[rabbitmq-discuss] How to close connection and channel when an exception occur

[Phil]

I'm a newbie on RabbitMQ.  I'm writing a java service to consume a message 
from the queue.  Everything is working as designed but I cannot seem to 
code "channel.close() or conn.close()" in the catch  or finally block. 
 Java is complaining about that the "cannot find symbol".

symbol  : variable channel
location: class RouteToMercury.javaServices
channel.close();

Can I close the connection and channel if an exception occur?

Thanks for your responses.
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