I've been getting the "raw" connection from the hub (via hub.getConnection().getConnection()) and invoking "ping()" in actions before using the database; if the connection is no longer in place, it will reconnect with the last provided connection settings.
Great, I've stuffed this into my application and hopefully it will do the trick. Thanks very much!
I'd love to share the project but unfortunately it's a back-end application. I'm not quite brave enough to deploy alpha software on a public-facing commercial site. :)
--Liza
