Using XML with Legacy Business Applications

Requirements

This utility converts an X12 interchange containing one or more functional groups, each containing one or more transaction sets, into XML instance documents. An instance document is created for each transaction set. Here's a summary of the required functionality.

• Inputs: A valid X12 interchange. The second input is a directory path where file description documents (as discussed in Chapter 6) relevant to the interchange may be found.

• Processing: An appropriate file description document is loaded for each transaction set in the interchange. An Element is created in the output document for each data element, each composite data structure, each segment, and each segment group. The organization of a transaction set is derived from a ...