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About Payment Plug-Ins

The Oracle Self-Service E-Billing Payment plug-in is a callback, which allows you to add code to extend the functionality of Oracle Self-Service E-Billing. The following payment plug-ins are included with Oracle Self-Service E-Billing:

• IAchPlugIn. This plug-in is for the ACH cartridge when submitting checks to ACH and processing the return file provided by ACH. For details on creating a custom ACH plug-in, see Creating an ACH Plug-In.
• ICreditCardPlugIn. This plug-in is provided for use with all credit cards when submitting to a credit card gateway. For details on creating a custom credit card plug-in, see Creating a Credit Card Plug-In.
• IPaymentReminderPlugIn. This plug-in is provided for use with the pmtPaymentReminder job. For details on creating a custom the payment reminder plug-in, see Creating a Payment Reminder Plug-In.
• IRecurringPaymentPlugIn. This plug-in is provided for use with the pmtRecurPayment job. For details on creating a custom recurring payment plug-in, see Creating a Recurring Payment Plug-In.

Each plug-in comes with a default implementation. It is recommended that you derive your plug-in from the default implementation to ensure that future updates to the plug-in do not break your code.

Job Plug-Ins

Table 78 lists the plug-ins available for the payment jobs.

Check Submit Job with Plug-In Workflow

Figure 18 shows the workflow for the pmtCheckSubmit job when using the IAchPlugin plug-in.

Figure 18. Workflow for the pmtCheckSubmit job with the IAchPlugin Plug-In

Instant Credit Card Payment with Plug-In Workflow

Figure 19 shows the workflow of the ICreditCardPlugin plug-in when a user submits an instant payment.

Figure 19. Workflow of the ICreditCardPlugin Plug-In When an Instant Credit Card Payment is Submitted

Credit Card Batch Payment Job with Plug-In Workflow

Figure 20 shows the workflow for the credit card batch payment processing job, pmtCreditCard Submit, with the ICreditCardPlugin plug-in.

Figure 20. Workflow for the pmtCreditCardSubmit Batch Job with the ICreditCardPlugin Plug-In

Recurring Payment Job with Plug-In Workflow

Figure 21 shows the workflow of the recurring payment job and how the plug-in works.

Figure 21. Recurring Payment Job with Plug-In Workflow

Payment Reminder Job with Plug-In Workflow

Figure 22 shows the workflow for the pmtPaymentReminder job plug-in.

Figure 22. Payment Reminder Job Plug-In Workflow