visibilityTimeout (property)
The visibility duration for messages in the queue.
Syntax
@property (nonatomic,readwrite,assign,getter=visibilityTimeout,setter=setVisibilityTimeout:) int visibilityTimeout; - (int)visibilityTimeout; - (void)setVisibilityTimeout:(int)newVisibilityTimeout;
public var visibilityTimeout: Int32 { get {...}
set {...} }
Default Value
-1
Remarks
Visibility timeout is used to guard against multiple delivery. Successive calls to ListMessages on a queue will not return any message again until the timeout expires, after which the message may reappear unless deleted with DeleteMessage.
A default visibility timeout is configured when a queue is created using CreateQueue, it can also be altered when a message is added using CreateMessage or when they are retrieved using ListMessages.
The default value for VisibilityTimeout is -1, which notifies the component that you would like to use the default behavior for the current Queue.
Note: Unlike messages received from standard queues, messages received from FIFO queues can only be deleted within their VisibilityTimeout. Attempting to call DeleteMessage for a message received from a FIFO queue after its VisibilityTimeout has expired will cause the server to return an error. Keep this in mind when picking a VisibilityTimeout value to create a FIFO queue and/or retrieve messages with.