Chris, I'm not sure immediate native retry make sence here because tipically EAGAIN of getaddrinfo caused by network failure, like unreachable nameserver. (see my previous letter)
-Dmitry On 2013-10-02 23:53, Chris Hegarty wrote: > On 10/02/2013 08:40 PM, Brian Burkhalter wrote: >> .... >> So, how about this approach: >> >> 1) If the error is EAI_AGAIN / EIA_SYSTEM+EAGAIN / WSATRY_AGAIN then >> do one immediate native retry. >> 2) If the retry fails with the same error, then throw a UHE with a >> specific message or cause. > > Sounds good to me. > >> Questions: >> >> A) Would it be better to do the retry in the Java layer, perhaps with >> a very short wait? > > native, without any wait, should be sufficient. > >> B) Should the message or cause in #2 be explicitly document in the >> javadoc? > > I don't think it is necessary for this to be documented. It is more > informational. > > -Chris. -- Dmitry Samersoff Oracle Java development team, Saint Petersburg, Russia * I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the sources.