Catch Java Exceptions

[Anonymous]

Hello all,
I desperately try to get a Java (SQL) Exception to be caught by Talend.
I read many posts which say "easy, just put a tLogCatcher". Of course, that won't work...
I tried about anything, without luck (and this should be soooo trivial).
(see picture)
I want to catch any exception/tDie...
This leads to a tJavaRow which uses a message I build with a tMap to put it in a context variable (context.rejectedMessages; String) and sets another context variable to specify it failed.

context.isRejected = true;
context.rejectedMessages += input_row.message;

I tried with a
- tLogCatcher : catches all it can (Java Exception, tDie, tWarn); When I debug, the message in TalendException.printStackTrace() is not there when the component is looped for its messages (???)
(from the generated code)

	private class TalendException extends Exception {
		private java.util.Map<String, Object> globalMap = null;
		private Exception e = null;
		private String currentComponent = null;
		private TalendException(Exception e, String errorComponent,
				final java.util.Map<String, Object> globalMap) {
			this.currentComponent = errorComponent;
			this.globalMap = globalMap;
			this.e = e;
		}
		@Override
		public void printStackTrace() {
			if (!(e instanceof TalendException || e instanceof TDieException)) {
				globalMap.put(currentComponent + "_ERROR_MESSAGE", e
						.getMessage());
				System.err
						.println("Exception in component " + currentComponent);
			}
			if (!(e instanceof TDieException)) {
				if (e instanceof TalendException) {
					e.printStackTrace();
				} else {
					e.printStackTrace();
					e.printStackTrace(errorMessagePS);
				}
			}
			if (!(e instanceof TalendException)) {
				try {
					for (java.lang.reflect.Method m : this.getClass()
							.getEnclosingClass().getMethods()) {
						if (m.getName().compareTo(currentComponent + "_error") == 0) {
							m.invoke(TX_SPAccoContractSupplements2TOST90.this,
									new Object[] { e, currentComponent,
											globalMap });
							break;
						}
					}
					if (!(e instanceof TDieException)) {
						tLogCatcher_1.addMessage("Java Exception",
								currentComponent, 6, e.getClass().getName()
										+ ":" + e.getMessage(), 1);
						tLogCatcher_1Process(globalMap);
					}
				} catch (java.lang.SecurityException e) {
					this.e.printStackTrace();
				} catch (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException e) {
					this.e.printStackTrace();
				} catch (java.lang.IllegalAccessException e) {
					this.e.printStackTrace();
				} catch (java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException e) {
					this.e.printStackTrace();
				} catch (TalendException e) {
					// do nothing
				}
			}
		}
	}

It enters the first "if" and prints out the exception trace; then it enters the "if (!(e instanceof TalendException)) " , finds the "_error" method and runs it;
then in "if (!(e instanceof TDieException))" it adds the java exception ("tLogCatcher_1.addMessage(....)"). Pretty cool, huh.
But at the next line ("tLogCatcher_1Process(globalMap);"), no message is found in this method's loop ==> nothing gets fired :'(
- a PostJob tJava which checks for globalMap.get("xxxx_ERROR_MESSAGE") without any luck :

//check for errors... once again it is hardcoded...
if (globalMap.get("tPrejob_1_ERROR_MESSAGE") != null) {
	context.isRejected = true;
	context.rejectedMessages += "\n" + (String)globalMap.get("tPrejob_1_ERROR_MESSAGE");		
}
if (globalMap.get("tMSSqlConnection_1_ERROR_MESSAGE") != null) {
	context.isRejected = true;
	context.rejectedMessages += "\n" + (String)globalMap.get("tMSSqlConnection_1_ERROR_MESSAGE");		
}
if (globalMap.get("tDB2Connection_1_ERROR_MESSAGE") != null) {
	context.isRejected = true;
	context.rejectedMessages += "\n" + (String)globalMap.get("tDB2Connection_1_ERROR_MESSAGE");		
}
if (globalMap.get("tMSSqlInput_1_ERROR_MESSAGE") != null) {
	context.isRejected = true;
	context.rejectedMessages += "\n" + (String)globalMap.get("tMSSqlInput_1_ERROR_MESSAGE");		
}
if (globalMap.get("tDB2Output_1_ERROR_MESSAGE") != null) {
	context.isRejected = true;
	context.rejectedMessages += "\n" + (String)globalMap.get("tDB2Output_1_ERROR_MESSAGE");	
}

I'm currently desperate.
That job is called by another one.
I see a stack trace of the exception in the console output.
My parent job passes its whole context (works : otherwise the job could not connect to the DB's).

==> is this a bug?
Thank you for any quick (constructive) answer
Cheers,

[Anonymous]

Learning a bit more about the "problem".
When I debug, I check the tLogCatcher_1.getMessages() to see if my message is filled. Appearently, this does remove the messages that are read (correct me if I'm wrong)
==> when the loop uses getMessages, there is nothing anymore...
OK
==> my problem is the one that context variables need to be passed to the parent job via a tBufferOutput
https://community.talend.com/t5/Design-and-Development/resolved-Passing-Context-Variable-from-Child-...
I'll add the workaround to my 25 jobs my main big job which runs them all (and it's not quickly done in Studio, I can tell you).
Feature to add:
- enable IN/OUT for context variables.
- a better documentation/FAQ/........... the info is so unfindable.
Cheers,

PS : sorry for the bad mood, but I am losing so much time in such things since I use Talend that it drives me insane