Metadata field
The SEPCHARS
metadata field key in the message object
overrides default separator characters on a per message basis.
If the metadata field is NULL
, then the
defaults are used to parse or encode the message. If set, then it is a keyed list.
These are the expected keys:
REPEAT
ESCAPE
DECIMAL
Note: EDIFACT refers to the
ESCAPE
key (ESC
) as the release character. The batch file defines the structure of a batch. It is found in this directory:
%HCIROOT%\formats\standard\version directory
In UN/EDIFACT, a batch is the same as an interchange. There is currently no support for defining batches inside a version variant.
Note: The finite state machine generator is written in C, instead of Tcl,
making
.fsm files unnecessary.