copy

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Module

urn:org:ten60:netkernel:ext:dpml

Definition

Active URI Base

active:copy

Format

Syntax

Argument	Rules	Description
type	Mandatory	copy
operand	Mandatory Fragment OK	the resource to be replicated
target	Mandatory Fragment OK	the target resource

The copy accessor assigns the value of one resource to another. If the resource that is being assigned to supports sinking of data then the data will be sunk. This primative operatorion is built into the DPML language.

Common uses include copying a static or transient resource to a variable. Replicating a resource to the response.

Example

Replicate to a Variable

An example of copying a resource into a variable

Replicate a Variable to the Response Document

<idoc>
  <instr>
    <type>copy</type>
    <operand>foo.xml</operand>
    <target>var:vbar</target>
  </instr>
  <instr>
    <type>copy</type>
    <operand>var:vbar</operand>
    <target>this:response</target>
  </instr>
</idoc>

An example of copying a resource into a variable and then copy that variable to the response