public async Task <TopicDescription> Create(string topicPath, INamespaceManager namespaceManager) { var topicDescription = topicDescriptionFactory(topicPath, settings); try { if (!await ExistsAsync(topicPath, namespaceManager).ConfigureAwait(false)) { await namespaceManager.CreateTopic(topicDescription).ConfigureAwait(false); logger.InfoFormat("Topic '{0}' in namespace '{1}' created.", topicDescription.Path, namespaceManager.Address); var key = GenerateTopicKey(topicPath, namespaceManager); await rememberExistence.AddOrUpdate(key, notFoundTopicPath => Task.FromResult(true), (updateTopicPath, previousValue) => Task.FromResult(true)).ConfigureAwait(false); } else { logger.InfoFormat("Topic '{0}' in namespace '{1}' already exists, skipping creation.", topicDescription.Path, namespaceManager.Address); logger.InfoFormat("Checking if topic '{0}' in namespace '{1}' needs to be updated.", topicDescription.Path, namespaceManager.Address); var existingTopicDescription = await namespaceManager.GetTopic(topicDescription.Path).ConfigureAwait(false); if (MembersAreNotEqual(existingTopicDescription, topicDescription)) { OverrideImmutableMembers(existingTopicDescription, topicDescription); logger.InfoFormat("Updating topic '{0}' in namespace '{1}' with new description.", topicDescription.Path, namespaceManager.Address); await namespaceManager.UpdateTopic(topicDescription).ConfigureAwait(false); } } } catch (MessagingEntityAlreadyExistsException) { // the topic already exists or another node beat us to it, which is ok logger.InfoFormat("Topic '{0}' in namespace '{1}' already exists, another node probably beat us to it.", topicDescription.Path, namespaceManager.Address); } catch (TimeoutException) { logger.InfoFormat("Timeout occurred on topic creation for '{0}' in namespace '{1}' going to validate if it doesn't exist.", topicDescription.Path, namespaceManager.Address); // there is a chance that the timeout occurred, but the topic was still created, check again if (!await ExistsAsync(topicDescription.Path, namespaceManager, removeCacheEntry: true).ConfigureAwait(false)) { throw; } logger.InfoFormat("Looks like topic '{0}' in namespace '{1}' exists anyway.", topicDescription.Path, namespaceManager.Address); } catch (MessagingException ex) { var loggedMessage = string.Format("{1} {2} occurred on topic creation '{0}' in namespace {3}.", topicDescription.Path, (ex.IsTransient ? "Transient" : "Non transient"), ex.GetType().Name, namespaceManager.Address); if (!ex.IsTransient) { logger.Fatal(loggedMessage, ex); throw; } logger.Info(loggedMessage, ex); } return(topicDescription); }