This extension has been created to handle the parameter string that can be passed to a Job Queue Entry but could be used for any string parsing.

If you have comments, suggestions, pull requests let me know.

• NOTE: this is in its infancy so there may be radical changes as it matures.
• NOTE: this is currently in the custom dev range (80000 - 80049) it will be moved to an appSource range in the future.

There is a series of parameter Codeunits that provide typed parameters for most simple AL types (decimal, integer, date, time, datetime, text, code, dateformula, boolean). The interface JDV Parameter Handler can be used to add a new type parameter.

You add instances of parameters to an instance of Codeunit JDV Parameter Handling for each possible parameter in the list. You specify the default value of a parameter if it is not in the parameter string and also specify if a parameter is required.

Simply pass the provided parameter list to the the ParseParameters procedure. The parameter string will be interpreted.

• Possible errors:
  • A required parameter is not specified.
  • A parameter in the parameter string is not in the defined parameter list.
  • The same parameter name was defined more than once in the parameter string.
  • More than one parameter instance specifies the same name (regardless of type).
  • The parameter string does not start with a hyphen (-).
  • A parameter instance is not properly defined (name and default value required).

• None identified