NAME

       Business::Edifact::Message - Class that models Edifact Messages

VERSION

       Version 0.07

SYNOPSIS

       Parses an individual Edifact message Message objects are instantiated by
       Business::Edifact::Interchange and an array of them is returned in its messages function
          $interchange->parse($incoming);
          my $m_array = $interchange->messages();
          for my $msg (@{$m_array}) {
             ...retrieve message data
          }

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

   new
       Called by Business::Edifact::Interchange to instantiate a new Message object. The caller
       passes the header fields with the reference number identifier and message type

   add_segment
       Process the next data segment

   type
       return the message's type e.g. 'QUOTES' or 'ORDERS'

   function
       Returns the message's function field May be 'original' or 'retransmission'

   message_code
       Returns 3 character message code from the BGM message

   currency_code
   reference_number
   date_of_message
   items
       return the list of lineitems

   handle_bgm
   handle_dtm
       NB DTM can occur in different segment groups

   handle_pat
   handle_rff
   handle_cux
   handle_nad
   handle_lin
   handle_pia
   handle_imd
   handle_qty
   handle_gir
   handle_moa
   handle_tax
   handle_alc
   handle_rte
   handle_loc
   handle_pri
   handle_uns
   handle_cnt
   handle_ftx
   handle_pcd
   clear_item_flags
        clear flags at start of new item or summary

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::Message

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2011-2014 Colin Campbell.

       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.