cLoop – Docs for ESB 5.x

Component Family

Miscellaneous

Function

cLoop allows you to process a
message or messages a number of times and possibly in different
ways.

Purpose

cLoop is used to process a
message or messages repetitively.

 Basic settings

Loop Type

Select a type of loop to be carried out: Expression, Header,
or Value.

Expression: Use an expression to
determine the loop count.

Header: Use a header to determine the loop count.

Value: Use an argument to set the
loop count.

When using Expression: In the Language field, select the language of the
expression you want to use to determine the loop count between
Constant, EL, Groovy,
Header, Javascript, JoSQL,
JXPath, MVEL, None,
OGNL, PHP, Property,
Python, Ruby, Simple,
SpEL, SQL, XPath,
XQuery. Type in the expression
in the Expression field.

The Add Namespaces option appears when XPath is selected in the Language list. Select this check box to
add namespaces for the Xpath expression. Click [+] to add as many namespaces as required to the
table and define the prefix and URI in the corresponding
columns.

When using Header: Enter the name of the header that
you want to use to determine the loop count in header field.

Usage

cLoop can be a middle component
in a Route.

Limitation

 n/a