<div class="wiki-content maincontent"><h2 id="BrokerXBeanURI-BrokerXBeanURI">Broker XBean URI</h2>

<p>The Broker XBean URI allows you to <a shape="rect" href="run-broker.html">run a configured broker</a> by referencing an <a shape="rect" href="xml-configuration.html">Xml Configuration</a> on the classpath. The URI points to an XML document which can be parsed via XBean or Spring. This URI is typically on the classpath; though in 4.2 onwards you can point to a file or URL as well.</p>

<h4 id="BrokerXBeanURI-Syntax">Syntax</h4>

<div class="table-wrap"><table class="confluenceTable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTh"><p> Syntax </p></th><th colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTh"><p> Description </p></th></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p> xbean:classPathResource </p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p> Where classPathResource is some name which is resolved on the classpath and interpreted to be an XML document. </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p> xbean:</p>
file:filePathResource
<p></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p> Where filePathResource is some name which is resolved on the file system and interpreted to be an XML document. </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p> xbean:urlResource </p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p> Where urlResource is some resource which points to an XML document </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>


<h5 id="BrokerXBeanURI-ExampleURI">Example URI</h5>

<p>The following example starts up a broker using the activemq.xml configuration file which is on the classpath</p>

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<p>The following example starts up a broker using the activemq.xml configuration file which is in the current directory</p>

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