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Missing instrinsic function for prefix matching string function (Fn::StartsWith?)
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Description
### Name of the resource
Other
### Resource name
AWS::CloudFormation
### Description
Emulating a string prefix checking function looks like this:
```
Condition:
ItemStartsWith: !Equals [ !Select [ 0, !Split [ "prefix", !Ref ... ]], "" ]
```
like a real world use case:
```
Conditions:
# Starts-with macro for checking if the cluster has a custom redis host protocol
# (CacheRedisUrl may be `new:elasticache` to specify making a new cluster
HasCustomRedisUrl: !And [
!Not [ !Equals [ !Ref CacheRedisUrl, "" ]],
!Equals [ !Select [ 0, !Split [ "redis://", !Ref CacheRedisUrl ]], "" ]
]
CreateElasticCache: !Equals [!Ref CacheRedisUrl, 'new:elasticache']
OverrideRedisClusterEnvironment: !Or [ !Condition HasCustomRedisUrl, !Condition HasCustomRedisUrl]
```
However, `Fn::Split` and `Fn::Select` cannot be used inside any Assertions. This means that it is not possible to make rules that require a stack have a specific prefix for compliance. It is barely possible to do `Fn::If` statements with the above Conditions.
### Other Details
An alternative approach would be to allow `Fn::Split` and `Fn::Select` on `Assertion`s inside `Rules`. Or allow passing `Condition:` items to `Rules:`
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Research direction
Review the AWS::CloudFormation Rules section, especially Assertions and the documented restrictions on Fn::Split and Fn::Select. Compare the requested Fn::StartsWith function with the alternatives of permitting those intrinsics or Condition items in Rules. Done means the supported approach is defined and the prefix-compliance use case can be expressed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws
- Domain
- cloud
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100