ActiveMQ test connection - connection

Question

I am trying to test ActiveMQ connection and return a value. it crashes on line:
httpResponse = client.execute(theHttpGet);
It is not my code I am trying to debug it. Can anyone help me to understand why the code is using HttpGet?
public ActivemqBrokerInfo(String serverAddress, int port, String apiUrl, int timeout) {
// Default Activemq location
this.serverAddress = String.format("http://%s:%s/%s", serverAddress, port, apiUrl);
int timeoutInMs = timeout;
HttpClientBuilder builder = HttpClientBuilder.create();
RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom().setConnectTimeout(timeoutInMs).build();
builder.setDefaultRequestConfig(requestConfig);
client = builder.build();
}
public ActivemqBrokerInfo(String serverAddress) {
this(serverAddress, DEFAULT_PORT, DEFAULT_API_URL, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
}
#Override
public boolean testConnection() {
HttpGet theHttpGet = new HttpGet(serverAddress);
theHttpGet.addHeader("test-header-name", "test-header-value");
HttpResponse httpResponse = null;
try{
httpResponse = client.execute(theHttpGet);// Code is crashing on this line
} catch (IOException ex){
LOGGER.error("Broker down: ", ex);
}
return httpResponse != null;
}

Answer 1

When ActiveMQ runs is normally starts an embedded web server. This web server is used to host the web admin console as well as the Jolokia endpoint which acts as an HTTP facade in front of the broker's MBeans. In other words, any client can send HTTP requests to specially formed URLs on the broker to get results from the underlying management beans. This is exactly what your bit of code appears to be doing. It appears to be sending an HTTP request to the Jolokia endpoint (i.e. api/jolokia) in order to determine if the broker is alive or not.
Based on the information provided it is impossible to determine why testConnection() is not returning successfully since you've included no information about the configuration or state of the broker.
I recommend you add additional logging to see what may be happening and also catch Exception rather than just IOException.