## Name

AMQP — supports the AMQP protocol

## Overview

The AMQP component supports the AMQP protocol via the Apache Qpid project.

## Dependencies

Maven users will need to add the dependency shown in Example 13, “AMQP dependency” to their `pom.xml` to use this component.

Example 13. AMQP dependency

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
        <artifactId>camel-ampq</artifactId>
        <version>x.x.x</version>
        <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
    </dependency>

## URI format

The URI format for an AMQP endpoint is:

    amqp:[queue:|topic:]destinationName[?options]

## Options

The AMQP component uses the same set of options as the JMS component. For more information see the JMS component options.

## Related topics

JMS