Specifications

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Attribute: limitSearch
Description
Limits the search to some part of the whereToSearch tag.
Parent
searchPattern
Type
Attribute.
Required
No.
Values
all, attribute+attribName, tagOnly, innerOnly
• all (default) searches the entire tag that is specified in the whereToSearch attribute.
• attribute+attribName searches only within the value of the specified attribute, as shown in
the following example:
<searchPatterns whereToSearch="tag+FORM">
<searchPattern limitSearch="attribute+ACTION">
/MY_PATTERN/
</searchPattern>
</searchPatterns>
This example indicates that only the value of the ACTION attribute of FORM tags should be
searched. If that attribute is not defined, the tag is ignored.
• tagOnly searches only the outer tag and ignores the innerHTML. It is valid only if
whereToSearch is a tag.
• innerOnly searches only the innerHTML and ignores the outer tag. It is valid only if
whereToSearch is a tag.
Attribute: isOptional
Description
A flag that indicates that the search pattern is not required to find the participant. This is useful
for complex participants that might have noncritical parameters to extract. You can create some
patterns for distinctly identifying a participant and have some optional patterns for extracting
noncritical parameters.
Parent
searchPattern
Type
Attribute.
Required
No.
Values
true, false