topic Re: Problem of sending email within try block in Alfresco Archive

Problem of sending email within try block

gordon_liang — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 18:54:20 GMT

I wrote a javascript to invoke after a document is created in a folder (through the rule). In this script, I tried to send an email. I put "mail.execute(document)" in the try block, so that it can catch the exception when sending an email (like connection issue to SMTP server, or email address error

Re: Problem of sending email within try block

rjohnson — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:16:00 GMT

I have never managed to use try / catch is a JavaScripr rule effectively. it does some very odd things. In my experience the error is always reported despite the try / catch and the transaction rolled back.

Re: Problem of sending email within try block

darkredd — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:44:40 GMT

Hi,

I have not tried try/catch on a rule before, so I can't comment on that. However, if all you want is to propagate an error when there is a problem with executing the mail; try the following:

mail.parameters.ignore_send_failure = false;‍

Essentially, this says if the mail actions runs into a problem roll back and report on the logs.
It has always worked for me, though I have only done it outside of a rule.

Re: Problem of sending email within try block

gordon_liang — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 04:06:09 GMT

Thanks for the comments. I just realized the rule of exception handling within the javascript of Alfresco. The try/catch block looks like runnig well in the script, however the error is not ignored by the Alfresco rule. Looks like this is a design intention of the Alfresco rules, though it would be weird to me.

As for the ignore_send_failure parameter… Actually what I want is NOT to propagate an error when sending an email. Because I would like the creation of document be success anyway, no matter whether a mail is sent properly or not. Furthermore, the mail would be sent to a couple of users. If the mail address of one user is not right, it doesn't make sense to stop sending to the other users… In this case, shall I set it to ignore_send_failure = true?

BTW, where to find the official documents of the send mail action? In the doc of Alfresco, I can only find the high level documentation of actions but not the specific ones.