From 223f67150afbd4b32cbde6ff512ff337e5e869f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Michael=20R=C3=B6der?= <michael.roeder@uni-paderborn.de>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 13:53:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Removed an assertion that made the closing of an experiment
 fail although it wasn't necessary.

---
 .../java/org/hobbit/controller/PlatformController.java   | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/platform-controller/src/main/java/org/hobbit/controller/PlatformController.java b/platform-controller/src/main/java/org/hobbit/controller/PlatformController.java
index ea1ffde6..419dbb1b 100644
--- a/platform-controller/src/main/java/org/hobbit/controller/PlatformController.java
+++ b/platform-controller/src/main/java/org/hobbit/controller/PlatformController.java
@@ -340,9 +340,12 @@ public void setExpRabbitMQConnector(RabbitMQConnector rabbitMQConnector) {
      */
     public void closeExpRabbitMQConnector() {
         LOGGER.info("Closing experiment's RabbitMQ connector for the command queue: {}", rabbitMQConnector);
-        assert rabbitMQConnector != null : "RabbitMQ connector shouldn't be null";
-        IOUtils.closeQuietly(rabbitMQConnector);
-        rabbitMQConnector = null;
+        if(rabbitMQConnector != null) {
+            IOUtils.closeQuietly(rabbitMQConnector);
+            rabbitMQConnector = null;
+        } else {
+            LOGGER.warn("Got a request to close the RabbitMQ connector but it was already null.");
+        }
     }
 
     /**