# ChoiceProps

Properties for defining a Choice state.

Extends: ChoiceProps
Extends: StateBaseProps, AssignableStateOptions, JsonPathCommonOptions, JsonataCommonOptions
Used as props by: Choice

- Source: [`aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/choice.ts`](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/blob/v2.274.0/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/states/choice.ts#L25)
- Type last changed: v2.178.0 · 6 Feb 2025

## Example

```ts
const choice = new sfn.Choice(this, 'What color is it?', {
  comment: 'color comment',
});
const handleBlueItem = new sfn.Pass(this, 'HandleBlueItem');
const handleOtherItemColor = new sfn.Pass(this, 'HanldeOtherItemColor');
choice.when(sfn.Condition.stringEquals('$.color', 'BLUE'), handleBlueItem, {
  comment: 'blue item comment',
});
choice.otherwise(handleOtherItemColor);
```

## Properties

- `assign`: { [key: string]: any } — Workflow variables to store in this step.

  **Default:** Not assign variables

  Using workflow variables, you can store data in a step and retrieve that data in future steps.

- `comment`: string — A comment describing this state.

  **Default:** No comment

- `inputPath`: string = $ — JSONPath expression to select part of the state to be the input to this state.

  May also be the special value JsonPath.DISCARD, which will cause the effective
  input to be the empty object {}.

- `outputPath`: string = $ — JSONPath expression to select part of the state to be the output to this state.

  May also be the special value JsonPath.DISCARD, which will cause the effective
  output to be the empty object {}.

- `outputs`: any — Used to specify and transform output from the state.

  **Default:** $states.result or $states.errorOutput

  When specified, the value overrides the state output default.
  The output field accepts any JSON value (object, array, string, number, boolean, null).
  Any string value, including those inside objects or arrays,
  will be evaluated as JSONata if surrounded by {% %} characters.
  Output also accepts a JSONata expression directly.

- `queryLanguage`: [QueryLanguage](/cdk/api/v2/docs/aws-cdk-lib.aws_stepfunctions.QueryLanguage.html) = JSONPath — The name of the query language used by the state.

  If the state does not contain a `queryLanguage` field,
  then it will use the query language specified in the top-level `queryLanguage` field.

- `stateName`: string — Optional name for this state.

  **Default:** The construct ID will be used as state name