[Quickfix-developers] RE: Logout and DoNotSend

[Chris a. K. K. <ko...@ch...>]

Olivier,

I'm running into the same problem using the QuickFIX 1.6 Java API. I've
written an elaborate Java client that we're using as a testool for our
production FIX engine. In an effort to logout cleanly, I also am sending a
Type 5 message. Our FIX engine responds, and QuickFIX in turn sends yet
another logout. Unlike your scenario, the FIX engine under test is running
on another box on the LAN, but response times are fast. Unfortunately, this
behavior has turned into a real problem. On subsequent logon attempts, our
engine sends session rejects because the sequence numbers are now off by
one. This interferes with testing of certain scenarios.

I tried similar workarounds, trapping the messages in both toAdmin( ) and
from Admin( ). In one case I tried stopping/terminating when QuickFIX was
about to send the second logout request, in the other stopping right after
receiving the logout response. Both approaches still resulted in the
sequence numbers ending up out of sync.

I'm not a C++ developer, and am not familiar with the QuickFIX internals.
Oren, please permit me to request a fix for this issue, and a new release.
Thanks for your consideration.

By the way, QF/Java has been a pleasure to use. Thank you for a great
product!

Chris Kokis