Using XML with Legacy Business Applications

SourceConverter Base Class (Extends Converter)

Overview

The SourceConverter, derived from the Converter class, is the base class for the CSV, flat file, and EDI source converter classes developed in the next three chapters. The lists below summarize the major attributes and methods.

Attributes:

• DOM Document Output Document

• RecordReader Reader

• String Base Output Directory

• String Schema Location URL

• Boolean Validation Option

Methods:

• Constructor

• processFile (virtual)

• processGroup

• saveDocument

The processGroup method is listed here for completeness but will be developed in Chapter 8.

Methods

Constructor

The operations common to all our legacy format source converters include setting up the base output directory name and implementation-dependent DOM setup ...