Understanding the Business Rules Method Palette

Node Methods

Node methods allow you to manipulate node data. To display a complete list of available nodes methods, click Nodes and then click Settings.

Table 5 Nodes Methods

Description 

The count method returns the number of nodes in the node-set contained in node-set1.

The get BPid method returns the business process instance ID.

The get current time method returns the current time in ISO 8601 format (for example, 2003-08-15T02:03:49.92Z).

The get GUID method returns a randomly generated globally unique ID.

The get local time method returns the local time in ISO 8601 format (for example, 2003-08-15T02:03:49.92Z).

The id method returns a node-set of elements selected by the unique ID specified in object1.

The last method returns the position number of the last node in the processed node list.

The local name method returns the local part of the first node in node-set1. A node usually consists of a prefix and a colon, followed by the local name.

The name method returns the name of the first node in node-set1.

The namespace url method returns the namespace URL of the first node in node-set1.

The position method returns the position in the node list of the node that is currently being processed