Spring SimpleMessageListenerContainer for RabbitMQ is aborting on invalid message
<p>I am using springs SimpleMessageListenerContainer to consume messages from a RabbitMQ queue. Everything works fine, but when a invalid message is sent to the queue (e.g. invalid json) the listener just aborts, is shutting down the worker and doesn't accept any further messages.</p>

<p>Is it possible to configure it in a way that it discards the broken message and keeps listening to further messages?</p>

<p>I'm using sprint-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar</p>

<p>My configuration looks like the following:</p>

<pre><code>@Bean
public SimpleMessageListenerContainer container(ConnectionFactory connectionFactory,
                                                MessageListenerAdapter listenerAdapter,
                                                MessageConverter messageConverter) {
    SimpleMessageListenerContainer container = new SimpleMessageListenerContainer();
    container.setConnectionFactory(connectionFactory);
    container.setQueueNames("my.queue");
    container.setMessageListener(listenerAdapter);
    container.setMessageConverter(messageConverter);
    return container;
}

@Bean
public MessageConverter messageConverter() {
    return new Jackson2JsonMessageConverter();
}

@Bean
MessageListenerAdapter listenerAdapter(Worker worker) {
    MessageListenerAdapter messageListenerAdapter = new MessageListenerAdapter(worker, "processMessage");
    messageListenerAdapter.setMessageConverter(new Jackson2JsonMessageConverter());
    return messageListenerAdapter;
}
</code></pre>

<p>The declaration of my listener method:</p>

<pre><code>   public void processMessage(Map&lt;String, String&gt; message) {
</code></pre>

<p>When I send a message like <code>'"routeId":"7"}'</code> (broken json), then I get the Exception:</p>

<pre><code>2016-09-02 08:10:35.821  WARN 35841 --- [   container-29] s.a.r.l.ConditionalRejectingErrorHandler : Execution of Rabbit message listener failed.

org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.exception.ListenerExecutionFailedException: Failed to invoke target method 'processMessage' with argument type = [class java.lang.String], value = [{routeId}]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.adapter.MessageListenerAdapter.invokeListenerMethod(MessageListenerAdapter.java:408) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.adapter.MessageListenerAdapter.onMessage(MessageListenerAdapter.java:298) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.AbstractMessageListenerContainer.doInvokeListener(AbstractMessageListenerContainer.java:777) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.AbstractMessageListenerContainer.invokeListener(AbstractMessageListenerContainer.java:700) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer.access$001(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:95) [spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer$1.invokeListener(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:187) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer.invokeListener(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:1187) [spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.AbstractMessageListenerContainer.executeListener(AbstractMessageListenerContainer.java:681) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer.doReceiveAndExecute(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:1165) [spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer.receiveAndExecute(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:1149) [spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer.access$1100(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:95) [spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer$AsyncMessageProcessingConsumer.run(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:1312) [spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.8.0_101]
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: nz.co.qrious.transport.batchstarter.service.Worker.processMessage(java.lang.String)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1786) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
at     org.springframework.util.MethodInvoker.prepare(MethodInvoker.java:174) ~[spring-core-4.3.2.RELEASE.jar:4.3.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.adapter.MessageListenerAdapter.invokeListenerMethod(MessageListenerAdapter.java:386) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
... 12 common frames omitted

2016-09-02 08:10:35.828 ERROR 35841 --- [   container-29]     o.s.a.r.l.SimpleMessageListenerContainer : Consumer received fatal exception during processing

org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.exception.FatalListenerExecutionException: Invalid listener
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer$AsyncMessageProcessingConsumer.run(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:1351) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.8.0_101]
Caused by: org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.exception.ListenerExecutionFailedException: Failed to invoke target method 'processMessage' with argument type = [class java.lang.String], value = [{routeId}]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.adapter.MessageListenerAdapter.invokeListenerMethod(MessageListenerAdapter.java:408) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.adapter.MessageListenerAdapter.onMessage(MessageListenerAdapter.java:298) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.AbstractMessageListenerContainer.doInvokeListener(AbstractMessageListenerContainer.java:777) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.AbstractMessageListenerContainer.invokeListener(AbstractMessageListenerContainer.java:700) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer.access$001(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:95) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer$1.invokeListener(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:187) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer.invokeListener(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:1187) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.AbstractMessageListenerContainer.executeListener(AbstractMessageListenerContainer.java:681) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer.doReceiveAndExecute(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:1165) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer.receiveAndExecute(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:1149) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer.access$1100(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:95) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer$AsyncMessageProcessingConsumer.run(SimpleMessageListenerContainer.java:1312) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
... 1 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: nz.co.qrious.transport.batchstarter.service.Worker.processMessage(java.lang.String)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1786) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
at org.springframework.util.MethodInvoker.prepare(MethodInvoker.java:174) ~[spring-core-4.3.2.RELEASE.jar:4.3.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.adapter.MessageListenerAdapter.invokeListenerMethod(MessageListenerAdapter.java:386) ~[spring-rabbit-1.6.1.RELEASE.jar:na]
... 12 common frames omitted

2016-09-02 08:10:35.833 ERROR 35841 --- [   container-29] o.s.a.r.l.SimpleMessageListenerContainer : Stopping container from aborted consumer
2016-09-02 08:10:35.833  INFO 35841 --- [   container-29] o.s.a.r.l.SimpleMessageListenerContainer : Waiting for workers to finish.
2016-09-02 08:10:35.833  INFO 35841 --- [   container-29] o.s.a.r.l.SimpleMessageListenerContainer : Successfully waited for workers to finish.
</code></pre>

<p>The fatal Exception in SimpleMessageListenerContainer is thrown here:</p>

<pre><code>catch (ListenerExecutionFailedException ex) {
                    // Continue to process, otherwise re-throw
                    if (ex.getCause() instanceof NoSuchMethodException) {
                        throw new FatalListenerExecutionException("Invalid listener", ex);
                    }
                }
</code></pre>

<p>So it seems it is supposed to shut down if the container is configured with a non-existent method. But in case of a broken message, it's trying to call the method with a wrong parameter type, which also causes a NoSuchMethodException. This means that any producer can kill my consumer with a broken message. </p>

<p>Thanks for any suggestions!</p>