1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qpid/java/client/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/client/AMQConnection.java b/qpid/java/client/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/client/AMQConnection.java
index f15af72407..941534c7ff 100644
--- a/qpid/java/client/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/client/AMQConnection.java
+++ b/qpid/java/client/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/client/AMQConnection.java
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ public class AMQConnection extends Closeable implements Connection, QueueConnect
     // new amqp-0-10 encoded format.
     private boolean _useLegacyMapMessageFormat;
 
+    //used to track the last failover time for
+    //Address resolution purposes
+    private volatile long _lastFailoverTime = 0;
+
     /**
      * @param broker      brokerdetails
      * @param username    username
@@ -1076,6 +1080,7 @@ public class AMQConnection extends Closeable implements Connection, QueueConnect
      */
     public boolean firePreFailover(boolean redirect)
     {
+        _lastFailoverTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         boolean proceed = true;
         if (_connectionListener != null)
         {
@@ -1462,4 +1467,9 @@ public class AMQConnection extends Closeable implements Connection, QueueConnect
             }
         }
     }
+
+    public long getLastFailoverTime()
+    {
+         return _lastFailoverTime;
+    }
 }