# Connect Endpoint
Receive endpoints should be configured with the bus, so that they are all started at the same time. In some situations, however, a receive endpoint may be needed after the bus has been started. For instance, a request client may want to use a separate queue from responses instead of using the bus's queue. Or it may be that a new consumer is now available, and needs to be connected to the bus.
To connect a new receive endpoint to the bus, use the ConnectReceiveEndpoint
method.
var handle = bus.ConnectReceiveEndpoint("secondary-queue", x =>
{
x.Consumer<SomeConsumer>();
})
// wait for the receive endpoint to be ready, throws an exception if a fault occurs
var ready = await handle.Ready;
When connecting a receive endpoint, consumers will configure the broker topology so that messages types are subscribed to topics/exchanges. If the receive endpoint is temporary, the configuration should be skipped, and the ConnectConsumer
style methods should be used after the receive endpoint is ready.
# Disconnect an Endpoint
Connected endpoints will be stopped when the bus is stopped. If the endpoint needs to be stopped before the bus, the handle can be used.
await handle.StopAsync();