[Bro] customize msg in a Notice hook

[Siwek, Jonathan Luke]

On Nov 14, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Matt Stucky <mattchess50 at gmail.com> wrote:

> How would one go about customizing the message for a notice when it matches specific criteria?
> 
> Here's what I've tried:
> 
> hook Notice::policy(n: Notice::Info)
>         {
>         if ( n$note == <Notice> && <additional criteria> )
>               add n$actions[Notice::ACTION_EMAIL];
>               n$msg=<custom message>;
>         }
> 
> However, that changes the message for every notice in the notice log...  is there a way to scope that so it changes the message only for that one notice instance?

You need to use curly braces to make a compound statement, otherwise that last statement is unconditional.  E.g.:

	if ( … criteria ... )
		{
		add n$action[…];
		n$msg = …;
		}

- Jon