From f0b58959c6bed80b2e13ac9413f6cea281283f28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Troy Ronda <troy@troyronda.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 20:27:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [FAB-8769] Remove channel.Close

Change-Id: I7084b1a4a2ecafa0b131f95e5430a3a86a93a22d
Signed-off-by: Troy Ronda <troy@troyronda.com>
---
 pkg/client/channel/chclient.go      | 8 --------
 pkg/client/channel/chclient_test.go | 2 --
 2 files changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/client/channel/chclient.go b/pkg/client/channel/chclient.go
index da25ecbaf1..cd9eb02aad 100644
--- a/pkg/client/channel/chclient.go
+++ b/pkg/client/channel/chclient.go
@@ -239,14 +239,6 @@ func (cc *Client) addDefaultTimeout(timeOutType core.TimeoutType, options ...Opt
 	return options
 }
 
-// Close ...
-// TODO: This function should probably be deprecated since all
-// resources (including caches) are on the providers and will
-// be freed when Close() is called on the SDK.
-func (cc *Client) Close() error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // RegisterChaincodeEvent registers chain code event
 // @param {chan bool} channel which receives event details when the event is complete
 // @returns {object} object handle that should be used to unregister
diff --git a/pkg/client/channel/chclient_test.go b/pkg/client/channel/chclient_test.go
index 9aca433425..c602dcdac3 100644
--- a/pkg/client/channel/chclient_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/channel/chclient_test.go
@@ -365,8 +365,6 @@ func TestOrdererStatusError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualValues(t, status.ConnectionFailed, status.ToSDKStatusCode(statusError.Code))
 	assert.Equal(t, status.OrdererClientStatus, statusError.Group)
 	assert.Equal(t, testErrorMessage, statusError.Message, "Expected response message from server")
-
-	chClient.Close()
 }
 
 func TestTransactionValidationError(t *testing.T) {