String Replace Filter

Overview

The String Replace filter enables you to replace all or part of the value of a specified message attribute. You can use this filter to replace any specified string or substring in a message attribute. For example, changing the from attribute in an email, or changing all or part of a URL.

Configuration

To configure the String Replace filter, specify the following fields:

Name Name of the filter to be displayed in a policy. Defaults to String Replace. This field is required.
Message Attribute Select the name of the message attribute to be replaced from the list. This is required. If this is not specified, a MissingPropertyException is thrown, which results in a CircuitAbortException.
Specify Destination Attribute By default, the value of the specified Message Attribute is both the source and destination, and is therefore overwritten. If you wish to specify a different destination attribute, select this checkbox to enable the Destination Attribute field, and select a value from the drop-down list.
Replacement String The string used to replace the value of the specified source attribute. You can specify this as a selector, which is expanded to the specified value at runtime (for example, ${http.request.uri}). This is a required field if you specify the Specify Destination Attribute.
Straight A match string used to search the value of the specified source attribute. You can specify this as a selector, which is expanded to the specified value at runtime. If a straight (exact) match is found, it is replaced with the specified Replacement String.
Regexp A match string, specified as a regular expression, used to search the value of the specified source attribute. You can specify this as a selector, which is expanded to the specified attribute value at runtime. If a match is found, it is replaced with the specified Replacement String. For more details on selectors, see Selecting Configuration Values at Runtime.
First Match If a match is found, only replace the first occurrence.
All Matches If a match is found, replace all occurrences.


[Note] Note

The possible paths available through this filter are True (even if no replacement takes place), and CircuitAbort. Under certain circumstances, if the Replacement String contains a selector, a MissingPropertyException can occur, which results in a CircuitAbortException.