[jdev] XEP-0199 (XMPP Ping) to test reliability

[Sean Gilbertson]

Well, doesn't it tell you whether the socket is broken/closed?  If you
can send successfully, doesn't it mean that the connection is still
valid?

Sean

On Jan 21, 2008 12:34 PM, Yann Leboulanger <asterix at lagaule.org> wrote:
> Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> > Yann Leboulanger wrote:
> >> Is it a good idea for a client to xmpp-ping server every X seconds to
> >> test if it's still available, in order to detect server shutdown,
> >> connection cut ... ?
> >
> > Not really. It's pretty verbose. We generally prefer to send whitespace
> > over the TCP connection. We usually call that "whitespace ping".
> >
> > Peter
> >
>
> That won't inform us if connection is brocken or server is down as those
> whitespace ping don't receive a pong ...
>
> --
> Yann
>



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