Name

adams.flow.transformer.StringRangeCut

Synopsis

Cuts out a parts of a string. The cut can be either specified as fixed character positions or as fields from delimited columns.
When cutting multiple ranges, a 'glue' for the sub-strings can be provided.

Additional information

Flow input/output:
- input: java.lang.String, java.lang.String[]
- output: java.lang.String, java.lang.String[]

Options

• loggingLevel
  

  The logging level for outputting errors and debugging output.

  command-line	-logging-level <OFF|SEVERE|WARNING|INFO|CONFIG|FINE|FINER|FINEST>
  default	WARNING
  min-user-mode	Expert

  
  
• name
  

  The name of the actor.

  command-line	-name <java.lang.String>
  default	StringRangeCut

  
  
• annotations
  

  The annotations to attach to this actor.

  command-line	-annotation <adams.core.base.BaseAnnotation>
  default

  
  
• skip
  

  If set to true, transformation is skipped and the input token is just forwarded as it is.

  command-line	-skip <boolean>
  default	false

  
  
• stopFlowOnError
  

  If set to true, the flow execution at this level gets stopped in case this actor encounters an error; the error gets propagated; useful for critical actors.

  command-line	-stop-flow-on-error <boolean>
  default	false
  min-user-mode	Expert

  
  
• silent
  

  If enabled, then no errors are output in the console; Note: the enclosing actor handler must have this enabled as well.

  command-line	-silent <boolean>
  default	false
  min-user-mode	Expert

  
  
• type
  

  The type of cut operation to perform.

  command-line	-type <CHARACTER_POSITIONS|DELIMITED_FIELDS>
  default	CHARACTER_POSITIONS

  
  
• range
  

  The range of characters or fields to cut out.

  command-line	-range <adams.core.Range>
  default	1
  example	A range is a comma-separated list of single 1-based indices or sub-ranges of indices ('start-end'); 'inv(...)' inverts the range '...'; the following placeholders can be used as well: first, second, third, last_2, last_1, last

  
  
• delimiter
  

  The delimiter to use in case of DELIMITED_FIELDS; \t gets automatically converted into its character counterpart.

  command-line	-delimiter <java.lang.String>
  default	\\t

  
  
• glue
  

  The 'glue' string to use for joining the sub-strings from the ranges; e.g., \t gets automatically converted into its character counterpart.

  command-line	-glue <java.lang.String>
  default