5.5.1

Setting and Obtaining Properties from a Hashtable
The following JavaScript example sets properties in a hashtable and obtains the properties from the
hashtable. In the following example, the key is always a String and the value is an object, a number, a
Boolean, or a String.
var table = new Properties() ;
table.put("myKey",new Date()) ;
// get the object back
var myDate= table.get("myKey") ;
System.log("Date is : "+myDate) ;
Replace the Contents of a String
The following JavaScript example replaces the content of a String and replaces it with new content.
var str1 = "'hello'" ;
var reg = new RegExp("(')", "g");
var str2 = str1.replace(reg,"\\'") ;
System.log(""+str2) ; // result : \'hello\'
Compare Types
The following JavaScript example checks whether an object matches a given object type.
var path = 'myurl/test';
if(typeof(path, string)){
throw("string");
else {
throw("other");
}
Run a Command in the Orchestrator Server
The following JavaScript example allows you to run a command line on the Orchestrator server. Use the
same credentials as those used to start the server.
NOTE Access to the file system is limited by default. To access the file server from Orchestrator, see
“Accessing the Orchestrator Server File System from JavaScript and Workflows,” on page 129.
var cmd = new Command("ls -al") ;
cmd.execute(true) ;
System.log(cmd.output) ;
Email Scripting Examples
Workflow scripted elements can include scripting of common email-related tasks. You can cut, paste, and
adapt these examples into your scripted elements.
When you run a mail workflow, it uses the default mail server configuration that you set in the Orchestrator
configuration interface. You can override the default values by using input parameters, or by defining
custom values in workflow scripted elements.
Obtain an Email Address
The following JavaScript example obtains the email address of the current owner of a running script.
var emailAddress = Server.getRunningUser().emailAddress ;
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