[rabbitmq-discuss] [Java client] - Delay in releasing channel numbers

Mon Nov 4 17:56:29 GMT 2013

On 4 Nov 2013, at 21:27, Jonathan Halterman <jhalterman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since channel numbers can be specified by the user and may have some application specific meaning, I'd like to recover channels with the same number. Is that not a good idea?

This is a very rarely used API element. I think the people who rely on it may as well choose to perform
recovery manually.

Bunny tries to keep channel ids the same but it never claims to guarantee that. Its shutdown
process is simpler (or more limited, depending on who you ask).

MK

Software Engineer, Pivotal/RabbitMQ