Embedding FOSS: ActiveMQ, Tomcat and Derby
Ever written a test-suite and wanted an ad-hoc app-server deployment (such as tomcat) that you could create (and use) on the fly, only to get rid of it once the test suite completed? Ever written applications and wanted to create an embedded database instance (such as derby) or message-queue (such as your private ActiveMQ instance) for internal use?
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