Hi, > I'm getting a very strange error: javax.naming.NamingException: scheme > amqp not recognized
Which JNDI provider are you using? Does the third party vendor package (can you tell us what it is?) provide a directory service that you are trying to use? Arnaud's response shows an example using regular java properties file with a JNDI wrapper which is easy to use but depending on your environment you may not want to have to define connections, queues etc in property files. You should be able to use other JNDI providers. Finally, if you don't want to use JNDI you don't need to - you can directly construct a connection of course. Let us know if you need any further information on any of this. Robert
