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<set field="foo" value="bar" />
<set field="baz" from-field="foo" />
<!-- Field "baz" contains the string "bar" -->

Attributes

Name	Type	Requirements	Description	Notes
field	expression	optionalrequired	The name of the field to set (the l-value), the target of the assignment
from-field	expression	optional	The name of a field to copy from (the r-value)		, script	required if value is empty	An expression or script that returns an object or `null`	The script must be prefixed with the script language followed by a colon (":")
value	constant	required if from is empty	value	constant+expr	optional	A constant value	Default type = "String"
default-value	constant, constant+expr, expression	optional	A default value - used if from-field evaluates to null	Expressions must be enclosed in ${}
type	constant	optional	The Java data type of field	Defaults to "String"
set-if-null	constant	optional	Controls if field can be set to `null`.	Defaults to "false"
set-if-empty	constant	optional	Controls if field can be set to an empty value. The meaning of "empty" depends on the Java data type.	Defaults to "true"

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title	Proposed Changes	Draft Status

Final draft

Currently, the field attribute is optional. Require the field attribute.

Currently, the from-field and value attributes are optional. Require one of the two attributes.

Add a new attribute: from-script. The attribute will be used exclusively for scriptlets that are currently found in other attributes.

Rename the from-field attribute to from. The attribute will be used exclusively for UEL expressions.

Change the behavior of the value attribute: The attribute will be used exclusively for string constants.

Rename the default-value attribute to default.

Remove the type attribute default

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<set-calendar field="tomorrowStamp" from-field="nowTimestamp" day="1" />
<set-calendar field="yesterdayStamp" from-field="nowTimestamp" day="-1" />

Attributes

field	optional	The name of the field to set (the l-value)
from-field	optional	The name of a field to copy from (the r-value)
value	optional	A constant value
default-value	optional	A default constant value - used if from-field evaluates to null
type	optional	The Java data type of field
years	optional	A signed integer adjustment amount
months	optional	A signed integer adjustment amount
days	optional	A signed integer adjustment amount
hours	optional	A signed integer adjustment amount
minutes	optional	A signed integer adjustment amount
seconds	optional	A signed integer adjustment amount
millis	optional	A signed integer adjustment amount
period-align-start	optional	Set the adjusted Timestamp to period start: "day", "week", "month", "year"
period-align-end	optional	Set the adjusted Timestamp to period end: "day", "week", "month", "year"
locale	optional	The locale (calendar) to be used for the operation
time-zone	optional	The time zone to be used for the operation

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title	Proposed Changes

Currently, the field attribute is optional. Require the field attribute.
Currently, the from-field and value attributes are optional. Require one of the two attributes.
Rename the from-field attribute to from. The attribute will be used exclusively for UEL expressions.
Change the behavior of the value attribute: The attribute will be used exclusively for string constants.
Remove the default-value attribute. The value attribute will be used for default constant values.

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