Initialize

Initialize inputs using JavaScript constructors to perform the following functions:

Validate launch arguments and halt the pipeline if unnecessary.

Load .csv/.tsv lookup files to enrich TenXObject and summary instances.

Connect to GeoIP DBs to geo-reference IP addresses.

Initialize counters and dictionaries.

The example below from http.js loads an HTTP message lookup based on the value of a launch argument.

/**
 * Input constructors are designed to initialize specific resources at the start of pipeline execution.
 */
export class HttpInput extends TenXInput {

 /**
  * This constructor loads the 'http.csv' lookup table to enrich instances of 'HttpSummary' below. 
  */
  constructor() {

  if !TenXLookup.load("data/run/lookup/http.csv", true)
    throw new Error("could not load HTTP lookup!");
}

To load input constructors see JavaScript configuration.

Options

Specify the options below to configure multiple Input JavaScript:

Name	Description
inputActionsClassName	JavaScript class name
inputActions	10x JavaScript statements to execute
inputActionsFile	Declaring .js file

inputActionsClassName

JavaScript class name.

Type	Required	Names
String	✔	[inputActionsClassName, TenXInputClassName]

Specifies the JavaScript class name in which inputActions are defined.

inputActions

10x JavaScript statements to execute.

Type	Default	Names
List	[]	[inputActions, TenXInput]

JavaScript statements for initializing target input(s).

NOTE: This argument is not designed to be set directly, but instead by passing a .js launch file containing these statements nested within an TenXInput sub-class constructor as described above.

inputActionsFile

Declaring .js file.

Type	Default	Names
String	""	[inputActionsFile, TenXInputFile]

Specifies the .js file name declaring inputActions.

This unit is defined in input/unit.yaml.