Hi I am using this code to create a session which I will use to create a publisher private ConnectionFactory cf=new ActiveMQConnectionFactory(AMQ_USER, AMQ_PASSWORD, this.AMQ_URL); private Connection connection = cf.createConnection(); session = connection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE); now if I have not started activemq, the thread is stuck at the third line I want either I should get an exception of I can configure a time out for creation of session -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/thread-is-stuck-if-activemq-not-started-tp20376254p20376254.html Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.