Github user JPercivall commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/1333#discussion_r92842330
--- Diff: nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/expression-language-guide.adoc ---
@@ -963,6 +963,36 @@ Expressions will provide the following results:
will return 0.
+[.function]
+=== ifElse
+
+*Description*: [.description]#Evaluates the first argument if the Subject
evaluates to true, or the second argument
+if the Subject evaluates to false.#
+
+*Subject Type*: [.subject]#Boolean#
+
+*Arguments*:
+
+ - [.argName]#_EvaluateIfTrue_# : [.argDesc]#The value to return if the
Subject is true#
+ - [.argName]#_EvaluateIfFalse_# : [.argDesc]#The value to return if the
Subject is false#
+
+*Return Type*: [.returnType]#String#
+
+*Examples*: If the "filename" attribute has the value "a brand new
filename.txt", the "nullFilename" attribute has
+the value null, and the "bool" attribute has the value "true", then the
following expressions will provide
+the following results:
+
+
+
+.ifElse Examples
+|===================================================================
+| Expression | Value
+| `${filename:ifElse('found', 'not_found')}` | `found`
--- End diff --
Actually this will not return 'found' because when the String is converted
to a boolean it is only true if it is equalsIgnoreCase to "true".
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