From 9b5a57872c3adcd3b46e8b8100a2cfc7eaf58b2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Wells <jason.wells@nuix.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:26:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] custom exporter calls to clear were messing with stable date
 placeholders, now captures at start of exportItems

---
 .../java/com/nuix/superutilities/export/CustomExporter.java | 6 ++++--
 .../com/nuix/superutilities/misc/PlaceholderResolver.java   | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Java/SuperUtilities/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/export/CustomExporter.java b/Java/SuperUtilities/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/export/CustomExporter.java
index d75d8be..4f8a21a 100644
--- a/Java/SuperUtilities/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/export/CustomExporter.java
+++ b/Java/SuperUtilities/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/export/CustomExporter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import nuix.*;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
+import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -377,6 +378,7 @@ public void exportItems(Case nuixCase, String exportDirectory, List<Item> items)
      * @throws Exception If something goes wrong
      */
     public void exportItems(Case nuixCase, File exportDirectory, List<Item> items) throws Exception {
+        DateTime exportStart = DateTime.now(); // Used by PlaceholderResolver.setStandardValues
         Utilities util = SuperUtilities.getInstance().getNuixUtilities();
         File exportTempDirectory = new File(exportDirectory, "_TEMP_");
         BatchExporter exporter = util.createBatchExporter(exportTempDirectory);
@@ -475,7 +477,7 @@ public void itemProcessed(ItemEventInfo info) {
 
             // Used to resolve naming templates to final path structure
             PlaceholderResolver resolver = new PlaceholderResolver();
-            resolver.setStandardValues();
+            resolver.setStandardValues(exportStart);
             resolver.setFromCase(nuixCase);
 
             // Tracks old relative path and new relative path so that OPT file can be updated
@@ -546,7 +548,7 @@ public void accept(LinkedHashMap<String, String> record) {
                             resolver.clear();
                             resolver.setPath("export_directory", exportDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
                             resolver.setFromItem(currentItem);
-                            resolver.setStandardValues();
+                            resolver.setStandardValues(exportStart);
                             resolver.setFromCase(nuixCase);
 
                             // Restructure text files if we have them
diff --git a/Java/SuperUtilities/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/misc/PlaceholderResolver.java b/Java/SuperUtilities/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/misc/PlaceholderResolver.java
index 3e194c3..6cc1b3b 100644
--- a/Java/SuperUtilities/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/misc/PlaceholderResolver.java
+++ b/Java/SuperUtilities/src/main/java/com/nuix/superutilities/misc/PlaceholderResolver.java
@@ -134,8 +134,10 @@ public void setFromItem(Item item) {
      * <code>{date_day}</code> - The datetime of invocation, as 2 digit day of the month<br>
      * <code>{nuix_version}</code> - The Nuix version as defined in <code>NUIX_VERSION</code><br>
      */
-    public void setStandardValues() {
-        DateTime now = DateTime.now();
+    public void setStandardValues(DateTime now) {
+        if(now == null) {
+            now = DateTime.now();
+        }
         set("date_short", now.toString("YYYYMMdd"));
         set("date_long", now.toString("YYYYMMdd-HHmmss"));
         set("date_year", now.toString("YYYY"));