Amazon SQS - Message Attributes starter kit

This is a companion source code for Amazon Compute Blog - Enhancing message-based applications with Message Attributes. The samples in this project demonstrate how to use Message Attributes feature of Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS).

Pre-requisites

1. JDK 8 or above
2. IDE for e.g. Eclipse or Spring Tools or Intellij IDEA
3. Apache Maven
4. Access to AWS Environment

AWS Service Requirements

1. 1 Amazon SQS Queue of type Standard
2. 1 Amazon SQS Queue of type FIFO

Build Instructions

1. Clone this starter kit to your Laptop / MacBook
2. It has Maven nature, so you can import it to your IDE
3. Create an SQS queue of type Standard. Make a note of its URL and update relevant Java classes per inline instructions in the code
4. Create an SQS queue of type FIFO. Make a note of its URL and update relevant Java classes per inline instructions in the code

Functional Overview

Class	Purpose
SendMessageWithAttributes.java	Send message attributes to a standard queue.
SendMessageWithAttributes_FIFO.java	Send message attributes to a FIFO queue.
SendMessageWithAttributes_AWSXRay_Tracing.java	Send message attributes to a standard queue and with AWS X-Ray Tracing enabled.
SendMessageWithAttributes_AWSXRay_Tracing_FIFO.java	Send message attributes to a FIFO queue and with AWS X-Ray Tracing enabled.
ReceiveMessage.java	Receive message from a standard queue.
ReceiveMessage_FIFO.java	Receive message from a FIFO queue.
ReceiveMessage_AWSXRay_Tracing.java	Receive message from a standard queue and print AWSTraceHeader.

Test Instructions

1. Update Java classes with appropriate SQS queue URL
2. Run the programs in your IDE

Tags

Amazon SQS, Message Attributes

License Summary

This sample code is made available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file.