Add new fix method to set variable with element value #282

metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FixMethod.java

@@ -124,6 +124,18 @@ public void apply(final Metafix metafix, final Record record, final List<String>
         }
     },
 
+    to_var {
+        @Override
+
+        public void apply(final Metafix metafix, final Record record, final List<String> params, final Map<String, String> options) {
+            final String fieldName = params.get(0);
+            final String variableName = params.get(1);
+            final String variableValue = record.get(fieldName).toString();
+
+            metafix.getVars().put(variableName, variableValue);
+        }
+    },
+
     // RECORD-LEVEL METHODS:
 
     add_field {

metafix/src/test/java/org/metafacture/metafix/MetafixMethodTest.java

@@ -4084,4 +4084,39 @@ public void shouldTransformStringToBase64() {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldCreateVariableFromLiteralValue() {
+        MetafixTestHelpers.assertFix(streamReceiver, Arrays.asList(
+                "to_var('data.title','testVar')",
+                "add_field('testResult','This is a $[testVar]')"
+            ),
+            i -> {
+                i.startRecord("1");
+                i.startEntity("data");
+                i.literal("title", "test");
+                i.endEntity();
+                i.endRecord();
+                i.startRecord("2");
+                i.startEntity("data");
+                i.literal("title", "second-test");
+                i.endEntity();
+                i.endRecord();
+            },
+            o -> {
+                o.get().startRecord("1");
+                o.get().startEntity("data");
+                o.get().literal("title", "test");
+                o.get().endEntity();
+                o.get().literal("testResult", "This is a test");
+                o.get().endRecord();
+                o.get().startRecord("2");
+                o.get().startEntity("data");
+                o.get().literal("title", "second-test");
+                o.get().endEntity();
+                o.get().literal("testResult", "This is a second-test");
+                o.get().endRecord();
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
 }