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-Spring AMQP <img src="https://build.spring.io/plugins/servlet/buildStatusImage/AMQP-MASTER">
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 ===========
 
 This project provides support for using Spring and Java with [AMQP](http://www.amqp.org/), and in particular [RabbitMQ](http://www.rabbitmq.com/).