<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"></meta><title>SplitContent</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../css/component-usage.css" type="text/css"></link></head><script type="text/javascript">window.onload = function(){if(self==top) { document.getElementById('nameHeader').style.display = "inherit"; } }</script><body><h1 id="nameHeader" style="display: none;">SplitContent</h1><h2>Description: </h2><p>Splits incoming FlowFiles by a specified byte sequence</p><h3>Tags: </h3><p>content, split, binary</p><h3>Properties: </h3><p>In the list below, the names of required properties appear in <strong>bold</strong>. Any other properties (not in bold) are considered optional. The table also indicates any default values.</p><table id="properties"><tr><th>Display Name</th><th>API Name</th><th>Default Value</th><th>Allowable Values</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td id="name"><strong>Byte Sequence Format</strong></td><td>Byte Sequence Format</td><td id="default-value">Hexadecimal</td><td id="allowable-values"><ul><li>Hexadecimal <img src="../../../../../html/images/iconInfo.png" alt="The Byte Sequence will be interpreted as a hexadecimal representation of bytes" title="The Byte Sequence will be interpreted as a hexadecimal representation of bytes"></img></li><li>Text <img src="../../../../../html/images/iconInfo.png" alt="The Byte Sequence will be interpreted as UTF-8 Encoded text" title="The Byte Sequence will be interpreted as UTF-8 Encoded text"></img></li></ul></td><td id="description">Specifies how the &lt;Byte Sequence&gt; property should be interpreted</td></tr><tr><td id="name"><strong>Byte Sequence</strong></td><td>Byte Sequence</td><td></td><td id="allowable-values"></td><td id="description">A representation of bytes to look for and upon which to split the source file into separate files</td></tr><tr><td id="name"><strong>Keep Byte Sequence</strong></td><td>Keep Byte Sequence</td><td id="default-value">false</td><td id="allowable-values"><ul><li>true</li><li>false</li></ul></td><td id="description">Determines whether or not the Byte Sequence should be included with each Split</td></tr><tr><td id="name"><strong>Byte Sequence Location</strong></td><td>Byte Sequence Location</td><td id="default-value">Trailing</td><td id="allowable-values"><ul><li>Trailing <img src="../../../../../html/images/iconInfo.png" alt="Keep the Byte Sequence at the end of the first split if &lt;Keep Byte Sequence&gt; is true" title="Keep the Byte Sequence at the end of the first split if &lt;Keep Byte Sequence&gt; is true"></img></li><li>Leading <img src="../../../../../html/images/iconInfo.png" alt="Keep the Byte Sequence at the beginning of the second split if &lt;Keep Byte Sequence&gt; is true" title="Keep the Byte Sequence at the beginning of the second split if &lt;Keep Byte Sequence&gt; is true"></img></li></ul></td><td id="description">If &lt;Keep Byte Sequence&gt; is set to true, specifies whether the byte sequence should be added to the end of the first split or the beginning of the second; if &lt;Keep Byte Sequence&gt; is false, this property is ignored.</td></tr></table><h3>Relationships: </h3><table id="relationships"><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>splits</td><td>All Splits will be routed to the splits relationship</td></tr><tr><td>original</td><td>The original file</td></tr></table><h3>Reads Attributes: </h3>None specified.<h3>Writes Attributes: </h3><table id="writes-attributes"><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>fragment.identifier</td><td>All split FlowFiles produced from the same parent FlowFile will have the same randomly generated UUID added for this attribute</td></tr><tr><td>fragment.index</td><td>A one-up number that indicates the ordering of the split FlowFiles that were created from a single parent FlowFile</td></tr><tr><td>fragment.count</td><td>The number of split FlowFiles generated from the parent FlowFile</td></tr><tr><td>segment.original.filename </td><td>The filename of the parent FlowFile</td></tr></table><h3>State management: </h3>This component does not store state.<h3>Restricted: </h3>This component is not restricted.<h3>Input requirement: </h3>This component requires an incoming relationship.<h3>System Resource Considerations:</h3><table id="system-resource-considerations"><tr><th>Resource</th><th>Description</th></tr><tr><td>MEMORY</td><td>The FlowFile with its attributes is stored in memory, not the content of the FlowFile. If many splits are generated due to the size of the content, or how the content is configured to be split, a two-phase approach may be necessary to avoid excessive use of memory.</td></tr></table><h3>See Also:</h3><p><a href="../org.apache.nifi.processors.standard.MergeContent/index.html">MergeContent</a></p></body></html>