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Does Spring AMQP has any advantages over the RabbitMQ Java client?

I am using RabbitMQ cluster for job queues. I wonder to know if there any features which will simplify interaction with RabbitMQ cluster when we use Spring AMQP? Or it is better to use official Java client?

Solution

  • Spring AMQP uses the same client under the covers.

    Project page here.

    The Spring AMQP project applies core Spring concepts to the development of AMQP-based messaging solutions.

    It's generally a higher level of abstraction (RabbitTemplate, POJO listeners with @RabbitListener and message listener containers, etc) - if you are already familiar with Spring, you should see many concepts that you are used to.

    It doesn't preclude you from using the RabbitMQ client directly.