[rabbitmq-discuss] Messages Timeout in Queue

Sat Jul 4 11:02:41 BST 2009

Gagan,

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 5:08 PM, GAGAN ARORA<gaganarora.itm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Alexis
> The problem statement here is I dont want my messages in queue for more than
> 1 minute.

The easiest way to do this is for the client to keep consuming the
messages from the queue.

However: presumably you want messages to be ignored in the case where
(a) there is no consumer to get the messages from the queue; and (b)
the messages are more than one minute old.

If so then: Have you considered putting a timestamp on the messages?
That way, when a consumer starts taking messages from the queue, it
can simply check the timestamps and throw away anything 'old'.  This
solution works just fine when (i) you don't need real time accuracy
ie. "about a minute" is just as good as "exactly a minute", and
provided that (ii) there aren't too many messages to throw away.
Judging by the document that you sent, both (i) and (ii) are true.

Does this help?

alexis

> I have tried expiration property while publishing a message but
> later came to know that it is still not implemented. Can you help me out in
> figuring some alternate approach?
> Thanks
> Gagan Arora
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Alexis Richardson
> <alexis.richardson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Gagan,
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 3:10 PM, GAGAN ARORA<gaganarora.itm at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi
>> > Is it possible to set message time out in Java client API, so that
>> > messages
>> > drop out from queue after some interval of time if nobody consumes it?.
>>
>> Not yet but this is a feature have been asking for quite a bit.  It's
>> on our roadmap.
>>
>> There may be other ways to achieve what you want.
>>
>> alexis
>>
>>
>>
>> > Thanks
>> > Gagan Arora
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