Accessing container element in the User Defined Function

Question

Hi All,
I am accessing a container element in the user defined function.
But it is not working. Actually i want to split a message(1800 records) into a batch of 200.
But it goes in a infinite loop.
Please can you tell me where i am wrong.
Smita
The code is :
public void SplitMsg(String[] a,ResultList result,Container container){
Object container1;
String counter;
int i,j=0;
container1 = container.getParameter("value");
if( container1 == null){
counter  =  "0";
else {     
     counter = container.toString();
     j = Integer.valueOf(counter).intValue();
for ( i = j ; i <= j + 199 ; i++){
     if ( i  >= a.length){
          container.setParameter("value","9999999");
          break;
     result.addValue(a<i>);
     j += 200;
     counter = Integer.toString(j);
     container.setParameter("value", counter);

Answer 1

Here is another way to accomplish what you wanted.
For the target mapping, use this sequence for mapping
Source element -> removeContext -> Your User-defined Function -> Target Element
When defining User-Defined Function, select "Cache Queue" option.
Since you are using removeContext before calling the UserDefined function, your input to the user defined function will be a String array without ResultList.CC.
Now manipulate the array the way you want it, and build the ResultList result.
After every 200 records, use method
void addContextChange().
This will insert the ResultList.CC at the appropriate places.
Use Display Queue in the Mapping Editor to see the debug values.