Fixes #770 by adding a new property initializationFailTimeout and deprecating

initializationFailFast.  Exception path still needs some work… coming in the
next commit.

src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/HikariConfig.java

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class HikariConfig implements HikariConfigMXBean
 
    // Properties NOT changeable at runtime
    //
+   private long initializationFailTimeout;
    private String catalog;
    private String connectionInitSql;
    private String connectionTestQuery;
@@ -393,12 +394,42 @@ public class HikariConfig implements HikariConfigMXBean
       this.isAllowPoolSuspension = isAllowPoolSuspension;
    }
 
+   /**
+    * Get the pool initialization failure timeout.
+    *
+    * @return the number of milliseconds before the pool initialization fails
+    */
+   public long getInitializationFailTimeout()
+   {
+      return initializationFailTimeout;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Set the pool initialization failure timeout.  A value of 0 (default) fails immediately.
+    * The minimum value is 1000ms (1 second).
+    * 
+    * @param initializationFailTimeout the number of milliseconds before the
+    *        pool initialization fails
+    */
+   public void setInitializationFailTimeout(long initializationFailTimeout)
+   {
+      if (initializationFailTimeout < 0L) {
+         initializationFailTimeout = 0L;
+      }
+      else if (initializationFailTimeout < 1000L) {
+         initializationFailTimeout = 1000L;
+      }
+
+      this.initializationFailTimeout = initializationFailTimeout;
+   }
+
    /**
     * Get whether or not the construction of the pool should throw an exception
     * if the minimum number of connections cannot be created.
     *
     * @return whether or not initialization should fail on error immediately
     */
+   @Deprecated
    public boolean isInitializationFailFast()
    {
       return isInitializationFailFast;
@@ -410,9 +441,14 @@ public class HikariConfig implements HikariConfigMXBean
     *
     * @param failFast true if the pool should fail if the minimum connections cannot be created
     */
+   @Deprecated
    public void setInitializationFailFast(boolean failFast)
    {
       isInitializationFailFast = failFast;
+      LOGGER.warn("The initializationFailFast propery is deprecated, see initializationFailTimeout");
+      if (!failFast) {
+         initializationFailTimeout = Long.MAX_VALUE;
+      }
    }
 
    public boolean isIsolateInternalQueries()

src/main/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/HikariPool.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.SQLTimeoutException;
 import java.sql.SQLTransientConnectionException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
@@ -507,16 +508,28 @@ public class HikariPool extends PoolBase implements HikariPoolMXBean, IBagStateL
     */
    private void checkFailFast()
    {
-      if (config.isInitializationFailFast()) {
+      if (config.getInitializationFailTimeout() == 0) {
+         return;
+      }
+
+      final long startTime = clockSource.currentTime();
+      boolean acquired = false;
+      Throwable throwable = new SQLTimeoutException("HikariCP was unable to initialize connections in pool " + poolName);
+      do {
          try (Connection connection = newConnection()) {
+            acquired = true;
             if (!connection.getAutoCommit()) {
                connection.commit();
             }
+            return;
          }
-         catch (Throwable e) {
+         catch (Throwable t) {
-            throw new PoolInitializationException(e);
+            throwable = t;
+            quietlySleep(1000L);
          }
-      }
+      } while (!acquired && clockSource.elapsedMillis(startTime) < config.getInitializationFailTimeout());
+
+      throw new PoolInitializationException(throwable);
    }
 
    private void softEvictConnection(final PoolEntry poolEntry, final String reason, final boolean owner)

src/test/java/com/zaxxer/hikari/pool/TestConnections.java

@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ public class TestConnections
       config.setMaximumPoolSize(2);
       config.setConnectionTimeout(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(3));
       config.setConnectionTestQuery("VALUES 1");
-      config.setInitializationFailFast(false);
+      config.setInitializationFailTimeout(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(2));
       config.setDataSource(stubDataSource);
 
       try (HikariDataSource ds = new HikariDataSource(config); Connection c = ds.getConnection()) {