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Dynamic Evaluate Component

Standard Support for Mule 4.1 ended on November 2, 2020, and this version of Mule reached its End of Life on November 2, 2022, when Extended Support ended.

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The Dynamic Evaluate component evaluates an expression to select a DataWeave script, and then executes the new script to generate a result. This behavior enables you to dynamically select the script, instead of hardcoding it into the Transform Message component.

The script can use any of the usual context variables, such as message, payload,vars, or attributes, but you can also add custom ones by providing a set of key-value pairs.

Dynamic Evaluate Configuration

Field Value Description Example

Expression

DataWeave expression

Specifies an expression that selects a DataWeave script that Mule then executes.

expression="#[vars.generateOrderScript]"

Parameters

DataWeave expression

Specifies key-value pairs to set as parameters that the DataWeave script can evaluate.

#[{joiner: ' and ', id: payload.user.id}]

Example XML Configuration

The following example selects a script from a database through a userId query parameter and stores that script in a userScript variable. The dynamic-evaluate component accesses the userScript variable to invoke the script using the provided parameter name, which contains the value of attributes.queryParams.userName.

<flow name="dynamic-evaluate-example-flow">
  <http:listener config-ref="HTTP_Listener_Configuration" path="/"/>
  <!-- This SQL query uses queryParams.userId to dynamically select a DataWeave script stored in a Database,
  and then assign this script to target variable userScript-->
  <db:select config-ref="dbConfig" target="userScript">
    <db:sql>#["SELECT script FROM SCRIPTS WHERE ID = $(attributes.queryParams.userId)"]</db:sql>
  </db:select>
  <!-- The dynamic evaluate component executes the script stored in vars.userScript-->
  <ee:dynamic-evaluate expression="#[vars.userScript]">
    <!-- This line sets a parameter called 'name', so the expression in the Dynamic Evaluate component can use it -->
    <ee:parameters>#[{name: attributes.queryParams.userName}]</ee:parameters>
  </ee:dynamic-evaluate>
</flow>

Consider the following scripts stored in this example’s database for entries lsalander and mblomkvist, respectively:

Example: lsalander script
output application/json
---
{
  message: "Order " ++ attributes.queryParams.orderId ++ " has been received from " ++ name,
  items: payload.items
}
Example: mblomkvist script
output application/x-www-form-urlencoded
---
{
  message: "Order " ++ attributes.queryParams.orderId ++ " has been received from " ++ name,
  items: payload.items
}

Example Application Behavior

When this example Mule application receives lsalander as the queryParams.userId in the request, Mule executes the corresponding script, which results in a JSON response. If the application receives mblomkvist as the queryParams.userId value, Mule executes a different script that generates a x-www-form-urlencoded response.

This example demonstrates how the response type can be parameterized based on the user, but the entire response can be parameterized to suit each users needs.