[rabbitmq-discuss] rabbitmq-c: how to detect broker failure

Mon Oct 7 15:33:02 BST 2013

library_error = 0 means an EOF was received from the socket, so the socket
has been closed.

-Alan

On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 6:01 AM, Jain, Punit <Punit.Jain at emc.com> wrote:

> Thank you, Alan.****
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> Yes, I mean “broker failure” in the same sense as you have explained. I am
> using AMQP_RESPONSE_LIBRARY_EXCEPTION as an indication of broker failure.
> What does “library_error = 0” signify with that exception?****
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> - Punit****
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> *From:* rabbitmq-discuss-bounces at lists.rabbitmq.com [mailto:
> rabbitmq-discuss-bounces at lists.rabbitmq.com] *On Behalf Of *Alan Antonuk
> *Sent:* Monday, October 07, 2013 11:47 AM
> *To:* Jain, Punit
> *Cc:* rabbitmq-discuss at lists.rabbitmq.com
> *Subject:* Re: [rabbitmq-discuss] rabbitmq-c: how to detect broker failure
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> It depends on what you mean by "broker failure". ****
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> If you mean the broker hardware dies, the broker crashes, or (more likely)
> something interrupts the network: you'll get an network error on the client
> side.  In rabbitmq-c this manifests itself in different ways depending on
> the function being called: for functions returning an int, a non-zero value
> is returned, for functions returning an amqp_rpc_reply_t, type will be set
> to AMQP_RESPONSE_LIBRARY_EXCEPTION and library_error will be set to
> something non-zero, and for things returning a amqp_*_t object if a NULL
> value is returned, calling amqp_get_last_rpc_reply() will get an
> amqp_rpc_reply_t which the above rule should be followed.****
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> HTH****
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> -Alan****
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> On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Jain, Punit <Punit.Jain at emc.com> wrote:***
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> Hi,****
>
> I am using rabbitmq-c amqp client (0.2.0) to publish messages to RabbitMQ
> broker. I want to be notified in case of broker failure. Is there a way to
> detect this?****
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> Any method or exception, which may notify us about this error while
> establishing a connection or publishing message?****
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>  ****
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> Thanks,****
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> Punit****
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