UN/EDIFACT Validation Support

Within each UN/EDIFACT OTD are Java methods and Java bean nodes for handling validation (see performValidation). The marshal and unmarshal methods of the envelope OTDs handle enveloping and de-enveloping (see marshal and unmarshal). No pre-built translations are supplied with the OTD libraries; these can be built in the Java Collaboration Editor.

EDIFACT OTDs have validations and translations, but a validation does not generate an acknowledgment transaction. Instead, it generates a string.

The output String of the validation (see check and checkAll) is in XML format conforming to the EDFOTDErrors.xsd file. Refer to Contents of the EDFOTDErrors.xsd File for more information. For a sample of the validation output XML, refer to Sample Validation Output XML.

Currently the segment syntax error code (SegmSyntErroCode) and data element syntax error code (DataElemSyntErroCode) use the same codes as the X12 protocol.