Protocol Initiation sent out was not the broker's expected header", pi,
+                            createValidProtocolInitiation());
+        Assert.assertTrue("Session has not been closed", _mockIoSession.isClosing());
+    }
+
+    private ProtocolInitiation createValidProtocolInitiation()
+    {
+        /* Find last protocol version in protocol version list. Make sure last protocol version
+        listed in the build file (build-module.xml) is the latest version which will be used
+        here. */
+        int i = pv.length - 1;
+        return new ProtocolInitiation(pv[i][PROTOCOL_MAJOR], pv[i][PROTOCOL_MINOR]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper that encodes a protocol initiation and attempts to decode it
+     * @param pi
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    private void decodePI(ProtocolInitiation pi) throws Exception
+    {
+        // we need to do this test at the level of the decoder since we initially only expect PI frames
+        // so the protocol handler is not set up to know whether it should be expecting a PI frame or
+        // a different type of frame
+        AMQDecoder decoder = new AMQDecoder(true);
+        AMQEncoder encoder = new AMQEncoder();
+        TestProtocolEncoderOutput peo = new TestProtocolEncoderOutput();
+        encoder.encode(_mockIoSession, pi, peo);
+        TestProtocolDecoderOutput pdo = new TestProtocolDecoderOutput();
+        decoder.decode(_mockIoSession, peo.result, pdo);
+        ((ProtocolInitiation) pdo.result).checkVersion(this);
+    }
+
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(TestProtocolInitiation.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/UnitTests.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/UnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09dc76d310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/protocol/UnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.protocol;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Suite;
+
+@RunWith(Suite.class)
+@Suite.SuiteClasses({TestProtocolInitiation.class})
+public class UnitTests
+{
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(UnitTests.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AckTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AckTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..904665949c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/AckTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicPublishBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentHeaderBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.TestableMemoryMessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.NullApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Tests that acknowledgements are handled correctly.
+ */
+public class AckTest
+{
+    private static final Logger _log = Logger.getLogger(AckTest.class);
+
+    private SubscriptionImpl _subscription;
+
+    private MockProtocolSession _protocolSession;
+
+    private TestableMemoryMessageStore _messageStore;
+
+    private AMQChannel _channel;
+
+    private SubscriptionSet _subscriptionManager;
+
+    private AMQQueue _queue;
+
+    public AckTest() throws Exception
+    {
+        ApplicationRegistry.initialise(new NullApplicationRegistry());
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() throws Exception
+    {
+        _messageStore = new TestableMemoryMessageStore();
+        _channel = new AMQChannel(5, _messageStore, null/*dont need exchange registry*/);
+        _protocolSession = new MockProtocolSession(_messageStore);
+        _protocolSession.addChannel(_channel);
+        _subscriptionManager = new SubscriptionSet();
+        _queue = new AMQQueue("myQ", false, "guest", true, new DefaultQueueRegistry(), _subscriptionManager);
+    }
+
+    private void publishMessages(int count) throws AMQException
+    {
+        for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++)
+        {
+            BasicPublishBody publishBody = new BasicPublishBody();
+            publishBody.routingKey = "rk";
+            publishBody.exchange = "someExchange";
+            AMQMessage msg = new AMQMessage(_messageStore, publishBody);
+            msg.setContentHeaderBody(new ContentHeaderBody());
+            _subscription.send(msg, _queue);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that the acknowledgements are correctly associated with a channel and
+     * order is preserved when acks are enabled
+     */
+    @Test @Ignore /* FIXME: broken at the moment */
+    public void ackChannelAssociationTest() throws AMQException
+    {
+        _subscription = new SubscriptionImpl(5, _protocolSession, "conTag", true);
+        final int msgCount = 10;
+        publishMessages(msgCount);
+
+        Map<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage> map = _channel.getUnacknowledgedMessageMap();
+        assertTrue(map.size() == msgCount);
+
+        Iterator<Map.Entry<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage>> it = map.entrySet().iterator();
+        for (int i = 1; i <= map.size(); i++)
+        {
+            Map.Entry<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage> entry = it.next();
+            assertTrue(entry.getKey() == i);
+            AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage unackedMsg = entry.getValue();
+            assertTrue(unackedMsg.queue == _queue);
+        }
+        assertTrue(_messageStore.getMessageMap().size() == msgCount);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that in no-ack mode no messages are retained
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testNoAckMode() throws AMQException
+    {
+        // false arg means no acks expected
+        _subscription = new SubscriptionImpl(5, _protocolSession, "conTag", false);
+        final int msgCount = 10;
+        publishMessages(msgCount);
+
+        Map<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage> map = _channel.getUnacknowledgedMessageMap();
+        assertTrue(map.size() == 0);
+        assertTrue(_messageStore.getMessageMap().size() == 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that a single acknowledgement is handled correctly (i.e multiple flag not
+     * set case)
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void singleAckReceivedTest() throws AMQException
+    {
+        _subscription = new SubscriptionImpl(5, _protocolSession, "conTag", true);
+        final int msgCount = 10;
+        publishMessages(msgCount);
+
+        _channel.acknowledgeMessage(5, false);
+        Map<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage> map = _channel.getUnacknowledgedMessageMap();
+        assertTrue(map.size() == msgCount - 1);
+
+        Iterator<Map.Entry<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage>> it = map.entrySet().iterator();
+        int i = 1;
+        while (i <= map.size())
+        {
+            Map.Entry<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage> entry = it.next();
+            assertTrue(entry.getKey() == i);
+            AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage unackedMsg = entry.getValue();
+            assertTrue(unackedMsg.queue == _queue);
+            // 5 is the delivery tag of the message that *should* be removed
+            if (++i == 5)
+            {
+                ++i;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that a single acknowledgement is handled correctly (i.e multiple flag not
+     * set case)
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void multiAckReceivedTest() throws AMQException
+    {
+        _subscription = new SubscriptionImpl(5, _protocolSession, "conTag", true);
+        final int msgCount = 10;
+        publishMessages(msgCount);
+
+        _channel.acknowledgeMessage(5, true);
+        Map<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage> map = _channel.getUnacknowledgedMessageMap();
+        assertTrue(map.size() == 5);
+
+        Iterator<Map.Entry<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage>> it = map.entrySet().iterator();
+        int i = 1;
+        while (i <= map.size())
+        {
+            Map.Entry<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage> entry = it.next();
+            assertTrue(entry.getKey() == i + 5);
+            AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage unackedMsg = entry.getValue();
+            assertTrue(unackedMsg.queue == _queue);
+            ++i;
+        }
+    }
+
+     /**
+     * Tests that a multiple acknowledgement is handled correctly. When ack'ing all pending msgs.
+     *
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void multiAckAllReceivedTest() throws AMQException
+    {
+        _subscription = new SubscriptionImpl(5, _protocolSession, "conTag", true);
+        final int msgCount = 10;
+        publishMessages(msgCount);
+
+        _channel.acknowledgeMessage(0, true);
+        Map<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage> map = _channel.getUnacknowledgedMessageMap();
+        assertTrue(map.size() == 0);
+
+        Iterator<Map.Entry<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage>> it = map.entrySet().iterator();
+        int i = 1;
+        while (i <= map.size())
+        {
+            Map.Entry<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage> entry = it.next();
+            assertTrue(entry.getKey() == i + 5);
+            AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage unackedMsg = entry.getValue();
+            assertTrue(unackedMsg.queue == _queue);
+            ++i;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPrefetch() throws AMQException
+    {
+        _subscription = new SubscriptionImpl(5, _protocolSession, "conTag", true);
+        _channel.setPrefetchCount(5);
+        final int msgCount = 5;
+        publishMessages(msgCount);
+
+        // at this point we should have sent out only 5 messages with a further 5 queued
+        // up in the channel which should be suspended
+        assertTrue(_subscription.isSuspended());
+        Map<Long, AMQChannel.UnacknowledgedMessage> map = _channel.getUnacknowledgedMessageMap();
+        assertTrue(map.size() == 5);
+        _channel.acknowledgeMessage(5, true);
+        assertTrue(!_subscription.isSuspended());
+        try
+        {
+            Thread.sleep(3000);
+        }
+        catch (InterruptedException e)
+        {
+            _log.error("Error: " + e, e);
+        }
+        assertTrue(map.size() == 0);
+    }
+
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(AckTest.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/ConcurrencyTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/ConcurrencyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cf11933fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/ConcurrencyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.handler.OnCurrentThreadExecutor;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+
+/**
+ * Tests delivery in the face of concurrent incoming _messages, subscription alterations
+ * and attempts to asynchronously process queued _messages.
+ */
+public class ConcurrencyTest extends MessageTestHelper
+{
+    private final Random random = new Random();
+
+    private final int numMessages = 1000;
+
+    private final List<TestSubscription> _subscribers = new ArrayList<TestSubscription>();
+    private final Set<Subscription> _active = new HashSet<Subscription>();
+    private final List<AMQMessage> _messages = new ArrayList<AMQMessage>();
+    private int next = 0;//index to next message to send
+    private final List<AMQMessage> _received = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<AMQMessage>());
+    private final Executor _executor = new OnCurrentThreadExecutor();
+    private final List<Thread> _threads = new ArrayList<Thread>();
+
+    private final SubscriptionSet _subscriptionMgr = new SubscriptionSet();
+    private final DeliveryManager _deliveryMgr;
+
+    private boolean isComplete;
+    private boolean failed;
+
+    public ConcurrencyTest() throws Exception
+    {
+        _deliveryMgr = new DeliveryManager(_subscriptionMgr, new AMQQueue("myQ", false, "guest", false,
+                                                                          new DefaultQueueRegistry()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void concurrent1() throws InterruptedException, AMQException
+    {
+        initSubscriptions(10);
+        initMessages(numMessages);
+        initThreads(1, 4, 4, 4);
+        run();
+        check();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void concurrent2() throws InterruptedException, AMQException
+    {
+        initSubscriptions(10);
+        initMessages(numMessages);
+        initThreads(4, 2, 2, 2);
+        run();
+        check();
+    }
+
+    void check()
+    {
+        assertFalse("Failed", failed);
+
+        _deliveryMgr.processAsync(_executor);
+
+        assertEquals("Did not recieve the correct number of messages", _messages.size(), _received.size());
+        for(int i = 0; i < _messages.size(); i++)
+        {
+            assertEquals("Wrong message at " + i, _messages.get(i), _received.get(i));
+        }
+    }
+
+    void initSubscriptions(int subscriptions)
+    {
+        for(int i = 0; i < subscriptions; i++)
+        {
+            _subscribers.add(new TestSubscription("Subscriber" + i, _received));
+        }
+    }
+
+    void initMessages(int messages) throws AMQException
+    {
+        for(int i = 0; i < messages; i++)
+        {
+            _messages.add(message());
+        }
+    }
+
+    void initThreads(int senders, int subscribers, int suspenders, int processors)
+    {
+        addThreads(senders, senders == 1 ? new Sender() : new OrderedSender());
+        addThreads(subscribers, new Subscriber());
+        addThreads(suspenders, new Suspender());
+        addThreads(processors, new Processor());
+    }
+
+    void addThreads(int count, Runnable runner)
+    {
+        for(int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+        {
+            _threads.add(new Thread(runner, runner.toString()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    void run() throws InterruptedException
+    {
+        for(Thread t : _threads)
+        {
+            t.start();
+        }
+
+        for(Thread t : _threads)
+        {
+            t.join();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void toggle(Subscription s)
+    {
+        synchronized (_active)
+        {
+            if (_active.contains(s))
+            {
+                _active.remove(s);
+                Subscription result = _subscriptionMgr.removeSubscriber(s);
+                Assert.assertTrue("Removed subscription " + result + " but trying to remove subscription " + s,
+                        result != null && result.equals(s));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _active.add(s);
+                _subscriptionMgr.addSubscriber(s);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private AMQMessage nextMessage()
+    {
+        synchronized (_messages)
+        {
+            if (next < _messages.size())
+            {
+                return _messages.get(next++);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (_deliveryMgr.getQueueMessageCount() == 0) {
+                    isComplete = true;
+                }
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean randomBoolean()
+    {
+        return random.nextBoolean();
+    }
+
+    private TestSubscription randomSubscriber()
+    {
+        return _subscribers.get(random.nextInt(_subscribers.size()));
+    }
+
+    private class Sender extends Runner
+    {
+        void doRun() throws Throwable
+        {
+            AMQMessage msg = nextMessage();
+            if (msg != null)
+            {
+                _deliveryMgr.deliver(toString(), msg);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class OrderedSender extends Sender
+    {
+        synchronized void doRun() throws Throwable
+        {
+            super.doRun();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class Suspender extends Runner
+    {
+        void doRun() throws Throwable
+        {
+            randomSubscriber().setSuspended(randomBoolean());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class Subscriber extends Runner
+    {
+        void doRun() throws Throwable
+        {
+            toggle(randomSubscriber());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class Processor extends Runner
+    {
+        void doRun() throws Throwable
+        {
+            _deliveryMgr.processAsync(_executor);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private abstract class Runner implements Runnable
+    {
+        public void run()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                while (!stop())
+                {
+                    doRun();
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Throwable t)
+            {
+                failed = true;
+                t.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        abstract void doRun() throws Throwable;
+
+        boolean stop()
+        {
+            return isComplete || failed;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(ConcurrencyTest.class);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/DeliveryManagerTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/DeliveryManagerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d00cd55fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/DeliveryManagerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.handler.OnCurrentThreadExecutor;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.NullApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+
+public class DeliveryManagerTest extends MessageTestHelper
+{
+    private final SubscriptionSet _subscriptions = new SubscriptionSet();
+    private final DeliveryManager _mgr;
+
+    public DeliveryManagerTest() throws Exception
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            _mgr = new DeliveryManager(_subscriptions, new AMQQueue("myQ", false, "guest", false,
+                                                                new DefaultQueueRegistry()));
+        }
+        catch(Throwable t)
+        {
+            t.printStackTrace();
+            throw new AMQException("Could not initialise delivery manager", t);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void startInQueueingMode() throws AMQException
+    {
+        AMQMessage[] messages = new AMQMessage[10];
+        for(int i = 0; i < messages.length; i++)
+        {
+            messages[i] = message();
+        }
+        int batch = messages.length / 2;
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < batch; i++)
+        {
+            _mgr.deliver("Me", messages[i]);
+        }
+
+        TestSubscription s1 = new TestSubscription("1");
+        TestSubscription s2 = new TestSubscription("2");
+        _subscriptions.addSubscriber(s1);
+        _subscriptions.addSubscriber(s2);
+
+        for(int i = batch; i < messages.length; i++)
+        {
+            _mgr.deliver("Me", messages[i]);
+        }
+
+        assertTrue(s1.getMessages().isEmpty());
+        assertTrue(s2.getMessages().isEmpty());
+
+        _mgr.processAsync(new OnCurrentThreadExecutor());
+
+        assertEquals(messages.length / 2, s1.getMessages().size());
+        assertEquals(messages.length / 2, s2.getMessages().size());
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < messages.length; i++)
+        {
+            if(i % 2 == 0)
+            {
+                assertTrue(s1.getMessages().get(i / 2) == messages[i]);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                assertTrue(s2.getMessages().get(i / 2) == messages[i]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void startInDirectMode() throws AMQException
+    {
+        AMQMessage[] messages = new AMQMessage[10];
+        for(int i = 0; i < messages.length; i++)
+        {
+            messages[i] = message();
+        }
+        int batch = messages.length / 2;
+
+        TestSubscription s1 = new TestSubscription("1");
+        _subscriptions.addSubscriber(s1);
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < batch; i++)
+        {
+            _mgr.deliver("Me", messages[i]);
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(batch, s1.getMessages().size());
+        for(int i = 0; i < batch; i++)
+        {
+            assertTrue(messages[i] == s1.getMessages().get(i));
+        }
+        s1.getMessages().clear();
+        assertEquals(0, s1.getMessages().size());
+
+        s1.setSuspended(true);
+        for(int i = batch; i < messages.length; i++)
+        {
+            _mgr.deliver("Me", messages[i]);
+        }
+
+        _mgr.processAsync(new OnCurrentThreadExecutor());
+        assertEquals(0, s1.getMessages().size());
+        s1.setSuspended(false);
+
+        _mgr.processAsync(new OnCurrentThreadExecutor());
+        assertEquals(messages.length - batch, s1.getMessages().size());
+
+        for(int i = batch; i < messages.length; i++)
+        {
+            assertTrue(messages[i] == s1.getMessages().get(i - batch));
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    @Test (expected=NoConsumersException.class)
+    public void noConsumers() throws AMQException
+    {
+        _mgr.deliver("Me", message(true));
+    }
+
+    @Test (expected=NoConsumersException.class)
+    public void noActiveConsumers() throws AMQException
+    {
+        TestSubscription s = new TestSubscription("A");
+        _subscriptions.addSubscriber(s);
+        s.setSuspended(true);
+        _mgr.deliver("Me", message(true));
+    }
+
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(DeliveryManagerTest.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/MessageTestHelper.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/MessageTestHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9baa77b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/MessageTestHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicPublishBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentHeaderBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.SkeletonMessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.NullApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+class MessageTestHelper
+{
+    private final MessageStore _messageStore = new SkeletonMessageStore();
+
+    MessageTestHelper() throws Exception
+    {
+        ApplicationRegistry.initialise(new NullApplicationRegistry());
+    }
+
+    AMQMessage message() throws AMQException
+    {
+        return message(false);
+    }
+
+    AMQMessage message(boolean immediate) throws AMQException
+    {
+        BasicPublishBody publish = new BasicPublishBody();
+        publish.immediate = immediate;
+        return new AMQMessage(_messageStore, publish, new ContentHeaderBody(), null);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/MockProtocolSession.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/MockProtocolSession.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f26d6d64b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/MockProtocolSession.java
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQDataBlock;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * A protocol session that can be used for testing purposes.
+ */
+public class MockProtocolSession implements AMQProtocolSession
+{
+    private MessageStore _messageStore;
+
+    private Map<Integer, AMQChannel> _channelMap = new HashMap<Integer, AMQChannel>();
+
+    public MockProtocolSession(MessageStore messageStore)
+    {
+        _messageStore = messageStore;
+    }
+
+    public void dataBlockReceived(AMQDataBlock message) throws Exception
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void writeFrame(AMQDataBlock frame)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public String getContextKey()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void setContextKey(String contextKey)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public AMQChannel getChannel(int channelId)
+    {
+        AMQChannel channel = _channelMap.get(channelId);
+        if (channel == null)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid channel id: " + channelId);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return channel;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void addChannel(AMQChannel channel)
+    {
+        if (channel == null)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Channel must not be null");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _channelMap.put(channel.getChannelId(), channel);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void closeChannel(int channelId) throws AMQException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void removeChannel(int channelId)
+    {
+        _channelMap.remove(channelId);
+    }
+
+    public void initHeartbeats(int delay)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void closeSession() throws AMQException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Object getKey()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public String getLocalFQDN()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public SaslServer getSaslServer()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void setSaslServer(SaslServer saslServer)
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueueConcurrentPerfTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueueConcurrentPerfTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ae8ebae79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueueConcurrentPerfTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.AveragedRun;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.ConcurrentTest;
+
+public class QueueConcurrentPerfTest extends QueuePerfTest
+{
+    QueueConcurrentPerfTest(Factory factory, int queueCount, int messages)
+    {
+        super(factory, queueCount, messages);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception
+    {
+        Factory[] factories = new Factory[]{SYNCHRONIZED, CONCURRENT};
+        int iterations = 5;
+        String label = argv.length > 0 ? argv[0]: null;
+        System.out.println((label == null ? "" : "Label, ") + "Queue Type, No. of Queues, No. of Operations, Avg Time, Min Time, Max Time");
+        //vary number of queues:
+        for(Factory f : factories)
+        {
+            run(label, new AveragedRun(new ConcurrentTest(new QueuePerfTest(f, 100, 10000), iterations), 5));
+            run(label, new AveragedRun(new ConcurrentTest(new QueuePerfTest(f, 1000, 10000), iterations), 5));
+            run(label, new AveragedRun(new ConcurrentTest(new QueuePerfTest(f, 10000, 10000), iterations), 5));
+            run(label, new AveragedRun(new ConcurrentTest(new QueuePerfTest(f, 1000, 1000), iterations), 5));
+            run(label, new AveragedRun(new ConcurrentTest(new QueuePerfTest(f, 1000, 100000), iterations), 5));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueuePerfTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueuePerfTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36e4e90f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/QueuePerfTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.AveragedRun;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.TimedRun;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.RunStats;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Queue;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
+
+public class QueuePerfTest extends TimedRun
+{
+    private final Factory _factory;
+    private final int _queueCount;
+    private final int _messages;
+    private final String _msg = "";
+    private List<Queue<String>> _queues;
+
+    QueuePerfTest(Factory factory, int queueCount, int messages)
+    {
+        super(factory + ", " + queueCount + ", " + messages);
+        _factory = factory;
+        _queueCount = queueCount;
+        _messages = messages;
+    }
+
+    protected void setup() throws Exception
+    {
+        //init
+        int count = Integer.getInteger("prepopulate", 0);
+//        System.err.println("Prepopulating with " + count + " items");
+        _queues = new ArrayList<Queue<String>>(_queueCount);
+        for (int i = 0; i < _queueCount; i++)
+        {
+            Queue<String> q = _factory.create();
+            for(int j = 0; j < count; ++j)
+            {
+                q.add("Item"+ j);
+            }
+            _queues.add(q);
+        }
+        System.gc();
+    }
+
+    protected void teardown() throws Exception
+    {
+        System.gc();
+    }
+
+    protected void run() throws Exception
+    {
+        //dispatch
+        for (int i = 0; i < _messages; i++)
+        {
+            for (Queue<String> q : _queues)
+            {
+                q.offer(_msg);
+                q.poll();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static interface Factory
+    {
+        Queue<String> create();
+    }
+
+    static Factory CONCURRENT = new Factory()
+    {
+        public Queue<String> create()
+        {
+            return new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<String>();
+        }
+
+        public String toString()
+        {
+            return "ConcurrentLinkedQueue";
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    static Factory SYNCHRONIZED = new Factory()
+    {
+        public Queue<String> create()
+        {
+            return new SynchronizedQueue<String>(new LinkedList<String>());
+        }
+
+
+        public String toString()
+        {
+            return "Synchronized LinkedList";
+        }
+    };
+
+    static Factory PLAIN = new Factory()
+    {
+        public Queue<String> create()
+        {
+            return new LinkedList<String>();
+        }
+
+        public String toString()
+        {
+            return "Plain LinkedList";
+        }
+    };
+
+    static class SynchronizedQueue<E> implements Queue<E>
+    {
+        private final Queue<E> queue;
+
+        SynchronizedQueue(Queue<E> queue)
+        {
+            this.queue = queue;
+        }
+
+        public synchronized E element()
+        {
+            return queue.element();
+        }
+
+        public synchronized boolean offer(E o)
+        {
+            return queue.offer(o);
+        }
+
+        public synchronized E peek()
+        {
+            return queue.peek();
+        }
+
+        public synchronized E poll()
+        {
+            return queue.poll();
+        }
+
+        public synchronized E remove()
+        {
+            return queue.remove();
+        }
+
+        public synchronized int size()
+        {
+            return queue.size();
+        }
+
+        public synchronized boolean isEmpty()
+        {
+            return queue.isEmpty();
+        }
+
+        public synchronized boolean contains(Object o)
+        {
+            return queue.contains(o);
+        }
+
+        public synchronized Iterator<E> iterator()
+        {
+            return queue.iterator();
+        }
+
+        public synchronized Object[] toArray()
+        {
+            return queue.toArray();
+        }
+
+        public synchronized <T>T[] toArray(T[] a)
+        {
+            return queue.toArray(a);
+        }
+
+        public synchronized boolean add(E o)
+        {
+            return queue.add(o);
+        }
+
+        public synchronized boolean remove(Object o)
+        {
+            return queue.remove(o);
+        }
+
+        public synchronized boolean containsAll(Collection<?> c)
+        {
+            return queue.containsAll(c);
+        }
+
+        public synchronized boolean addAll(Collection<? extends E> c)
+        {
+            return queue.addAll(c);
+        }
+
+        public synchronized boolean removeAll(Collection<?> c)
+        {
+            return queue.removeAll(c);
+        }
+
+        public synchronized boolean retainAll(Collection<?> c)
+        {
+            return queue.retainAll(c);
+        }
+
+        public synchronized void clear()
+        {
+            queue.clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void run(String label, AveragedRun test) throws Exception
+    {
+        RunStats stats = test.call();
+        System.out.println((label == null ? "" : label + ", ") + test
+                + ", " + stats.getAverage() + ", " + stats.getMax() + ", " + stats.getMin());
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception
+    {
+        Factory[] factories = new Factory[]{PLAIN, SYNCHRONIZED, CONCURRENT};
+        int iterations = 5;
+        String label = argv.length > 0 ? argv[0]: null;
+        System.out.println((label == null ? "" : "Label, ") + "Queue Type, No. of Queues, No. of Operations, Avg Time, Min Time, Max Time");
+        //vary number of queues:
+
+        for(Factory f : factories)
+        {
+            run(label, new AveragedRun(new QueuePerfTest(f, 100, 10000), iterations));
+            run(label, new AveragedRun(new QueuePerfTest(f, 1000, 10000), iterations));
+            run(label, new AveragedRun(new QueuePerfTest(f, 10000, 10000), iterations));
+            run(label, new AveragedRun(new QueuePerfTest(f, 1000, 1000), iterations));
+            run(label, new AveragedRun(new QueuePerfTest(f, 1000, 100000), iterations));
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SendPerfTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SendPerfTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eff65a9350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SendPerfTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.qpid.codec.AMQCodecFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.BasicPublishBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.ContentHeaderBody;
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.FieldTable;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.AMQChannel;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.AbstractExchange;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.Exchange;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.handler.OnCurrentThreadExecutor;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQMinaProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.AMQProtocolSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.protocol.MockIoSession;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.IApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.SkeletonMessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.AveragedRun;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.NullApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.TimedRun;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class SendPerfTest extends TimedRun
+{
+    private int _messages = 1000;
+    private int _clients = 10;
+    private List<AMQQueue> _queues;
+
+    public SendPerfTest(int clients, int messages)
+    {
+        super("SendPerfTest, msgs=" + messages + ", clients=" + clients);
+        _messages = messages;
+        _clients = clients;
+    }
+
+    protected void setup() throws Exception
+    {
+        _queues = initQueues(_clients);
+        System.gc();
+    }
+
+    protected void teardown() throws Exception
+    {
+        System.gc();
+    }
+
+    protected void run() throws Exception
+    {
+        deliver(_messages, _queues);
+    }
+
+    //have a dummy AMQProtocolSession that does nothing on the writeFrame()
+    //set up x number of queues
+    //create necessary bits and pieces to deliver a message
+    //deliver y messages to each queue
+
+    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception
+    {
+        ApplicationRegistry.initialise(new NullApplicationRegistry());
+        int clients = Integer.parseInt(argv[0]);
+        int messages = Integer.parseInt(argv[1]);
+        int iterations = Integer.parseInt(argv[2]);
+        AveragedRun test = new AveragedRun(new SendPerfTest(clients, messages), iterations);
+        test.run();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Delivers messages to a number of queues.
+     * @param count the number of messages to deliver
+     * @param queues the list of queues
+     * @throws NoConsumersException
+     */
+    static void deliver(int count, List<AMQQueue> queues) throws AMQException
+    {
+        BasicPublishBody publish = new BasicPublishBody();
+        publish.exchange = new NullExchange().getName();
+        ContentHeaderBody header = new ContentHeaderBody();
+        List<ContentBody> body = new ArrayList<ContentBody>();
+        MessageStore messageStore = new SkeletonMessageStore();
+        body.add(new ContentBody());
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+        {
+            for (AMQQueue q : queues)
+            {
+                q.deliver(new AMQMessage(messageStore, i, publish, header, body));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static List<AMQQueue> initQueues(int number) throws AMQException
+    {
+        Exchange exchange = new NullExchange();
+        List<AMQQueue> queues = new ArrayList<AMQQueue>(number);
+        for (int i = 0; i < number; i++)
+        {
+            AMQQueue q = createQueue("Queue" + (i + 1));
+            q.bind("routingKey", exchange);
+            try
+            {
+                q.registerProtocolSession(createSession(), 1, "1", false);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new AMQException("Error creating protocol session: " + e, e);
+            }
+            queues.add(q);
+        }
+        return queues;
+    }
+
+    static AMQQueue createQueue(String name) throws AMQException
+    {
+        return new AMQQueue(name, false, null, false, ApplicationRegistry.getInstance().getQueueRegistry(),
+                new OnCurrentThreadExecutor());
+    }
+
+    static AMQProtocolSession createSession() throws Exception
+    {
+        IApplicationRegistry reg = ApplicationRegistry.getInstance();
+        AMQCodecFactory codecFactory = new AMQCodecFactory(true);
+        AMQMinaProtocolSession result = new AMQMinaProtocolSession(new MockIoSession(), reg.getQueueRegistry(), reg.getExchangeRegistry(), codecFactory);
+        result.addChannel(new AMQChannel(1, null, null));
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    static class NullExchange extends AbstractExchange
+    {
+        public String getName()
+        {
+            return "NullExchange";
+        }
+
+        protected ExchangeMBean createMBean()
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public void registerQueue(String routingKey, AMQQueue queue, FieldTable args) throws AMQException
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void deregisterQueue(String routingKey, AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void route(AMQMessage payload) throws AMQException
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionManagerTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionManagerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7743db5078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionManagerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+
+public class SubscriptionManagerTest
+{
+    private final SubscriptionSet mgr = new SubscriptionSet();
+
+    @Test
+    public void basicSubscriptionManagement()
+    {
+        assertTrue(mgr.isEmpty());
+        assertFalse(mgr.hasActiveSubscribers());
+        TestSubscription s1 = new TestSubscription("S1");
+        mgr.addSubscriber(s1);
+        assertFalse(mgr.isEmpty());
+        assertTrue(mgr.hasActiveSubscribers());
+
+        TestSubscription s2 = new TestSubscription("S2");
+        mgr.addSubscriber(s2);
+
+        s2.setSuspended(true);
+        assertFalse(mgr.isEmpty());
+        assertTrue(mgr.hasActiveSubscribers());
+        assertTrue(s2.isSuspended());
+        assertFalse(s1.isSuspended());
+
+        s1.setSuspended(true);
+        assertFalse(mgr.hasActiveSubscribers());
+
+        mgr.removeSubscriber(new TestSubscription("S1"));
+        assertFalse(mgr.isEmpty());
+        mgr.removeSubscriber(new TestSubscription("S2"));
+        assertTrue(mgr.isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void roundRobin()
+    {
+        TestSubscription a = new TestSubscription("A");
+        TestSubscription b = new TestSubscription("B");
+        TestSubscription c = new TestSubscription("C");
+        TestSubscription d = new TestSubscription("D");
+        mgr.addSubscriber(a);
+        mgr.addSubscriber(b);
+        mgr.addSubscriber(c);
+        mgr.addSubscriber(d);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+        {
+            assertEquals(a, mgr.nextSubscriber(null));
+            assertEquals(b, mgr.nextSubscriber(null));
+            assertEquals(c, mgr.nextSubscriber(null));
+            assertEquals(d, mgr.nextSubscriber(null));
+        }
+
+        c.setSuspended(true);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+        {
+            assertEquals(a, mgr.nextSubscriber(null));
+            assertEquals(b, mgr.nextSubscriber(null));
+            assertEquals(d, mgr.nextSubscriber(null));
+        }
+
+        mgr.removeSubscriber(a);
+        d.setSuspended(true);
+        c.setSuspended(false);
+        Subscription e = new TestSubscription("D");
+        mgr.addSubscriber(e);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+        {
+            assertEquals(b, mgr.nextSubscriber(null));
+            assertEquals(c, mgr.nextSubscriber(null));
+            assertEquals(e, mgr.nextSubscriber(null));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(SubscriptionManagerTest.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionSetTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionSetTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6e8f8b44d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/SubscriptionSetTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class SubscriptionSetTest
+{
+    /**
+     * A SubscriptionSet that counts the number of items scanned.
+     */
+    static class TestSubscriptionSet extends SubscriptionSet
+    {
+        private int scanned = 0;
+
+        void resetScanned()
+        {
+            scanned = 0;
+        }
+
+        protected void subscriberScanned()
+        {
+            ++scanned;
+        }
+
+        int getScanned()
+        {
+            return scanned;
+        }
+    }
+
+    final TestSubscription sub1 = new TestSubscription("1");
+    final TestSubscription sub2 = new TestSubscription("2");
+    final TestSubscription sub3 = new TestSubscription("3");
+
+    final TestSubscription suspendedSub1 = new TestSubscription("sus1", true);
+    final TestSubscription suspendedSub2 = new TestSubscription("sus2", true);
+    final TestSubscription suspendedSub3 = new TestSubscription("sus3", true);
+
+    @Test
+    public void nextMessage()
+    {
+        SubscriptionSet ss = new SubscriptionSet();
+        assertNull(ss.nextSubscriber(null));
+        assertEquals(0, ss.getCurrentSubscriber());
+
+        ss.addSubscriber(sub1);
+        assertEquals(sub1, ss.nextSubscriber(null));
+        assertEquals(1, ss.getCurrentSubscriber());
+        assertEquals(sub1, ss.nextSubscriber(null));
+        assertEquals(1, ss.getCurrentSubscriber());
+
+        ss.addSubscriber(sub2);
+        ss.addSubscriber(sub3);
+
+        assertEquals(sub2, ss.nextSubscriber(null));
+        assertEquals(2, ss.getCurrentSubscriber());
+
+        assertEquals(sub3, ss.nextSubscriber(null));
+        assertEquals(3, ss.getCurrentSubscriber());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void nextMessageWhenAllSuspended()
+    {
+        SubscriptionSet ss = createAllSuspendedSubscriptionSet();
+        assertNull(ss.nextSubscriber(null));
+        assertEquals(3, ss.getCurrentSubscriber());
+
+        assertNull(ss.nextSubscriber(null));
+        assertEquals(3, ss.getCurrentSubscriber());
+    }
+
+    private TestSubscriptionSet createAllSuspendedSubscriptionSet()
+    {
+        TestSubscriptionSet ss = new TestSubscriptionSet();
+        ss.addSubscriber(suspendedSub1);
+        ss.addSubscriber(suspendedSub2);
+        ss.addSubscriber(suspendedSub3);
+        return ss;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void nextMessageAfterRemove()
+    {
+        SubscriptionSet ss = new SubscriptionSet();
+        ss.addSubscriber(suspendedSub1);
+        ss.addSubscriber(suspendedSub2);
+        ss.addSubscriber(sub3);
+        assertEquals(sub3, ss.nextSubscriber(null));
+        assertEquals(3, ss.getCurrentSubscriber());
+
+        assertEquals(suspendedSub1, ss.removeSubscriber(suspendedSub1));
+
+        assertEquals(sub3, ss.nextSubscriber(null)); // Current implementation handles OutOfBoundsException here.
+        assertEquals(2, ss.getCurrentSubscriber());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void nextMessageOverScanning()
+    {
+        TestSubscriptionSet ss = new TestSubscriptionSet();
+        TestSubscription sub = new TestSubscription("test");
+        ss.addSubscriber(suspendedSub1);
+        ss.addSubscriber(sub);
+        ss.addSubscriber(suspendedSub3);
+        assertEquals(sub, ss.nextSubscriber(null));
+        assertEquals(2, ss.getCurrentSubscriber());
+        assertEquals(2, ss.getScanned());
+
+        ss.resetScanned();
+        sub.setSuspended(true);
+        assertNull(ss.nextSubscriber(null));
+        assertEquals(3, ss.getCurrentSubscriber());
+         // Current implementation overscans by one item here.
+        assertEquals(ss.size() + 1, ss.getScanned());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void nextMessageOverscanWorstCase() {
+        TestSubscriptionSet ss = createAllSuspendedSubscriptionSet();
+        ss.nextSubscriber(null);
+        // Scans the subscriptions twice.
+        assertEquals(ss.size() * 2, ss.getScanned());
+    }
+
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(SubscriptionSetTest.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/TestSubscription.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/TestSubscription.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..093d7e60f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/TestSubscription.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class TestSubscription implements Subscription
+{
+    private final List<AMQMessage> messages;
+    private final Object key;
+    private boolean isSuspended;
+
+    public TestSubscription(Object key)
+    {
+        this(key, new ArrayList<AMQMessage>());
+    }
+
+    public TestSubscription(final Object key, final boolean isSuspended)
+    {
+        this(key);
+        setSuspended(isSuspended);
+    }
+
+    TestSubscription(Object key, List<AMQMessage> messages)
+    {
+        this.key = key;
+        this.messages = messages;
+    }
+
+    List<AMQMessage> getMessages()
+    {
+        return messages;
+    }
+
+    public void send(AMQMessage msg, AMQQueue queue)
+    {
+        messages.add(msg);
+    }
+
+    public void setSuspended(boolean suspended)
+    {
+        isSuspended = suspended;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSuspended()
+    {
+        return isSuspended;
+    }
+
+    public void queueDeleted(AMQQueue queue)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public int hashCode()
+    {
+        return key.hashCode();
+    }
+
+    public boolean equals(Object o)
+    {
+        return o instanceof TestSubscription && ((TestSubscription) o).key.equals(key);
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return key.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/UnitTests.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/UnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a86773a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/queue/UnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.queue;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Suite;
+
+@RunWith(Suite.class)
+@Suite.SuiteClasses({
+        AckTest.class,
+        DeliveryManagerTest.class,
+        SubscriptionManagerTest.class,
+        SubscriptionSetTest.class,
+        ConcurrencyTest.class}
+)
+public class UnitTests
+{
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(UnitTests.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/SkeletonMessageStore.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/SkeletonMessageStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82292d2503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/SkeletonMessageStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.store;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQQueue;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+/**
+ * A message store that does nothing. Designed to be used in tests that do not want to use any message store
+ * functionality.
+ */
+public class SkeletonMessageStore implements MessageStore
+{
+    private final AtomicLong _messageId = new AtomicLong(1);
+
+    public void configure(String base, Configuration config) throws Exception
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void configure(QueueRegistry queueRegistry, String base, Configuration config) throws Exception
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void close() throws Exception
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void put(AMQMessage msg)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void removeMessage(long messageId)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void createQueue(AMQQueue queue) throws AMQException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void removeQueue(String name) throws AMQException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void enqueueMessage(String name, long messageId) throws AMQException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void dequeueMessage(String name, long messageId) throws AMQException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void beginTran() throws AMQException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public boolean inTran()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    
+    public void commitTran() throws AMQException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void abortTran() throws AMQException
+    {
+    }
+
+    public List<AMQQueue> createQueues() throws AMQException
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public long getNewMessageId()
+    {
+        return _messageId.getAndIncrement();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/TestReferenceCounting.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/TestReferenceCounting.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2e3ca6478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/TestReferenceCounting.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.store;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+import org.apache.qpid.AMQException;
+
+/**
+ * Tests that reference counting works correctly with AMQMessage and the message store
+ */
+public class TestReferenceCounting
+{
+    private TestableMemoryMessageStore _store;
+
+    @Before
+    public void createCommonObjects()
+    {
+        _store = new TestableMemoryMessageStore();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check that when the reference count is decremented the message removes itself from the store
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testMessageGetsRemoved() throws AMQException
+    {
+        AMQMessage message = new AMQMessage(_store, null);
+        _store.put(message);
+        Assert.assertTrue(_store.getMessageMap().size() == 1);
+        message.decrementReference();
+        Assert.assertTrue(_store.getMessageMap().size() == 0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMessageRemains() throws AMQException
+    {
+        AMQMessage message = new AMQMessage(_store, null);
+        _store.put(message);
+        Assert.assertTrue(_store.getMessageMap().size() == 1);
+        message.incrementReference();
+        message.decrementReference();
+        Assert.assertTrue(_store.getMessageMap().size() == 1);
+    }
+
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(TestReferenceCounting.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/TestableMemoryMessageStore.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/TestableMemoryMessageStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1214cd2825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/TestableMemoryMessageStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.store;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.AMQMessage;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+/**
+ * Adds some extra methods to the memory message store for testing purposes.
+ */
+public class TestableMemoryMessageStore extends MemoryMessageStore
+{
+    public TestableMemoryMessageStore()
+    {
+        _messageMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<Long, AMQMessage>();
+    }
+
+    public ConcurrentMap<Long, AMQMessage> getMessageMap()
+    {
+        return _messageMap;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/UnitTests.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/UnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a917d736a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/store/UnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.store;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Suite;
+
+@RunWith(Suite.class)
+@Suite.SuiteClasses({
+        TestReferenceCounting.class
+})
+public class UnitTests
+{
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(UnitTests.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/AveragedRun.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/AveragedRun.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e4a1edac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/AveragedRun.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.util;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.util.TimedRun;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+public class AveragedRun implements Callable<RunStats>
+{
+    private final RunStats stats = new RunStats();
+    private final TimedRun test;
+    private final int iterations;
+
+    public AveragedRun(TimedRun test, int iterations)
+    {
+        this.test = test;
+        this.iterations = iterations;
+    }
+
+    public RunStats call() throws Exception
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++)
+        {
+            stats.record(test.call());
+        }
+        return stats;
+    }
+
+    public void run() throws Exception
+    {
+        System.out.println(test + ": " + call());
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return test.toString();
+    }
+
+    static void run(Collection<AveragedRun> tests) throws Exception
+    {
+        for(AveragedRun test : tests)
+        {
+            test.run();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/ConcurrentTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/ConcurrentTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c5185e254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/ConcurrentTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.util;
+
+public class ConcurrentTest extends TimedRun
+{
+    private final TimedRun _test;
+    private final Thread[] _threads;
+
+    public ConcurrentTest(TimedRun test, int threads)
+    {
+        super(test.toString());
+        _test = test;
+        _threads = new Thread[threads];
+    }
+
+    protected void setup() throws Exception
+    {
+        _test.setup();
+        for(int i = 0; i < _threads.length; i++)
+        {
+            _threads[i] = new Thread(new Runner());
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void teardown() throws Exception
+    {
+        _test.teardown();
+    }
+
+    protected void run() throws Exception
+    {
+        for(Thread t : _threads)
+        {
+            t.start();
+        }
+        for(Thread t : _threads)
+        {
+            t.join();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class Runner implements Runnable
+    {
+        private Exception error;
+
+        public void run()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _test.run();
+            }
+            catch(Exception e)
+            {
+                error = e;
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/LoggingProxyTest.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/LoggingProxyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15c9e1a59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/LoggingProxyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.util;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class LoggingProxyTest
+{
+    static interface IFoo {
+        void foo();
+        void foo(int i, Collection c);
+        String bar();
+        String bar(String s, List l);
+    }
+
+    static class Foo implements IFoo {
+        public void foo()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void foo(int i, Collection c)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public String bar()
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public String bar(String s, List l)
+        {
+            return "ha";
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void simple() {
+        LoggingProxy proxy = new LoggingProxy(new Foo(), 20);
+        IFoo foo = (IFoo)proxy.getProxy(IFoo.class);
+        foo.foo();
+        assertEquals(2, proxy.getBufferSize());
+        Assert.assertTrue(proxy.getBuffer().get(0).toString().matches(".*: foo\\(\\) entered$"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(proxy.getBuffer().get(1).toString().matches(".*: foo\\(\\) returned$"));
+
+        foo.foo(3, Arrays.asList(0, 1, 2));
+        assertEquals(4, proxy.getBufferSize());
+        Assert.assertTrue(proxy.getBuffer().get(2).toString().matches(".*: foo\\(\\[3, \\[0, 1, 2\\]\\]\\) entered$"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(proxy.getBuffer().get(3).toString().matches(".*: foo\\(\\) returned$"));
+
+        foo.bar();
+        assertEquals(6, proxy.getBufferSize());
+        Assert.assertTrue(proxy.getBuffer().get(4).toString().matches(".*: bar\\(\\) entered$"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(proxy.getBuffer().get(5).toString().matches(".*: bar\\(\\) returned null$"));
+
+        foo.bar("hello", Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3));
+        assertEquals(8, proxy.getBufferSize());
+        Assert.assertTrue(proxy.getBuffer().get(6).toString().matches(".*: bar\\(\\[hello, \\[1, 2, 3\\]\\]\\) entered$"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(proxy.getBuffer().get(7).toString().matches(".*: bar\\(\\) returned ha$"));
+
+        proxy.dump();
+    }
+
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(LoggingProxyTest.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/NullApplicationRegistry.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/NullApplicationRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3daf143561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/NullApplicationRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.util;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.DefaultExchangeFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.DefaultExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.exchange.ExchangeRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.ManagedObjectRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.management.NoopManagedObjectRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.DefaultQueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.queue.QueueRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.registry.ApplicationRegistry;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.AuthenticationManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.MessageStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.TestableMemoryMessageStore;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.MapConfiguration;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+public class NullApplicationRegistry extends ApplicationRegistry
+{
+    private QueueRegistry _queueRegistry;
+
+    private ExchangeRegistry _exchangeRegistry;
+
+    private ExchangeFactory _exchangeFactory;
+
+    private ManagedObjectRegistry _managedObjectRegistry;
+
+    private AuthenticationManager _authenticationManager;
+
+    private MessageStore _messageStore;
+
+    public NullApplicationRegistry()
+    {
+        super(new MapConfiguration(new HashMap()));
+    }
+
+    public void initialise() throws Exception
+    {
+        _managedObjectRegistry = new NoopManagedObjectRegistry();
+        _queueRegistry = new DefaultQueueRegistry();
+        _exchangeFactory = new DefaultExchangeFactory();
+        _exchangeRegistry = new DefaultExchangeRegistry(_exchangeFactory);
+        _authenticationManager = new NullAuthenticationManager();
+        _messageStore = new TestableMemoryMessageStore();
+
+        _configuration.addProperty("heartbeat.delay", 10 * 60); // 10 minutes
+    }
+
+    public Configuration getConfiguration()
+    {
+        return _configuration;
+    }
+
+    public QueueRegistry getQueueRegistry()
+    {
+        return _queueRegistry;
+    }
+
+    public ExchangeRegistry getExchangeRegistry()
+    {
+        return _exchangeRegistry;
+    }
+
+    public ExchangeFactory getExchangeFactory()
+    {
+        return _exchangeFactory;
+    }
+
+    public ManagedObjectRegistry getManagedObjectRegistry()
+    {
+        return _managedObjectRegistry;
+    }
+
+    public AuthenticationManager getAuthenticationManager()
+    {
+        return _authenticationManager;
+    }
+
+    public MessageStore getMessageStore()
+    {
+        return _messageStore;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/NullAuthenticationManager.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/NullAuthenticationManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdde505451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/NullAuthenticationManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.util;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.AuthenticationManager;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.security.auth.AuthenticationResult;
+
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslException;
+import javax.security.sasl.SaslServer;
+
+public class NullAuthenticationManager implements AuthenticationManager
+{
+    public String getMechanisms()
+    {
+        return "PLAIN";
+    }
+
+    public SaslServer createSaslServer(String mechanism, String localFQDN) throws SaslException
+    {
+        return new SaslServer()
+        {
+            public String getMechanismName()
+            {
+                return "PLAIN";
+            }
+
+            public byte[] evaluateResponse(byte[] response) throws SaslException
+            {
+                return new byte[0];
+            }
+
+            public boolean isComplete()
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            public String getAuthorizationID()
+            {
+                return "guest";
+            }
+
+            public byte[] unwrap(byte[] incoming, int offset, int len) throws SaslException
+            {
+                return new byte[0];
+            }
+
+            public byte[] wrap(byte[] outgoing, int offset, int len) throws SaslException
+            {
+                return new byte[0];
+            }
+
+            public Object getNegotiatedProperty(String propName)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            public void dispose() throws SaslException
+            {
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public AuthenticationResult authenticate(SaslServer server, byte[] response)
+    {
+        return new AuthenticationResult(AuthenticationResult.AuthenticationStatus.SUCCESS);        
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/RunStats.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/RunStats.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..248622836d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/RunStats.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.util;
+
+public class RunStats
+{
+    private long min = Long.MAX_VALUE;
+    private long max;
+    private long total;
+    private int count;
+
+    public void record(long time)
+    {
+        max = Math.max(time, max);
+        min = Math.min(time, min);
+        total += time;
+        count++;
+    }
+
+    public long getMin()
+    {
+        return min;
+    }
+
+    public long getMax()
+    {
+        return max;
+    }
+
+    public long getAverage()
+    {
+       return total / count;
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return "avg=" + getAverage() + ", min=" + min + ", max=" + max;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/TimedRun.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/TimedRun.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f779b7fbb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/TimedRun.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.util;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+
+public abstract class TimedRun implements Callable<Long>
+{
+    private final String description;
+
+    public TimedRun(String description)
+    {
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+
+    public Long call() throws Exception
+    {
+        setup();
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        run();
+        long stop = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        teardown();
+        return stop - start;
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    protected void setup() throws Exception{}
+    protected void teardown() throws Exception{}
+    protected abstract void run() throws Exception;
+}
diff --git a/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/UnitTests.java b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/UnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6cc471413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/broker/test/src/org/apache/qpid/server/util/UnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.util;
+
+import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Suite;
+
+@RunWith(Suite.class)
+@Suite.SuiteClasses({LoggingProxyTest.class})
+public class UnitTests
+{
+    public static junit.framework.Test suite()
+    {
+        return new JUnit4TestAdapter(UnitTests.class);
+    }
+}