Converter Base Class

Overview

The Converter class is the base class from which the source and target converters are derived. The bullets below summarize the primary attributes and methods.

Attributes:

  • DOM Document File Description Document

  • DOM Element Grammar Element

  • String Root Element Name

Methods:

  • Constructor

  • loadFileDescriptionDocument

Methods

Constructor

The base class Converter constructor performs only some very basic setup.

Logic for the Converter Constructor Method
Arguments:
  None

Set up implementation dependent environment for loading and
    parsing the File Description Document
loadFileDescriptionDocument

This operation is coded as a separate function since the EDI converter may need to load more than one file description document as ...

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