question: private boolean processNotification ( Notification notification , BigInteger historyId , Metric metric , Alert alert , EntityManager em ) { if ( ! shouldEvaluateNotification ( notification , historyId ) ) { return true ; } String logMessage = null ; if ( notification . isActive ( ) && notification . getFiredTrigger ( ) != null ) { Long triggerFiredTime = getTriggerFiredDatapointTime ( notification . getFiredTrigger ( ) , metric ) ; if ( triggerFiredTime == null ) { clearNotification ( notification . getFiredTrigger ( ) , metric , historyId , notification , em , alert ) ; } } try { if ( ! notification . onCooldown ( ) ) { for ( Trigger trigger : notification . getTriggers ( ) ) { boolean triggerFired = evaluateTrigger ( trigger , metric , historyId , notification , em , alert ) ; if ( triggerFired ) { break ; } } } else { logMessage = MessageFormat . format ( "The notification {0} is on cooldown until {1}." , notification . getName ( ) , getDateMMDDYYYY ( notification . getCooldownExpiration ( ) ) ) ; _logger . info ( logMessage ) ; appendMessageNUpdateHistory ( historyId , logMessage , null , 0 , 0 ) ; } } catch ( Exception ex ) { logMessage = MessageFormat . format ( "Exception occured while processing the notification: {0}. Reason: {1}" , notification . getName ( ) , ex . toString ( ) ) ; _logger . warn ( "Exception occured while processing the notification: {}. Reason: {}" , notification , ex . toString ( ) ) ; appendMessageNUpdateHistory ( historyId , logMessage , null , 0 , 0 ) ; return false ; } return true ; }
target:  Evaluates all triggers associated with the notification and updates the job history.