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<document>
<properties>
<title>Apache Synapse - XPath Functions and Variables</title>
</properties>
<body>
<section name="Introduction" id="Intro">
<p>
Apache Synapse supports standard XPath functions and variables through its
underlying XPath
engine. Apart from standard XPath functions, there are several custom XPath
functions
and variables defined by Synapse to retrieve various message context properties.
</p>
</section>
<section name="Contents">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#functions">Functions</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#get_prop">get-property</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#get_prop">base64Encode</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#var">Variables</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#axis2">axis2</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#trp">trp</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#ctx">ctx</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#url">url</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#body">body</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="#header">header</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section name="Custom Functions" id="functions">
<subsection name="get-property function" id="get_prop">
<p>
Get property function retrieves a property from the message context at the given
scope.
If the scope is not specified, property is retrieved from the default synapse
scope.
</p>
<p>Syntax:</p>
<div class="xmlConf">get-property(String scope, String propertyName)
get-property(String propertyName)</div>
<h4>
Supported Scopes
</h4>
<ul>
<li>default</li>
<li>axis2</li>
<li>transport</li>
<li>registry</li>
<li>system</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="default_scope">Default scope</h4>
<p>
Message context properties residing in Synapse scope can be retrieved from the
default scope. These are the properties directly set on the Synapse MessageContext
instance.
Apart from user defined properties, following special properties can also be
retrieved from the default scope.
</p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Return Value</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>To</td>
<td>Incoming URL as a String or empty string if a To address is
not defined.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>From</td>
<td>From address as a String or empty string if a From address
is not defined
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Action</td>
<td>SOAP Action header value as a String or empty string
if a Action is not defined
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>FaultTo</td>
<td>SOAP FautTo header value as a String or empty string if a
FaultTo address is not defined
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ReplyTo</td>
<td>ReplyTo header value as a String or empty string if a
ReplyTo address is not defined
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MessageID</td>
<td>A unique identifier (UUID) for the message as a String .
This id is guaranteed to be unique.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>FAULT</td>
<td>TRUE if the message has a fault or empty string if message doesn't
have a
fault
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MESSAGE_FORMAT</td>
<td>Returns pox, get, soap11, soap12 depending on the message. If a
message type
is unknown this returns soap12
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>OperationName</td>
<td>Operation name corresponding to the message.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h4 id="axis2_scope">Axis2 scope</h4>
<p>
Message context properties residing in axis2 scope can be retrieved from the axis2
scope. These are the properties set on the underlying Axis2 MessageContext object.
</p>
<h4 id="transport_scope">Transport scope</h4>
<p>
Message context properties residing in transport scope can be retrieved from the
transport scope. These are the transport headers set on the MessageContext.
</p>
<h4 id="reg_scope">Registry scope</h4>
<p>Properties residing in registry can be retrieved from the registry scope.</p>
<h4 id="system_scope">System scope</h4>
<p>Java System properties can be retrieved from the system scope.</p>
</subsection>
<subsection name="base64Encode function" id="base64">
<p>Returns the base64 encoded value of the argument.</p>
<p>Syntax:</p>
<div class="xmlConf">base64Encode(String value)</div>
</subsection>
</section>
<section name="Variables" id="var">
<p>There are several XPath variables supported by Synapse. These are used for
accessing
various
properties from the message context
</p>
<ul>
<li>$axis2</li>
<li>$trp</li>
<li>$ctx</li>
<li>$url</li>
<li>$body</li>
<li>$header</li>
</ul>
<p>These XPath variables get the properties at various scopes.</p>
<h4 id="ctx">$ctx</h4>
<p>Variable prefix for accessing the MessageContext properties in default scope.</p>
<p>i.e To get the property named 'foo' at the default scope use the following XPath
expression
</p>
<div class="xmlConf">$ctx:foo</div>
<h4 id="axis2">$axis2</h4>
<p>Variable prefix for accessing the axis2 MessageContext properties</p>
<p>i.e. To get the property named 'messageType' use the following XPath expression</p>
<div class="xmlConf">$axis2:messageType</div>
<h4 id="trp">$trp</h4>
<p>Variable prefix for accessing transport headers of the message</p>
<p>i.e. To get the transport header named Content-Type use the following XPath
expression
</p>
<div class="xmlConf">$trp:Content-Type</div>
<h4 id="url">$url</h4>
<p>Variable prefix for accessing URL parameters of the message</p>
<p>i.e. To get the URL parameter named 'bar' use the following XPth expression</p>
<div class="xmlConf">$url:bar</div>
<h4 id="body">$body</h4>
<p>Get the message body</p>
<h4 id="header">$header</h4>
<p>Get the soap header</p>
</section>
</body>
</document>