Streaming Text Oriented Messaging Protocol

Streaming Text Oriented Messaging Protocol

Communication protocol
Abbreviation	STOMP
Purpose	Message-oriented middleware
Introduction	()
OSI layer	Application layer (Layer 7)
Website	stomp.github.io

Simple (or Streaming) Text Oriented Message Protocol (STOMP), formerly known as TTMP, is a simple text-based protocol, designed for working with message-oriented middleware (MOM). It provides an interoperable wire format that allows STOMP clients to talk with any message broker supporting the protocol. ^{[1] [2]}

Overview

The protocol is broadly similar to HTTP, and works over TCP using the following commands: ^[3]

• CONNECT
• SEND
• SUBSCRIBE
• UNSUBSCRIBE
• BEGIN
• COMMIT
• ABORT
• ACK
• NACK
• DISCONNECT

Communication between client and server is through a "frame" consisting of a number of lines. The first line contains the command, followed by headers in the form <key>: <value> (one per line), followed by a blank line and then the body content, ending in a null character. Communication between server and client is through a MESSAGE, RECEIPT or ERROR frame with a similar format of headers and body content.

Example

SEND destination:/queue/a content-type:text/plain  hello queue a ^@

Implementations

Some message-oriented middleware products support STOMP, ^[4] such as::

• Apache ActiveMQ
• Fuse Message Broker ^[5]
• HornetQ
• Open Message Queue (OpenMQ)
• RabbitMQ ^[6]
• syslog-ng ^[7]
• Spring Framework ^[8]

References

1. "STOMP - The Simple Text Oriented Messaging Protocol". stomp.github.io.
2. Vanessa Wang; Frank Salim; Peter Moskovits (2013). "Using Messaging over WebSocket with STOMP". The Definitive Guide to HTML5 WebSocket. Apress. pp. 85–108. doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-4741-8_5. ISBN   978-1-4302-4740-1.
3. "STOMP Protocol Specification, Version 1.2". stomp.github.io.
4. "STOMP Servers". stomp.github.io.
5. "Red Hat Fuse - Distributed, cloud-native integration platform". developers.redhat.com. 23 October 2024.
6. "STOMP Plugin". rabbitmq.com.
7. "syslog-ng documentation - stomp() destination options". syslog-ng.github.io.
8. "Spring Framework - STOMP". docs.spring.io.