I was looking for a certain pattern in the code, using the AOT Find-tool.
There is an option to use “Filter”, which will then run a validation function like :
boolean filterMethod(str _treeNodeName, str _treeNodeSource, XRefPath _path, ClassRunMode _runMode) { %1 }
where the %1 will be replaced with your filter text to form a complete validation function.
If this validation function returns “true”, the AOT node of the search context will appear in the search results.
Here you can write X++ code and use i.e. regular expressions,
like:
//looking for "if" statements in the "while select" loops
str matchPattern = '.+while select.*if.+';System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match myMatch;
str s;
// Check if we have the treeNode source
if(!_treeNodeSource)
return false;
// RegEx does not works properly over multiple lines, we remove the CR, LF here to get rid of it
s = strReplace(_treeNodeSource, "\r\n", "");
s = strReplace(s, "\r", "");
s = strReplace(s, "\n", "");
// Perform the match
myMatch = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex::Match(s, matchPattern);
// Return the match result
return(myMatch.get_Success());
In AX 2012, there is also a possibility to use the match function instead,
like:
//looking for "if" statements in the "while select" loops
str matchPattern = '.+while select.*if.+'; str s;
int matchResult;
// RegEx does not works properly over multiple lines, we remove the CR, LF here to get rid of it
s = strReplace(_treeNodeSource, "\r\n", "");
s = strReplace(s, "\r", "");
s = strReplace(s, "\n", "");
// 1 if the pattern is located in the string; otherwise, 0
matchResult = match(matchPattern, s);
// Return the match result
return (matchResult == 1);
Now time to try this out on my test class:
and I get the results sweetly listed there in the search results:
For more information on Regular expressions syntax,
You might use https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc295435.aspx
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