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DataWeave 2.2 is compatible and bundled with Mule 4.2. This version of Mule reached its End of Life on May 2, 2023, when Extended Support ended.

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MuleSoft recommends that you upgrade to the latest version of Mule 4 that is in Standard Support so that your applications run with the latest fixes and security enhancements.

fail(String): Nothing

Throws an exception with the specified message.

Parameters

Name Description

message

An error message (String).

Example

This example returns a failure message Data was empty because the expression (sizeOf(myVar) <= 0) is true. A shortened version of the error message is shown in the Output section below.

Source

%dw 2.0
import * from dw::Runtime
var result = []
output application/json
---
if(sizeOf(result) <= 0) fail('Data was empty') else result

Output

ERROR 2018-07-29 11:47:44,983 ...
*********************************
Message               : "Data was empty
...