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title: Not-Enforced Compound Rule Separator
description: A delimiter for not-enforced compound rules. The delimiter can be a single character or a string. For example, setting the delimiter to && allows compound rules to be specified as:
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# Not-Enforced Compound Rule Separator

A delimiter for not-enforced compound rules. The delimiter can be a single character or a string. For example, setting the delimiter to `&&` allows compound rules to be specified as:

`GET 10.5.1.5 100.2.21.36 && /public/*`

`REGEX 10\.4\.3\.5 && [^/]+\/free.jpg`

|                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Property name            | `org.forgerock.agents.notenforced.compound.separator`                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Aliases                  | `org.forgerock.agents.notenforced.compound.separator`   Introduced in Java Agent 5.6`com.sun.identity.agents.config.notenforced.rule.compound.separator`   Introduced in Java Agent 5.0   [Recognized](preface.html#how_am_manages_multiple_aliases) from AM 7 |
| Function                 | Not-enforced                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Type                     | String                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Default                  | `\|`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Bootstrap property       | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Required property        | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Restart required         | No                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Local configuration file | `AgentConfig.properties`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| AM console               | Tab: `Application`Title: `Not-Enforced Compound Rule Separator`                                                                                                                                                                                                |