lib/harvestdor-indexer.rb in harvestdor-indexer-0.0.10 vs lib/harvestdor-indexer.rb in harvestdor-indexer-0.0.11

@@ -80,17 +80,18 @@
 
     #add the document to solr, retry if an error occurs
     def solr_add(doc, id, do_retry=true)
       #if do_retry is false, skip retrying 
       tries=do_retry ? 0 : 999
-      while tries < @max_retries
+      max_tries=@max_retries ? @max_retries : 5 #if @max_retries isn't set, use 5
+      while tries < max_tries
       begin
         tries+=1
         solr_client.add(doc)
         #return if successful
         return
       rescue => e
-        if tries<@max_retries
+        if tries<max_tries
           logger.warn "#{id}: #{e.message}, retrying"
         else
           @error_count+=1
           logger.error "Failed saving #{id}: #{e.message}"
           logger.error e.backtrace