{{Quickfixn}} What is difference between "IsLoggedOn" & "IsStopped"?

[Rasheed Waraich]

Thanks Mike,

So, lets say i have two sessions one for "market data" and other for
"orders". If one of them is successfully logged on but other is not... then
what will Initiator.IsLoggedOn will/should return?

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Mike Gatny <mgatny at connamara.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:58 AM, Rasheed Waraich <rashiedwaraich at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> What is difference between "IsLoggedOn" & "IsStopped"?
>>
>
> IsLoggedOn means that the initiator has sent a Logon request and the
> acceptor has sent a Logon response.  The FIX session is now logged on and
> non-logon/logout messages can be passed.
>
>
>> How can I logon without calling the the start method of initiator? Or how
>> can I logout without calling the stop method of the initiator? So, they are
>> kind of interlinked...
>
>
> They are indeed interlinked.  Calling start/stop on the Initiator
> starts/stops its event loop, which handles FIX session-level things (e.g.
> heartbeats, test requests, logon/logout, etc.) for you.  If you want to
> logout out particular session, you can call that session's logout method
> directly.  However, if the initiator is not stopped, that session will get
> logged back on by the initiator's event loop.
>
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> Connamara Systems, LLC
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//Regards
Rasheed
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