This is one of the *great* features in the JMS spec.
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Kevin Burton <bur...@spinn3r.com> wrote: > So this bit me… mostly because I'm new to activemq but also because > silently failing isn't fun. > > You can create a connection, create a producer, send messages on it, and > attempt to receive messages, all while the connection hasn't been started. > > So my code compiled, but of course no IO was begin performed. > > Which was obviously rather confusing. > > It would seem that the best strategy is to throw an exception if you try to > create a session on a connection that isn't started. > > Is there a reason why you would want a connection that's NOT started? > > Of course… ActiveMQ is rather stable and robust… so maybe this has been > discussed before and it's some sort of anti-pattern. Though I can't > believe I'm the only one who has been bitten by this. > > Kevin > > > -- > > Founder/CEO Spinn3r.com > Location: *San Francisco, CA* > Skype: *burtonator* > blog: http://burtonator.wordpress.com > … or check out my Google+ profile > <https://plus.google.com/102718274791889610666/posts> > <http://spinn3r.com> > War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Corporations are > people.
