[rabbitmq-discuss] immediate, mandatory flag with no consumers

Tue May 8 12:26:05 BST 2012

On 08/05/12 12:16, Emile Joubert wrote:
>> "non-routable" calls. the restriction seems to be this  exchange
>> cannot be built on "amq.direct" as an "alternate-exchange" needs to
>> be specified at the time of creation - is this right?
> 
> You can specify an alternate exchange for any exchange type, not only
> direct exchanges.

I misread your question - you are correct that it is impossible to
redeclare the standard exchanges to specify an alternative exchange. The
solution is not to use the default exchange. Use your own direct
exchange, declare it with an alternate exchange and create the bindings
you need.

-Emile