[Quickfix-developers] Java SocketInitiator Termination

[<Rob...@ca...>]

Hello All,

I'm a newbie to QuickFIX 1.9.2 and am working with Java to write a 
simple SocketInitiator program.  It works well, but hangs at the end of 
main.  Perhaps there's a thread still running or a socket still open.  
I'm at a loss to understand why I need to invoke System.exit to get my 
application to end.

To experiment, I changed the SocketInitiator to a SocketAcceptor and 
modified the configuration file.  It then terminated properly.

The example program "tradeclient," a C++ SocketInitiator program, 
terminates properly for me, as does the Java SocketAcceptor "executor."

Below is a simplified version of my main Java object and my 
configuration file.

Thanks for any help,
Rob Kracik
Cargill Investor Services

===Java Application===

package buysidesimulator;
import quickfix.*;
import java.io.FileInputStream;

public class BuySideSimulator {

  static {
    System.loadLibrary("quickfix_jni");
  }

  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {

    try {
      // Parse arguments into an object.
      CmdLineArgs cmdLineArgs = new CmdLineArgs(args);

      // Standard QuickFix start-up.
      Application application = new Application();
      SessionSettings settings =
          new SessionSettings(new 
FileInputStream(cmdLineArgs.m_configFile));
      MessageStoreFactory messageStoreFactory =
          new FileStoreFactory(settings);
      LogFactory logFactory = new FileLogFactory(settings);
      MessageFactory messageFactory = new DefaultMessageFactory();

      SocketInitiator initiator = new SocketInitiator
          (application, messageStoreFactory, settings, logFactory,
           messageFactory);

      initiator.start();

      // For simplicity, don't do any useful work.
      // application.run(cmdLineArgs);

      initiator.stop();
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    }

    // I get to this point, but need to invoke System.exit(0) to cause 
my application to end.
    // System.exit(0);
  }
}

===Configuration File===
(Same as the configuration file I use for "tradeclient")

[DEFAULT]
ConnectionType=initiator
HeartBtInt=30
FileStorePath=store
FileLogPath=logs
StartTime=06:00:00
EndTime=06:00:00
UseDataDictionary=N
SocketConnectHost=localhost
SocketConnectPort=5001

[SESSION]
BeginString=FIX.4.2
# VeriFIX default values
SenderCompID=YourComputer
TargetCompID=MyComputer