topic Re: ActiveIf.EvaluationStrategy.CONTAINS in 7.1.1 in Talend Studio

ActiveIf.EvaluationStrategy.CONTAINS in 7.1.1

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:45:42 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I just faced an issue with the @ActiveIf annotation in Talend Open Studio 7.1.1.

	@Option
	@Required
	@Suggestable(parameters = "_inputDataStore", value = "fetchResources")
	private String _endpoint;

	@Option
	@ActiveIf(target = "_endpoint", value = "groupId", evaluationStrategy = ActiveIf.EvaluationStrategy.CONTAINS)
	private String _siteId;

When the evaluationStrategy is set to EvaluationStrategy.CONTAINS, the field on Component UI is not activated, however the "_endpoint" does contain the word of "groupId". 😕

When I use the default strategy and check for the whole String which is chosen by the user for the "_endpoint", it works.

According to the JavaDoc of EvaluationStrategy.CONTAINS it should check against the sub-string from the value param: "Check if a string or list of string contains a value."

My impression was that it should activate the "_siteId" field if the "_endpoint" contains "groupId". Shouldn't it?

Thanks,

Zoltán

Re: ActiveIf.EvaluationStrategy.CONTAINS in 7.1.1

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:00:06 GMT

Hi @devxr

If you test with talent-component:web it works well but it does not in the studio as you described. this is due to the fact you used a suggestion on the endpoint field - if you remove the suggestion it works.

A workaround can be to use an enum if you endpoints are fixed or an update button if it works for you. Indeed I dont propose you to use a plain input without completion because I assume it does not match what you want.

Re: ActiveIf.EvaluationStrategy.CONTAINS in 7.1.1

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 10:56:20 GMT

Thanks @rmannibucau for the answer. I can confirm that it works well in the web tool. For the meantime, I think I'll just rely on using simple input fields.
If it can be fixed in the upcoming Studio release that would be awesome.