Oops. Turns out the test suite needs the producer to also create at least the exchange.

Author: Matthew Sackman

test/src/com/rabbitmq/examples/ProducerMain.java

@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ private void runIt() throws IOException {
         String queueName = "test queue";
         String exchangeName = "test exchange";
 
+        String testQueueName = "test queue";
+        _channel.queueDeclare(testQueueName, true);
+
+        String testExchangeName = "test exchange";
+        _channel.exchangeDeclare(testExchangeName, "fanout", true);
+
         if (shouldCommit()) {
             _channel.txSelect();
         }