Parameter expressions

Value

Expression of the type ${NAME} will be expanded with the runtime value of the NAME variable. This will alse work with references. You could use syntax in the form of ${@NAME} and expand the value of a variable the NAME reference points to,

Macros

1. {SPACE} - Expands into a space.
2. {TAB} - Expands into a tab: \t.
3. {LF} - Expands into a line feed: \n.
4. {CR} - Expands into a carriage return - \r.
5. {NL} - Expands into new line: System.getProperty("line.separator").
6. {CDATE} - Expands into current date: new Date().toString().
7. {CTIME} - Expands into current time: new Date().toString().
8. {TIMESTAMP} - Expands into timestamp: System.currentTimeMillis().

Reference

You can reference a parameter name by using the @ symbol:

PARSE_CONTENT.input = @xfer

At some point there shpoul be a definition:

# properties
xfer = xfer

Links

• How to provide parameter values from the command line?

• ExpandStringStage
• ContextUtils.expand
• ContextUtils.resolveSettingValue