added Connection::waiting() method to find out if the connection object is waiting/expecting an answer from the rabbitmq server

include/connection.h

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     /**
-     *  Retrieve the amount of channels this connection has
+     *  Retrieve the number of channels that are active for this connection
      *  @return std::size_t
      */
     std::size_t channels() const
@@ -153,6 +153,16 @@ public:
         return _implementation.channels();
     }
     
+    /**
+     *  Is the connection busy waiting for an answer from the server? (in the
+     *  meantime you can already send more instructions over it)
+     *  @return bool
+     */
+    std::size_t waiting() const
+    {
+        return _implementation.waiting();
+    }
+
     /**
      *  Some classes have access to private properties
      */

include/connectionimpl.h

@@ -104,8 +104,13 @@ protected:
      *  Is any channel waiting for an answer on a synchronous call?
      *  @return bool
      */
-    bool waiting() const;
+    bool waitingChannels() const;
 
+    /**
+     *  Is the channel waiting for a response from the peer (server)
+     *  @return bool
+     */
+    bool waiting() const;
 
 private:
     /**

include/receivedframe.h

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *  find out if the buffer is big enough to contain an entire frame, and
  *  it will try to recognize the frame type in the buffer
  *
- *  This is a class that is used internally by the AMQP library. As a used
+ *  This is a class that is used internally by the AMQP library. As a user
  *  of this library, you normally do not have to instantiate it.
  *
  *  @documentation public

src/connectionimpl.cpp

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ uint64_t ConnectionImpl::parse(const Buffer &buffer)
 
     // the close() function was called, but if the close frame was not yet sent
     // if there are no waiting channels, we can do that right now
-    if (!waiting()) sendClose();
+    if (!waitingChannels()) sendClose();
 
     // done
     return processed;
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ bool ConnectionImpl::close()
     // after the send operation the object could be dead
     Monitor monitor(this);
 
-    // number of channels that is waiting for an answer and that has further data
+    // number of channels that are waiting for an answer and that have further data
     int waiters = 0;
 
     // loop over all channels, and close them
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ bool ConnectionImpl::close()
         // we could be dead now
         if (!monitor.valid()) return true;
 
-        // is this channel waiting for an answer
+        // is this channel waiting for an answer?
         if (iter->second->waiting()) waiters++;
     }
 
@@ -258,10 +258,25 @@ void ConnectionImpl::setConnected()
 }
 
 /**
- *  Is any channel waiting for an answer on a synchronous call?
+ *  Is the connection waiting for an answer from an instruction?
  *  @return bool
  */
 bool ConnectionImpl::waiting() const
+{
+    // some states are implicit waiting states
+    if (_state == state_protocol) return true;
+    if (_state == state_handshake) return true;
+    if (_state == state_closing) return true;
+    
+    // check if there are waiting channels
+    return waitingChannels();
+}
+
+/**
+ *  Is any channel waiting for an answer on a synchronous call?
+ *  @return bool
+ */
+bool ConnectionImpl::waitingChannels() const
 {
     // loop through the channels
     for (auto &iter : _channels)

src/connectionstartframe.h

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public:
         properties["product"] = "Copernica AMQP library";
         properties["version"] = "Unknown";
         properties["platform"] = "Unknown";
-        properties["copyright"] = "Copyright 2014 Copernica BV";
+        properties["copyright"] = "Copyright 2015 Copernica BV";
         properties["information"] = "http://www.copernica.com";
         properties["capabilities"] = capabilities;