Index: Sqs.php
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--- Sqs.php	(revision 24468)
+++ Sqs.php	(working copy)
@@ -67,9 +67,18 @@
      */
     protected $_sqsSignatureMethod = 'HmacSHA256';
 
+    protected $_sqsEndpoints = array('us-east-1' => 'sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
+                                     'us-west-1' => 'sqs.us-west-1.amazonaws.com',
+                                     'eu-west-1' => 'sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com',
+                                     'ap-southeast-1' => 'sqs.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com',
+                                     'ap-northeast-1' => 'sqs.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com');
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      *
+     * The default region is us-east-1. Use the region to set it to one of the regions that is build-in into ZF.
+     * To add a new AWS region use the setEndpoint() method.
+     *
      * @param string $accessKey
      * @param string $secretKey
      * @param string $region
@@ -77,9 +86,71 @@
     public function __construct($accessKey = null, $secretKey = null, $region = null)
     {
         parent::__construct($accessKey, $secretKey, $region);
+
+        if (null !== $region) {
+            $this->_setEndpoint($region);
     }
+    }
 
     /**
+     * Set SQS endpoint
+     *
+     * Checks and sets endpoint if region exists in $_sqsEndpoints. If a new SQS region is added by amazon,
+     * please use the setEndpoint function to set it.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $region region
+     * @throws Zend_Service_Amazon_Sqs_Exception
+     */
+    public function _setEndpoint($region)
+    {
+        if (array_key_exists($region, $this->_sqsEndpoints)) {
+            $this->_sqsEndpoint = $this->_sqsEndpoints[$region];
+        } else {
+            throw new Zend_Service_Amazon_Sqs_Exception('Invalid SQS region specified.');
+        }
+    }
+
+	/**
+     * Set SQS endpoint
+     *
+     * You can set SQS to on of the build-in regions. If the region does not exsist it will be added.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $region region
+     * @throws Zend_Service_Amazon_Sqs_Exception
+     */
+    public function setEndpoint($region)
+    {
+
+        if (!empty($region)) {
+            if (array_key_exists($region, $this->_sqsEndpoints)) {
+                $this->_sqsEndpoint = $this->_sqsEndpoints[$region];
+            } else {
+                $this->_sqsEndpoints[$region] = "sqs.$region.amazonaws.com";
+                $this->_sqsEndpoint = $this->_sqsEndpoints[$region];
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw new Zend_Service_Amazon_Sqs_Exception('Empty region specified.');
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Get possible SQS endpoints
+     *
+     * Since there is not an SQS webserive to get all possible endpoints, a hardcoded list is available.
+     * For the actual region list please check:
+     * http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/2009-02-01/APIReference/index.html?QueueServiceWsdlArticle.html
+     *
+     * @param  string  $region region
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getEndpoints()
+    {
+        return $this->_sqsEndpoints;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
      * Create a new queue
      *
      * Visibility timeout is how long a message is left in the queue "invisible"