Chapter 1. Overview


AMQ .NET is a lightweight AMQP 1.0 library for the .NET Framework. It enables you to write .NET applications that send and receive AMQP messages.

AMQ .NET is part of AMQ Clients, a suite of messaging libraries supporting multiple languages and platforms. See Introducing Red Hat AMQ 7 for an overview of the clients and other AMQ components. See AMQ Clients 2.0 Release Notes for information about this release.

AMQ .NET is based on AMQP.Net Lite.

1.1. Key Features

  • SSL/TLS for secure communication
  • Flexible SASL authentication
  • Seamless conversion between AMQP and native data types
  • Access to all the features and capabilities of AMQP 1.0
  • An integrated development environment with full IntelliSense API documentation

1.2. Supported Standards and Protocols

AMQ .NET supports the following industry-recognized standards and network protocols.

1.3. Supported Configurations

AMQ .NET is supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 x86-64 with .NET Core 2.0 or .NET Framework 4.5.

For more information, see Red Hat AMQ 7 Supported Configurations.

1.4. Terms and Concepts

This section introduces the core API entities and describes how they operate together.

Table 1.1. API Terms
EntityDescription

Connection

A channel for communication between two peers on a network

Session

A context for sending and receiving messages

Sender link

A channel for sending messages to a target

Receiver link

A channel for receiving messages from a source

Source

A named point of origin for messages

Target

A named destination for messages

Message

A mutable holder of application data

AMQ .NET sends and receives messages. Messages are transferred between connected peers over links. Links are established over sessions. Sessions are established over connections.

A sending peer creates a sender link to send messages. The sender link has a target that identifies a queue or topic at the remote peer. A receiving client creates a receiver link to receive messages. The receiver link has a source that identifies a queue or topic at the remote peer.

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