references #214: add catch exception in create timer and remove subcribe topic...

references #214: add catch exception in create timer and remove subcribe topic in the MetaDataStream

evb/include/evb/readoutunit/MetaDataStream.h

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ bool evb::readoutunit::MetaDataStream<ReadoutUnit,Configuration>::metaDataReques
 {
   if ( ! this->doProcessing_ ) return false;
 
-  metaDataRetrieverDIPBridge_->subscribeToDip( this->readoutUnit_->getConfiguration()->maskedDipTopics );
+  //metaDataRetrieverDIPBridge_->subscribeToDip( this->readoutUnit_->getConfiguration()->maskedDipTopics );
 
   toolbox::mem::Reference* bufRef = toolbox::mem::getMemoryPoolFactory()->
     getFrame(fragmentPool_,MetaData::dataSize);

evb/src/common/readoutunit/MetaDataRetrieverDIPBridge.cc

@@ -138,15 +138,20 @@ void evb::readoutunit::MetaDataRetrieverDIPBridge::timerToRegisterToDipBridge()
 
      std::string appUUID= this->getOwnerApplication()->getApplicationDescriptor()->getUUID().toString();
      std::string timerName_= "timer_" + appUUID + toolbox::toString(".%d", rand());
-     toolbox::task::Timer * timer_ = toolbox::task::getTimerFactory()->createTimer(timerName_);
-
-     // current time, scheduled start time, and xmas-ready time
-     double now = toolbox::TimeVal::gettimeofday();
-     double startTimeSecs_ = now + dipBridgeRegisterTimeout_;
-
-     // schedule start of monitoring
-     toolbox::TimeVal startTime(startTimeSecs_);
-     timer_->schedule(timerListener_, startTime, 0, "");
+     try {
+		 toolbox::task::Timer * timer_ = toolbox::task::getTimerFactory()->createTimer(timerName_);
+
+		 // current time, scheduled start time, and xmas-ready time
+		 double now = toolbox::TimeVal::gettimeofday();
+		 double startTimeSecs_ = now + dipBridgeRegisterTimeout_;
+
+		 // schedule start of monitoring
+		 toolbox::TimeVal startTime(startTimeSecs_);
+		 timer_->schedule(timerListener_, startTime, 0, "");
+     } catch (toolbox::task::exception::Exception &e) {
+    	 std::string msg("Failed to create the timer with name=" + timerName_ + " ");
+    	 LOG4CPLUS_ERROR(logger_, msg + stdformat_exception_history(e));
+     }
 
 }