Business::Edifact::Interchange(3) Parse Edifact Messages For Book Ordering

VERSION

Version 0.07

SYNOPSIS

This is a support module for EDI ordering modules being developed for the Koha and Evergreen OS Library Management Systems


use Business::Edifact::Interchange;
my $foo = Business::Edifact::Interchange->new();
$foo->parse($edifact_message);
or
$foo->parse_file($filename);
...

The standards for using Edifact in Library Book Supply are available from

    www.editeur.org

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new

Create an Business::Edifact::Interchange object

parse

parse the edifact interchange passed in the message

parse_file

Reads an edifact message from a file and parses it Will strip the lineendings added to files by some suppliers

user_data_segment

internal method for handling message data segments pass to the current Business::Edifact::Message object for fuller passing

message_header

create a new Business::Edifact::Message object

message_trailer

End message add completed message to my messages array

interchange_trailer

internal method to parse and validate the interchange trailer

read_service_string_advice

internal method to parse the service string advice and set the separator values for the interchange accordingly

split_components

internal method to split data field into components

interchange_header

Internal method to parse the interchange header

message_group_header

internal method to parse the message group header (Currently a nop )

message_group_trailer

internal method to parse the message group trailer (Currently a nop )

messages

Returns and array_ref of Edifact::Message objects representing the contents of the interchange

WARNINGS

At present this is tested for quotes. Beware suppliers' interpretation of the Edifact Standard can vary considerably. (And the standard is large enough to allow considerable leeway on this). Its intended to expand this module based on practical experience.

AUTHOR

Colin Campbell, "<[email protected]>"

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-edifact-interchange at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Business-Edifact-Interchange>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Business::Edifact::Interchange

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2011-2014 Colin Campbell. <[email protected]>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

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