Lookup Method Definitions

The BICDir class has the following lookup methods:

• Look up BIC by Institution Name: Takes a string and returns a byte array of BICs (one element is possible). The signature is:

  BIC[] getBIC(institutionName*);

• Look up BIC by Institution Name, City and Country: Takes three strings, an institution name, city, and country, and returns a byte array of BICs (one element is possible). The signature is:

  BIC[] getBIC(institutionName*, city*, country*);

• Look up Institution Name by BIC: Takes a BIC string, either a BIC 8 or BIC11, and returns a byte array of institution names (one element is possible). The signature is:

  institutionName[] getInstitutionName(BIC);

• Look up Currency Code by Country Code: Takes a string, a country code, and returns the currency code. The signature is:

  currencyCode getCurrencyCode(countryCode);

• Look up Country Code by Currency Code: Takes a string, a currency code, and returns the country code. The signature is:

  countryCode getCountryCode(currencyCode);