message.getJSONArrayCount

Use when: You want to read values from the modified message during mapping. If you need the original incoming message, use source.getJSONArrayCount.

Signature: message.getJSONArrayCount(nodePath)

Returns: Integer count - the count of elements in the array for the nodePath array

Finds the count of objects in the array that matches nodePath.

Note

This method only applies to JSON-formatted messages.

Parameters

Type	Name	Description	Default
String	nodePath	the node path (XPath, HPath, Column ID, etc.)

Example

// Example: Get the number of elements in a JSON array at a given path.

// Sample JSON message structure
message = qie.createJSONMessage(
    '{"people":[{"name":"John","kids":["Harold","Mark","Don","Lou"]},{"name":"Sue","kids":["Jimmy"]}]}'
);

// Count elements in the array
var kidsCount = message.getJSONArrayCount("/people/[1]/kids/[]"); // 4