[Quickfix-developers] withinHeartBeat()

[Daniel M. <Dan...@ma...>]

Could someone explain why withinHeartBeat() is implemented as:

bool withinHeartBeat() const
  {
    UtcTimeStamp now;
    return ( ( now - lastSentTime() ) < heartBtInt() ) &&
           ( ( now - lastReceivedTime() ) < heartBtInt() );
  }
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rather than:

bool withinHeartBeat() const
  {
    UtcTimeStamp now;
    return ( ( now - lastSentTime() ) < heartBtInt() );
  }

The FIX spec says the heartbeat interval is the time when the last
message was sent, not sent
AND received.

Daniel May


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