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directive Expressions
The directive expression allows access to the values from reader directives.
It is represented in the xfMap document with the <directive> element, and it has the following general form:
<directive expr=”...” default=”...”/>
The expression string (i.e., the expr attribute) specifies the directive name.
The optional default attribute specifies a default value in case the directive was empty or undefined.