# OpenWire Virtual Topic Mapping Example

To run the example, simply type mvn verify from this directory, or mvn -PnoServer verify if you want to start and create the broker manually.

Using ActiveMQ 5.x virtual topics, messages that are sent to a virtual topic can be consumed from a set of backing queues. This is similar to using an Artemis Address with a multicast binding and consuming from directly from the underlying queue using a FQQN (Fully Qualified Queue Name).

In ActiveMQ 5.x the relation between the virtual topic and its backing queues is established by following a naming convention. For more details on Virtual Topics please see http://activemq.apache.org/virtual-destinations.html

This example shows you how to map a virtual topic naming convention (from ActiveMQ 5.x) to use the Artemis Address model . The Artemis broker is configured to recognise the Virtual Topic Naming convention, using `virtualTopicConsumerWildcards` acceptor parameter and the consumer will be mapped internally to consume from the appropriate FQQN rather than the specified Address.

The example sends a message to a topic (using openwire protocol) and an openwire consumer listens on the backing queue using the ActiveMQ 5.x virtual topic naming convention. Due to the acceptor url parameter `virtualTopicConsumerWildcards`, (see below), Artemis maps the consumer consuming from `Consumer.A.VirtualTopic.Orders` to actually consume from FQQN of `VirtualTopic.Orders::Consumer.A.VirtualTopic.Orders`

`xml <acceptor name="artemis">tcp://0.0.0.0:61616?virtualTopicConsumerWildcards=Consumer.*.%3E%3B2</acceptor>`