Need to report root causes to end user as exception in code ----------------------------------------------------------- Key: JGRP-688 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JGRP-688 Project: JGroups Issue Type: Task Affects Versions: 2.6.1 Environment: Windows/Linux Reporter: Dipak Kothari Assigned To: Bela Ban An example of what exception is received at the application level when an incorrect host has been specified in the protocol properties: org.jgroups.ChannelException: unable to setup the protocol stack at org.jgroups.JChannel.init(JChannel.java:1403) at org.jgroups.JChannel.<init>(JChannel.java:279) at org.jgroups.JChannelFactory.createChannel(JChannelFactory.java:308) at com.ubs.apm.control.service.nameservice.jgroup.JGroupNameService.init(JGroupNameService.java:82) at com.ubs.apm.control.service.nameservice.jgroup.JGroupTest.testPropertiesLoad(JGroupTest.java:17) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:40) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:90) Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: the following properties in TCPPING are not recognized: {num_initial_members=1, timeout=3000} at org.jgroups.stack.Configurator$ProtocolConfiguration.createLayer(Configurator.java:700) at org.jgroups.stack.Configurator$ProtocolConfiguration.access$000(Configurator.java:595) at org.jgroups.stack.Configurator.createProtocols(Configurator.java:375) at org.jgroups.stack.Configurator.setupProtocolStack(Configurator.java:58) at org.jgroups.stack.ProtocolStack.setup(ProtocolStack.java:205) at org.jgroups.JChannel.init(JChannel.java:1400) ... 27 more either you have to look into the code or enable correct logging level to see real cause. What would be useful is to see the actual cause of exception at the application layer. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira