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Transform Engine

The Lithnet Transform Engine is a library that takes source values, and modifies them, returns new values in their place.

It is used by ACMA and UMARE. The following is a list of transforms supported by the engine. Note that the transform types available in each product may vary based on its own capabilities

Transform	Description
AD group scope to string	Converts the active directory groupType attribute into the FIM portal group scope strings (Global, Universal, DomainLocal)
AD group type to string	Converts the active directory groupType attribute into the FIM portal group type strings (Security, Distribution)
Apply bitmask	Applies a specific value to a bitmask
Binary GUID converter	Converts binary GUID values to string values and vice-versa
Bitmask to Boolean	Converts a bitmasked value to its Boolean representation
Boolean values to bitmask	Applies one or more flags to a bitmask based on an incoming Boolean value
C# script	Allows the use of a custom C# script to transform values
Concatenate string	Concatenates multiple values into a single value using a specified delimiter
Conditional flow on string comparison	Conditionally flows a value based on a string comparison
Cryptographic hash	Performs a one-way SHA hash of an incoming value
Data type converter	Allows for simple coercion of data types
Date conversion	Allows for the conversion of dates between different formats and time zones, and allows addition or subtraction
Delimited text file lookup	Searching for an incoming value in a delimited text file, and returns a replacement value
Encode string	Allows conversion of data to Base64 or Base32
Escape string	Provides a mechanism for escaping string values in DNs and XML
Format number	Applies specific formatting to a number
Format string	Applies specific formatting to string
Get DN component	Returns a numbered component from a distinguished name
Logical Boolean operator	Performs logical and, or, xor and nand operations against incoming Boolean values
Multivalued to single-valued	Returns a single value from a multivalued attribute
Number calculation	Performs simple math operations on a value
Portal group strings to AD groupType	Converts the portal group strings (Global, Universal, DomainLocal and Security, Distribution) to the appropriate groupType bitmask value
Powershell script	Allows the use of a custom powershell script to transform values
Regex find and replace	Substitutes patterns in a string using .NET regular expressions
Remove diacritics	Removes diacritics from Unicode characters
SID to domain	Extracts the domain from a user SID
SID to string (bi-directional)	Converts a binary string to its string format and vice versa
Simple lookup	Performs a lookup from an inbuilt table for a replacement value
String case	Modifies the casing of a string
String find and replace	Matches and replaces a value within a string
Split string	Splits a string using the specified characters
Substring	Extracts part of a string
Trim string	Removes leading and trailing spaces from a string
Value merge	Merges multiple input values into a single multivalued output
XML file lookup	Performs a lookup of an incoming value in an XML file and returns a replacement value
XPath query	Allows an xpath expression to extract values from an XML document