Property Mediator

The Property Mediator has no direct impact on the message, but rather on the message context flowing through Synapse. You can retrieve the properties set on a message later through the Synapse XPath Variables or the get-property() extension function. A property can have a defined scope for which it is valid. If a property has no defined scope, it defaults to the Synapse message context scope. Using the property element with the action specified as remove, you can remove any existing message context properties.

The Property mediator is a conditionally content aware mediator.

Syntax

<property name="string" [action=set|remove] [type="string"] (value="literal" | expression="xpath") [scope=default|transport|axis2|axis2-client] [pattern="regex" [group="integer"]]>
    <xml-element/>?
</property>

UI configuration

The parameters available for configuring the Property mediator are as follows:

Parameter Name	Description
Name	A name for the property.
Action	The action to be performed for the property. Set: If this is selected, the property will be set in the message context. Remove: If this is selected, the property will be removed from the message context.
Set Action As	The possible values for this parameter are as follows: Value: If this is selected, a static value would be considered as the property value and this value should be entered in the Value parameter. Expression: If this is selected, the property value will be determined during mediation by evaluating an expression. This expression should be entered in the Expression parameter.
Type	The data type for the property. Property mediator will handle the property as a property of selected type. Available values are as follows. STRING INTEGER BOOLEAN DOUBLE FLOAT LONG SHORT OM String is the default type. The `OM` type is used to set xml property values on the message context. This is useful when the expression associated with the property mediator evaluates to an XML node during mediation. When the `OM` type is used, the XML is converted to an AXIOM OMElement before it is assigned to a property.
Value	If the Value option is selected for the Set Action As parameter, the property value should be entered as a constant in this parameter.
Expression	If the Expression option is selected for the Set Action As parameter, the expression which determines the property value should be entered in this parameter. This expression can be an XPath expression or a JSONPath expression. When specifying a JSONPath, use the format `json-eval(<JSON_PATH>)`, such as `json-eval(getQuote.request.symbol)`. In both XPath and JSONPath expressions, you can return the value of another property by calling `get-property(property-name)`. For example, you might create a property called `JSON_PATH` of which the value is `json-eval(pizza.toppings)`, and then you could create another property called `JSON_PRINT` of which the value is `get-property('JSON_PATH')`, allowing you to use the value of the JSON_PATH property in the JSON_PRINT property. For more information on using JSON with the EI, see JSON Support. You can click NameSpaces to add namespaces if you are providing an expression. Then the Namespace Editor panel would appear where you can provide any number of namespace prefixes and URLs used in the XPath expression.
Pattern	This parameter is used to enter a regular expression that will be evaluated against the value of the property or result of the XPath/JSON Path expression.
Group	The number (index) of the matching item evaluated using the regular expression entered in the Pattern parameter.
Scope	The scope at which the property will be set or removed from. Possible values are as follows. Synapse: This is the default scope. The properties set in this scope last as long as the transaction (request-response) exists. Transport: The properties set in this scope will be considered transport headers. For example, if it is required to send an HTTP header named 'CustomHeader' with an outgoing request, you can use the property mediator configuration with this scope. Axis2: Properties set in this scope have a shorter life span than those set in the Synapse scope. They are mainly used for passing parameters to the underlying Axis2 engine axis2-client: This is similar to the Synapse scope. The difference between the two scopes is that the axis2-client scope can be accessed inside the `mediate()` method of a mediator via a custom mediator created using the Class mediator. See axis2-client for further information. Operation: This scope is used to retrieve a property in the operation context level. Registry: This scope is used to retrieve properties within the registry. System: This scope is used to retrieve Java system properties. See XPath Extension Functions for a detailed explanation of each scope.

Note

You can configure the mediator using XML. Click switch to source view in the Mediator window.

Examples

Example 1: Setting and logging and property

In this example, we are setting the property symbol and later we can log it using the Log Mediator.

<property name="symbol"
	expression="fn:concat("Normal Stock - ', //m0:getQuote/m0:request/m0:symbol)"
	xmlns:m0="http://services.samples/xsd"/>

<log level="custom">
	<property name="symbol" expression="get-property('symbol')"/>
</log>

Example 2: Sending a fault message based on the Accept http header

In this configuration, a response is sent to the client based on the Accept header. The PayloadFactory mediator transforms the message contents. Then a Property mediator sets the message type based on the Accept header using the $ctx:accept expression. The message is then sent back to the client via the Respond mediator.

Note

There are predefined XPath variables (such as $ctx) that you can directly use in the Synapse configuration, instead of using the synapse:get-property() function. These XPath variables get properties of various scopes and have better performance than the get-property() function, which can have much lower performance because it does a registry lookup. These XPath variables get properties of various scopes. For more information on these XPath variables, see Synapse XPath Variables.

<payloadFactory media-type="xml">
    <format>
        <m:getQuote xmlns:m="http://services.samples">
            <m:request>
                <m:symbol>Error</m:symbol>
            </m:request>
        </m:getQuote>
    </format>
</payloadFactory>
<property name="messageType" expression="$ctx:accept" scope="axis2" />
<respond/>

Example 3: Reading a property stored in the Registry

You can read a property that is stored in the Registry by using the get-property() method in your Synapse configuration. For example, the following Synapse configuration retrieves the abc property of the collection gov:/data/xml/collectionx, and stores it in the regProperty property.

<property name="regProperty" expression="get-property('registry', 'gov:/data/xml/collectionx@abc')"/>

You can use the following syntaxes to read properties or resources stored in the gov or conf Registries. When specifying the path to the resource, do not give the absolute path. Instead, use the gov or conf prefixes.

Reading a property stored under a collection

get-property('registry','gov:<path to resource from governance>@<propertyname>')
get-property('registry','conf:<path to resource from config>@<propertyname>')

Reading a property stored under a resource

get-property('registry','gov:<path to resource from governance>/@<propertyname>')
get-property('registry','conf:<path to resource from config>/@<propertyname>')

Reading an XML resource

get-property('registry','gov:<path to resource from governance>')
get-property('registry','conf:<path to resource from config>')

Example 4: Reading a file stored in the Registry

Following is an example, in which you read an XML file that is stored in the registry using XPath, to retrieve a value from it. Assume you have the following XML file stored in the Registry (i.e., gov:/test.xml).

test.xml

<root>
  <book>A Song of Ice and Fire</book>
  <author>George R. R. Martin</author>
</root>

Your Synapse configuration should be as follows. This uses XPath to read XML.

reg_xpath.xml

<property name="xmlFile" expression="get-property('registry','gov:/test.xml')" scope="default" type="OM"></property>
 
<log level="custom">
    <property name="Book_Name" expression="$ctx:xmlFile//book"></property>
</log>

Your output log will look like this.

[2015-09-21 16:01:28,750]  INFO - LogMediator Book_Name = A Song of Ice and Fire