Conditional Jump

Overview

Conditionally jump forwards or backwards to a Label when the current data matches a regular expression. Backwards jumps are bounded by the configured maximum. Interpreted by integration::bake and all CLI recipe frontends.

Status

Field Value
Implementation Partial
Parity Unknown
Availability Available
Input requirement Required
Features none
Side effects []
Deterministic true

Input

Declared input type: String.

Output

Declared output type: String. Redirect stdout or use --output-file for exact binary bytes.

Arguments

# Argument Type Required Default Allowed Sensitive Description
1 Match (regex) Regex no <empty> no The regular expression to match against the data
2 Invert match Boolean no false no If true, jump when the regex does NOT match
3 Label name String no <empty> no The name of the label to jump to
4 Maximum jumps (if jumping backwards) Integer no 10 no The maximum number of times to jump backwards to prevent infinite loops

Implementation

The implementation is in src/operations/conditional_jump.rs and declares String input and String output. The operation module owns conversion and domain-error rules; registry resolution, argument validation, input-requirement enforcement, tracing, and output validation are performed by rxchef::execution.

Command-line use

This operation requires input. Supply literal UTF-8 with --input, exact bytes with --input-file, or pipe bytes on stdin.

rxchef run "Conditional Jump" --input-file input.bin --output-file output.bin

Arguments may be supplied positionally in the table order or by name with repeatable --arg NAME=VALUE. Omitted optional arguments use the documented defaults.

Pipeline use

Place the operation anywhere a String value is valid. Its String result becomes the next step's input. Compact syntax uses the operation name followed by comma-separated arguments; JSON/YAML recipes use an op field and an args array.

Error conditions

Schema violations are rejected before the operation runs. Malformed input, unsupported parameter combinations, unavailable optional backends, and domain processing failures produce structured errors and a non-zero CLI status; partial output is never reported as success.

CyberChef compatibility

Parity status: Unknown. Unknown records an unassessed compatibility claim; it does not imply equality or incompatibility.

Security considerations

Declared side effects: []. Treat parser inputs as untrusted and apply execution limits to large data. Arguments marked sensitive in the schema are redacted from metadata-aware History displays.

Testing evidence

Correctness tests: - tests/tests/operations/conditional_jump.rs

Performance classification

Excluded from the committed representative benchmark set: No stable representative benchmark case is defined; operation remains Partial until performance evidence is reviewed.

References