GetOption

Gets the value of the option entity identified by the name in the option session of the message. "Options" entities include the service-specific runtime options, such as output casing, output data format, and so on.

Syntax

ASCII Version

const char* getOption(Message* message,const char* name)

Unicode Version

const Uchar* getOption(Message* message,const UChar* name)

Parameters

Message - the message to which this function applies
Name- the name whose associated value is to be returned

Results

Returns the value for the name in the "option" property in the message or an empty string if the name does not exist.

Example

ASCII Version

const char* value = getOption (message, " OutputCasing");

Unicode Version

UChar* value; 
// construct 16-bit string 
UChar option[32]; 
char* optionValue="OutputCasing"; 
u_charsToUChars(optionValue,	option,	strlen(optionValue)); 
option [ strlen(optionValue)]=0;	
value = getOption(message, option);