There are two "Expression" in palate.
1.Expression-transformer
Example : <expression-transformer expression="#[message.inboundProperties.'http.uri.params'.param != empty]" doc:name="Expression"/>
2.Expression-component
Example : <expression-component doc:name="Expression"/>
Make sure you use "Expression-transformer" as shown below
Try below flow in Anypoint Studio.It works for me.
<http:listener-config name="HTTP_Listener_Configuration" host="0.0.0.0" port="8082" basePath="/testapi" doc:name="HTTP Listener Configuration"/>
<flow name="uri">
<http:listener path="uri/{param}/resource" config-ref="HTTP_Listener_Configuration" doc:name="HTTP"/>
<expression-transformer expression="#[message.inboundProperties.'http.uri.params'.param != empty]" doc:name="Expression"/>
<object-to-string-transformer doc:name="Object to String"/>
<set-payload value="#[payload]" doc:name="Set Payload"/>
</flow>
Test above with below url in your browser
http://localhost:8082/testapi/uri/testUriParam/resource
This could be used with Choice component component as well.
Try below code :
<http:listener-config name="HTTP_Listener_Configuration" host="0.0.0.0" port="8082" basePath="/testapi" doc:name="HTTP Listener Configuration"/>
<flow name="uri">
<http:listener path="uri/{param}/resource" config-ref="HTTP_Listener_Configuration" doc:name="HTTP"/>
<choice doc:name="Choice">
<when expression="#[message.inboundProperties.'http.uri.params'.param != empty]">
<logger message="Found URI Param" level="INFO" doc:name="Logger"/>
<set-payload value="Found URI Param" doc:name="Set Payload"/>
</when>
<otherwise>
<logger level="INFO" doc:name="Logger" message="URI Param not found"/>
<set-payload value="URI Param not found" doc:name="Set Payload"/>
</otherwise>
</choice>
</flow>