Question
Java function works in Eclipse but not in Pega 7.1.7
Hi there,
I created a Java method in Pega which finds and replaces the date for "Current Date" within a text (String). Everything is working fine as long as I am using as an input for the function a simple text.
During runtime when the method gets called it should replace the date for "Current Date" within a HTML code. In this situation the date gets not replaced in Pega (the function works then still fine in Eclipse).
My java function:
String regexPattern = "Current Date: [0-9]?{6}";
java.util.regex.Pattern myPattern = java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(regexPattern);
java.util.regex.Matcher myMatch = myPattern.matcher(originText);
return myMatch.replaceAll("Current Date: " + replacementText);
I guess that there could be a problem with one of the characters of the HTML code in Pega.
Has anyone a suggestion how to solve this issue?
Many thanks in advance and regards,
Manuela
What are the variables originText and replacementText in your java code? Are these parameters passed to function?
Could you give an sample of input you are giving and output you are expecting?
If you have nit already tried, having debug logs of input would clarify if it is issue with characters of HTML code in Pega.
Murali...
Usage of the variables and their value:
Input of the function:
originText: contains the HTML code
(sample:
<strong>Reference:</strong> DE115507<br />
< strong>Name</strong> AARE0020<br />
< strong>Order Due Date: </strong><br /> )
replacementText: contains the new value for Current Date
(sample: 020216)
Actual Output:
(sample:
<strong>Reference:</strong> DE115507<br />
< strong>Name</strong> AARE0020<br />
< strong>Order Due Date: </strong><br /> )
Expected output of the function:
(sample:
<strong>Reference:</strong> DE115507<br />
< strong>Name</strong> AARE0020<br />
< strong>Order Due Date: </strong> 020216<br /> )
From the sample provided, as you said, due to HTML style tags in the input text, no matches are being found by regex. When you have tested this in Eclipse are you passing the input text exactly same as the sample provided here? If it is the case it should not have worked even in Eclipse also.
One workaround could be including zero or more HTML tags in your regex pattern (something like Current Date: ((<\/.*>)*) ([0-9]{6}) ). But this removes the HTML tags in between 'Current Date' string and the current date value. Not sure if this works for your scenario. Or is there a way to retain HTML tags, not sure!
Would be interesting to know how you are getting this input text having HTML code? Is it from control and then calling function to replace?
Murali...
The input in eclipse is exactly the same and there somehow it works. I will give it a try to add HTML tags in the regex pattern (thanks for the hint).
The text is originally present in a correspondence rule as a html code and is used as an input for an activity. The activity modifies some variables and then stores the output in a property of a text area. In some cases some information within the text area can change and needs to be updated. Once a value has changed a data transform gets triggered which calls the java function and assigns the result of the function to the property of the text area.
Everything works fine except a HTML code is used as an input for the java function.
did you try my suggestion? You isolate the issue by writing the java step passing the non-working input string to see if it works first. If it does not (which seems to be your case), no the environment difference is at fault (versus eclipse environment) and we can go from there.
I suggest you compile your code in a standalone java class and run under the same JRE of your pega 7.1.7 instance. Your eclipse JRE might be different from that of the Pega 7.1.7. If your test yields the same result as that of the java step, then the difference in runtime might be at fault. We can then debug further based on the outcome of your test.