Source of Information

The Java constructor for the BICDir class loads the required data from the following SWIFT-supplied files:

• FI.dat

• CU.dat

• CT.dat

The constructor takes an argument from the directory that contains these two files. It then opens each file and loads the appropriate fields into a searchable structure. For more details on these files, see the current SWIFT BIC Database Plus Technical Specifications document for actual file layout and positioning information.

The data used to look up and validate comes from SWIFT’s own BIC bank files containing its BIC codes and its currency and country codes. When necessary, SWIFT updates these files with a new version of its lookup tables, to keep them current. You can upload these files to eGate and control when updates to the system occur and access these files via SWIFT’s update CD-ROM.

Update Operation

The BICDirService feature allows multiple simultaneous objects to access its methods with near-local object response times.

The SWIFT standards are not always sufficiently complete to enable STP. Currently a message can pass network validation but fail at the receiving end because of incompatible definitions or codes, or missing data. The result is expense to manually repair or follow up on these messages and possible retransmission of the message.

The SWIFT OTD Library’s BICDirService ensures that valid, up-to-date BIC, country, and currency codes are present in eGate-processed messages. This feature increases the likelihood that a given message can flow “straight through”.

You must update the BICDirService information before running components that utilize this feature.

To update BIC information:

1. Go to the bic.jar file in the Enterprise Designer’s Project Explorer. The file is located under Sun SeeBeyond > OTD Library > Swift.

2. Right-click the bic.jar icon.

3. Select the Update BIC Files option from the shortcut menu.

4. In the resulting Open dialog box, navigate to the location of the CU.dat file on the SWIFT update CD-ROM.

5. Select the file and upload it.

6. Select Update BIC Files again.

7. Navigate to the location of the FI.dat file.

8. Select the file and upload it.

This procedure updates the BICDirService feature.