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package org.xwiki.velocity.introspection;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;

import org.apache.velocity.context.InternalContextAdapter;
import org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException;
import org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException;
import org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException;
import org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Directive;
import org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.Node;

/**
 * Allows catching exception from Velocity. Example usage:
 * <pre>
 * {@code #try()
 *   ...
 *   #end
 *
 *   ## At this stage $exception contains the exception if any has been thrown.
 *   ## It can be tested like this:
 *   #if ("$!exception" != '')
 *     ## An exception has been thrown
 *   #end}
 * </pre>
 *
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 6.3M1
 */
public class TryCatchDirective extends Directive
{
    @Override
    public String getName()
    {
        return "try";
    }

    @Override
    public int getType()
    {
        return BLOCK;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean render(InternalContextAdapter context, Writer writer, Node node)
        throws IOException, ResourceNotFoundException, ParseErrorException, MethodInvocationException
    {
        try {
            return node.jjtGetChild(0).render(context, writer);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // Save the exception in the $exception velocity context variable
            context.put("exception", e);
            return true;
        }
    }
}

@@ -2117,16 +2117,114 @@
   try %7B%0A
+            // Make sure to clear any previous exception%0A            context.remove(%22exception%22);%0A
         

Add ability to catch exception from velocity scripts * Reset XWiki Context so that no "exception" value remains in it.