avoiding ping()ing to determine client's lifetime

[andhow]

Given two objects where one acts as a server to the other, is there a more elegant way to find out if a client has left other than regular ping()ing? Watching the Ice.Trace messages, I see that ICE rt knows when the tcp socket is closed, though I know there are other complex workings that wouldn't make it so straightforward.

The situation I want to handle is when a client crashes and is not able to send a logoff() type message. I apologize if I missed this in the documentation, I looked for a while.

[benoit]

See Marc's answer on similar questions:

Client Disconnect Callback
IceStorm error reporting hook

Let us know if this doesn't fully answer your question though!

Cheers,

Benoit.