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If you require fewer priorities, it is possible to specify a <priorities>int</priorities> element (where int is a valid integer value between 2 and 10 inclusive) which will give the queue that number of distinct priorities. When messages are sent to that queue, their effective priority will be calculated by partitioning the priority space. If the number of effective priorities is 2, then messages with priority 0-4 are treated the same as "lower priority" and messages with priority 5-9 are treated equivalently as "higher priority".

<queue>
    <name>test</name>
    <test>
        <exchange>amq.direct</exchange>
        <priority>true</priority>
    </test>
</queue>

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