EDIReader 4.7.3

Java component for parsing documents structured according to the EDI standard

EDIReader is a Java package for parsing business documents structured according to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standards. It supports the SAX and JAXP interfaces defined for XML, making it suitable for use in any XML-based system that allows the configuration of a custom SAX parser.

EDIReader parses EDI analogous to the way a conventional SAX parser parses XML, calling an arbitrary JAXP ContentHandler with elements and attributes as if it were parsing XML. Therefore, XSLT transformations and DOM-based tools can be applied directly to EDI input. In many cases, EDIReader and an XSLT stylesheet provide a lightweight and open source alternative to conventional EDI mapper/translators.

When EDIReader discovers a syntax error in the EDI it is parsing, it throws a subclass of SAXException just as an XML SAX parser would. Specifically, it throws an EDIException, which is a sublcass of SAXException. Generally speaking, the EDIException carries details of segment number and field number, along with context-specific information on the error condition.