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# Amazon SQS Examples Using the AWS SDK for Java
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This section provides examples of programming [Amazon SQS](https://aws.amazon.com/sqs/) using the [AWS SDK for Java](https://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/).

**Note**  
The examples include only the code needed to demonstrate each technique. The [complete example code is available on GitHub](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/master/java). From there, you can download a single source file or clone the repository locally to get all the examples to build and run.

**Topics**
+ [Working with Amazon SQS Message Queues](examples-sqs-message-queues.md)
+ [Sending, Receiving, and Deleting Amazon SQS Messages](examples-sqs-messages.md)
+ [Enabling Long Polling for Amazon SQS Message Queues](examples-sqs-long-polling.md)
+ [Setting Visibility Timeout in Amazon SQS](examples-sqs-visibility-timeout.md)
+ [Using Dead Letter Queues in Amazon SQS](examples-sqs-dead-letter-queues.md)