unique permalinks

gistfile1.txt

Boolean agentSuccessfullyUpdated = false;
Integer attempt = 1;
while (agentSuccessfullyUpdated == false) {

    try {
        dbCollection.update(new BasicDBObject(agentMuw.getQuery()), new BasicDBObject(agentMuw.getModifiers()), agentMuw.isUpsert(), agentMuw.isMultiUpdate());
        agentSuccessfullyUpdated = true;
        agentDbObjectForList.put("permalink", permalink);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
        
        //remove the old int from end of string (-1)
        permalink = permalink.replaceAll("([-][\\d])+$", "");
        
        //create the new permalink with the incremented value
        permalink = permalink+"-"+attempt;
        
        //reset the permalink in the DBObject
        agentSetOnInsert.put("permalink", permalink);
        
        //update the permalink value
        agentUpdate.put("$setOnInsert", agentSetOnInsert);
        
        //reset the writable object
        agentMuw = new MongoUpdateWritable(agentQuery, agentUpdate, true, false);
        
        //increment the attempt
        attempt++;
    }
}