Using the Recursive Feature

Rewriter uses the recursive feature to search to the end of the matched string pattern for the same pattern.

For example, when Rewriter parses the following string:

<a href="src=abc.jpg,src=bcd.jpg,src=xyz.jpg>

the rule

<Attribute name="href" valuePatterns="*src=**"/>

rewrites only the first occurrence of the pattern, which would look like this:

<a href="src=http://jane.sun.com/abc.jpg>

If you use the recursive option

<Attribute name="href" valuePatterns="REC:*src=**"/>;

Rewriter searches to the end of the matched string pattern for the same pattern, so the output would be:

<a href="src=http://jane.sun.com/abc.jpg,src=http://jane.sun.com/bcd.jpg,src=http://jane.sun.com/xyz.jpg>