So after a lot of debugging I managed to make it "compile and run".
Let me vent here a little bit and rant about Java: Errors in Java are an
abomination and whoever thought that any of these extremely verbose but
content-deflated debugging outputs are of any use to anyone trying to find the
problem as fast as possible should get publicly flailed. </rant>
Having said that, I have found out a little about the way javascript works in
JSC and I am writing this here, so other people might use it as a reference:
- Of course, functions defined in an external js-file _can_ have
arguments, so you can pass variables from beans within lsc.xml, i.e.
js:generateEduPersonAffiliation(srcBean.getDatasetValuesById("eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation"))
- The javascript usable is a pretty standard one, so don't expect
fancy and/or new functions. Suffice it to say, the javascript is dependent on
your Java installed, so there you are. As an advice, the more basic your
javascript code, the better. Trust me, some error outputs can be extremely
misleading and won't help you debug the problem. Better keep that in mind and
keep your code simple.
- Most interestingly: Not everything you code in your js-file will be
javascript! Some can be Java! For instance, in the above example
srcBean.getDatasetValuesById("eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation") will return a
Java-Array (thus you have to use Java-Methods), even though you use it in
javascript. Keep that in mind!
Hope that helps another person at some point.
All the best,
Alex.
Von: lsc-users [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von
Alexander Herr
Gesendet: Friday, 16 June 2017 16:40
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Betreff: [lsc-users] Syntax error if using external javascript-file
So I have to use more complicated scripts for synchronizing from OpenLDAP to
AD, thus I externalized the javascript logic into an external file, as
described here:
https://lsc-project.org/documentation/2.1/scripting/start
However, once I use the <scriptInclude> markup (and it picks up my file),
previous scripts stop working and I get a "syntax error" exception. This is
weird!
I also tried moving the failing parts themselves into the external js-file, but
that does not make it work either.
One thing I noticed though: In the documentation, the test() function in the
example does not receive arguments. Are arguments supported for functions in
external js-files?
Any other idea, why this isn't working?
All the best,
Alex.
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