NAME

       Business::Edifact::Interchange - 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, "<colinsc@cpan.org>"

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. <colin.campbell@ptfs-europe.com>

       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.

       See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.