I hope this is the right forum to ask this question.

I am using JBoss 5.1 and exchanging messages with Websphere MQ using a resource adapter. Things work fine until Websphere MQ is bounced (powered off then back on). Then connections I get from connection pool become invalid because MQ has been bounced and outbound messages continue to be retried without success.

What are various ways to resolve this situation? Is there a way to expire these connections after a certain amount of time after first use and will that help?

I'd greatly appreciate help in this matter.

Thanks!