A function can be called in three different manners

• with call→
• as a standalone short name
• as part of a Extended-RValue expansion→

User defined functions may be defined in the Script.FunctionMap context item. These must be defined at startup, prior to any code execution.

Short-Names

Short-names are those names registered either in the startup properties files or as a local function. They usually have a series of parameters which undergo special expansion, or they can be called with a with→ clause.

Examples:

SetEmailResponse text/html

set %Group% as ECMCreateGroup with
  %Single% true
end

Set Short-Names

To be used as part of a Extended-RValue expansion, the name needs to be registered as Set.ShortName.

Parameter Expansion

Parameters can be expanded in more than the usual manner→. The parameters are marked in the properties file (or in the local function declaration). The various expansion are as follows:

• Standard-RValue expansion→ a string or object is created, and it may not be null
• Object Expansion the result of the expansion may be null
• XPath Expansion like Standard-RValue but does proper quoting on expansion of strings
• No Expansion no expansion of the parameter is done, the string is passed as-is
• Condition Expansion a condition→ is expected at this point, the result of which will be passed to the function