title: Can you check to see if an IBM MQ topic is up and available through a Java application before attempting to create a connection?
body: <p>I would like to add some conditional logic to our Java application code for attempting to create a JMS Topic Connection. I have seen problems in the past stemming from attempting to create a connection when the MQ server had been restarted or was currently down. One improvement I added was to check for the quiescent state, and another was to increase the timer before attempting reconnection to our durable topic queue.</p>
  <p>Is there a way to confirm with the MQ server/topic/channel that it is up and running and a connection request can safely be made?</p>