[QPID-3848] [Java broker] relax type checking during passive exchange-declares to allow null/empty type values for consistency with the C++ broker/client

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.15
• Component/s: Broker-J
• Assignee: Robbie Gemmell
• Reporter: Robbie Gemmell
• Created: 15/Feb/12 22:05
• Updated: 11/Feb/15 20:07
• Resolved: 15/Feb/12 22:36

Description

Relax type checking during passive exchange-declares to allow null/empty type values for consistency with the C++ broker/client. This will resolve some interoperability issues when using the C++ client (swig wrapped or not) with the Java broker, e.g this thread from the user list: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/qpid-users/201202.mbox/%3CCAAiPYj2_my7j6ox8fo5CoiU2DnK0G3YDsGCfT4RP_GWz9e2fpQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E