PolicyEntry parse order and constantPendingMessageLimitStrategy and message counts

[Matthew Patton]

For all the documentation out there I can't find any mention as to parse order 
of activeMQ.xml as it relates to policy entries.

Is it first match? Last match? Most specific match? For example:

                <policyEntry memoryLimit="64mb" queue="PumpQueue" 
producerFlowControl="false">
                  <pendingMessageLimitStrategy>
                    <constantPendingMessageLimitStrategy limit="175000"/>
                  </pendingMessageLimitStrategy>
                </policyEntry>
...
                <policyEntry memoryLimit="16mb" producerFlowControl="true" 
queue="&gt;">
                </policyEntry>

Are my PumpQueue settings being overridden by the wildcard entry that comes 
later?

Also if the limit is 175000 why does Pending Messages (admin/queues.jsp) keep 
climbing way past that number? Are the messages really being discarded as 
intended but it's just that there isn't a metric for discard? How does one 
verify correct behavior?