Apache Camel - Exception is not catched - apache-camel

Question

I read the corresponding documentation but I couldn't figure out why my Exception is not catched.
This is my route configuration:
<route id="foo">
<from uri="vm://.../>
<doTry>
<to uri="jetty:http://127.0.0.1:123/foo?restletMethod=PUT"/>
<to uri="ejb:java:global/..?method=method1(${body}, ${headers})"/>
<to uri="ejb:java:global/..?method=method2(${body}, ${headers})"/>
<doCatch>
<exception>java.lang.Exception</exception>
<transform>
<simple> ${exception.message} </simple>
</transform>
<to uri="smtp://... />
</doCatch>
</doTry>
</route>
Now when the JettyClient is not reachable a org.apache.camel.CamelExchangeException is thrown,
the route terminates and I receive an email. This is the desired behaviour.
But when method1 throws an exception it is not catched, hence the route continues and
I don't receive an email.
How can I make camel recognize and handle the exception in the second case too?
Solution: Make sure the exception isn't thrown inside a try-catch block -.-

Answer 1

This is stated in the documentation:
http://camel.apache.org/try-catch-finally.html
Camel error handling is disabled
When using doTry .. doCatch .. doFinally then the regular Camel Error
Handler does not apply. That means any onException or the likes does
not trigger. The reason is that doTry .. doCatch .. doFinally is in
fact its own error handler and that it aims to mimic and work like how
try/catch/finally works in Java.
You are probably better off to write it like this:
.doCatch(Exception.class)
// and catch all other exceptions
// they are handled by default (ie handled = true)
.to("direct:error")
In direct:error you can specify what to do in case something goes wrong.