Data Loss Prevention V2 Client - Class CharacterMaskConfig (1.12.0)

Reference documentation and code samples for the Data Loss Prevention V2 Client class CharacterMaskConfig.

Partially mask a string by replacing a given number of characters with a fixed character. Masking can start from the beginning or end of the string.

This can be used on data of any type (numbers, longs, and so on) and when de-identifying structured data we'll attempt to preserve the original data's type. (This allows you to take a long like 123 and modify it to a string like **3.

Generated from protobuf message google.privacy.dlp.v2.CharacterMaskConfig

Constructor.

Character to use to mask the sensitive values—for example, * for an alphabetic string such as a name, or 0 for a numeric string such as ZIP code or credit card number. This string must have a length of 1. If not supplied, this value defaults to * for strings, and 0 for digits.

Character to use to mask the sensitive values—for example, * for an alphabetic string such as a name, or 0 for a numeric string such as ZIP code or credit card number. This string must have a length of 1. If not supplied, this value defaults to * for strings, and 0 for digits.

Number of characters to mask. If not set, all matching chars will be masked. Skipped characters do not count towards this tally.

If number_to_mask is negative, this denotes inverse masking. Cloud DLP masks all but a number of characters. For example, suppose you have the following values:

• masking_character is *
• number_to_mask is -4
• reverse_order is false
• CharsToIgnore includes -
• Input string is 1234-5678-9012-3456 The resulting de-identified string is ****-****-****-3456 . Cloud DLP masks all but the last four characters. If reverse_order is true , all but the first four characters are masked as 1234-****-****-**** .

Number of characters to mask. If not set, all matching chars will be masked. Skipped characters do not count towards this tally.

If number_to_mask is negative, this denotes inverse masking. Cloud DLP masks all but a number of characters. For example, suppose you have the following values:

• masking_character is *
• number_to_mask is -4
• reverse_order is false
• CharsToIgnore includes -
• Input string is 1234-5678-9012-3456 The resulting de-identified string is ****-****-****-3456 . Cloud DLP masks all but the last four characters. If reverse_order is true , all but the first four characters are masked as 1234-****-****-**** .

Mask characters in reverse order. For example, if masking_character is 0 , number_to_mask is 14 , and reverse_order is false , then the input string 1234-5678-9012-3456 is masked as 00000000000000-3456 .

If masking_character is * , number_to_mask is 3 , and reverse_order is true , then the string 12345 is masked as 12*** .

Mask characters in reverse order. For example, if masking_character is 0 , number_to_mask is 14 , and reverse_order is false , then the input string 1234-5678-9012-3456 is masked as 00000000000000-3456 .

If masking_character is * , number_to_mask is 3 , and reverse_order is true , then the string 12345 is masked as 12*** .

When masking a string, items in this list will be skipped when replacing characters. For example, if the input string is 555-555-5555 and you instruct Cloud DLP to skip - and mask 5 characters with * , Cloud DLP returns ***-**5-5555 .

When masking a string, items in this list will be skipped when replacing characters. For example, if the input string is 555-555-5555 and you instruct Cloud DLP to skip - and mask 5 characters with * , Cloud DLP returns ***-**5-5555 .