37.49 REPLACE_SUBSTITUTIONS Function

This function replaces any &ITEM. substitution references with their actual value. If p_escape is set to TRUE, any special characters contained in the value of the referenced item are escaped to prevent Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Syntax

APEX_PLUGIN_UTIL.REPLACE_SUBSTITUTIONS (
    p_value    IN VARCHAR2,
    p_escape   IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE )
    RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 37-68 REPLACE_SUBSTITUTION Parameters

Parameter	Description
p_value	This value is a string which can contain several &ITEM. references which are replaced by their actual page item values.
p_escape	If set to TRUE any special characters contained in the value of the referenced item are escaped to prevent Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. If set to FALSE, the referenced items are not escaped.

Example

The following example replaces any substitution syntax references in the region plug-in attribute 05 with their actual values. Any special characters in the values are escaped.

l_advanced_formatting  := apex_plugin_util.replace_substitutions (
                              p_value => p_region.attribute_05,
                              p_escape => true );