Route Map Continue Statement for BGP4 Routes

The continue statement in a matching instance initiates another traversal at the instance specified. The system records all of the matched instances and, if no deny statements are encountered, proceeds to execute the set clauses of the matched instances.

If the system scans all route map instances but finds no matches, or if a deny condition is encountered, then it does not update the routes. Whenever a matched instance contains a deny statement, the current traversal terminates, and none of the updates specified in the set statements of the matched instances in both current and previous traversals are applied to the routes.

This supports a more programmable route map configuration and route filtering scheme for BGP4 peering. It can also execute additional instances in a route map after an instance is executed by means of successful match statements. You can configure and organize more-modular policy definitions to reduce the number of instances that are repeated within the same route map.

This feature currently applies to BGP4 routes only. For protocols other than BGP4, continue statements are ignored.