Posted to this forum as well http://fusesource.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=3256&tstart=0
Where this is already being discussed. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 3:24 PM, rschetti <rschett...@verizon.net> wrote: > Experienced Camel Users, > > I am a relatively new Camel user. I have successfully setup the "happy case" > where Camel (using transactions) is routing messages through multiple JMS > queues. Now it's time to add some error handling... > > I use a UnitOfWork to manage updates to the file system (almost exactly as > described in "Camel in Action" chapter 9). When the Camel route succeeds, I > create a file. When the route fails, the file is deleted. The UnitOfWork > operates as expected when exceptions are thrown from my Processors and > caught by Camel. > > My problems occur when I add onException() to my DSL to catch and handle any > exceptions manually. On an exception, I would like to redirect the errant > message to an "error queue" > > onException(Exception.class).handled(true).to("myErrorQueue").end() > > By stating handled(true), Camel believes that the route was successful, and > the onComplete() method is called on the elements of the UnitOfWork. In my > case, I don't want that to happen, I want the UnitOfWork to call > onFailure(). > > I tried using handled(false). In this case, the onFailure() method was > applied to the elements of the UnitOfWork, but Camel did not route the > errant message to "myErrorQueue". Instead, Camel retried processing the > message 6 times (the default # of retries) and then moved the message to the > DeadLetterQueue. > > So I'm stuck. How can I combine onException() to handle the errors, but > still have the UnitOfWork treat the exceptions as "failures"? > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/Mixing-UnitOfWork-Synchronization-and-onException-Handling-tp4708180p4708180.html > Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- Claus Ibsen ----------------- FuseSource Email: cib...@fusesource.com Web: http://fusesource.com Twitter: davsclaus, fusenews Blog: http://davsclaus.blogspot.com/ Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen/