EDIFACTValidator Class

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The EDIFACTValidator class validates EDIFACT documents against the specified standard, ensuring compliance and correctness.

Syntax

class edisdk.EDIFACTValidator

Remarks

This component provides a simple way to validate an EDI document and obtain details about any validation errors.

Before calling validate call load_schema to load the schema for the document to be validated. The schema defines many validation rules such as minimum and maximum lengths, minimum and maximum occurrences, and more. The validation performed by the class depends largely on the schema's definition.

When the validate method is called the class will attempt to validate the document. If errors are found during validation the validation_errors property will be populated with details of each error.

Inspect the validation_errors property for information on any errors that were encountered.

Validation Example validator.InputFile = @"C:\EDIFACT_Files\INVOIC_InvalidRepeat.edi"; validator.LoadSchema(@"C:\EDIFACT_Schemas\D97A.xml", "INVOIC"); validator.Validate(); foreach (EDIFACTValidationErrorDetail error in validator.ValidationErrors) { Console.WriteLine(error.ErrorCode + ": " + error.ErrorMessage); }

Property List

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The following is the full list of the properties of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

Method List

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The following is the full list of the methods of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

Event List

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The following is the full list of the events fired by the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

Config Settings

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The following is a list of config settings for the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

delimiter_component property

The character used to separate the classes in a composite element.

Syntax

def get_delimiter_component() -> str: ...
def set_delimiter_component(value: str) -> None: ...

delimiter_component = property(get_delimiter_component, set_delimiter_component)

Default Value

":"

Remarks

The character used to separate the components in a composite element.

delimiter_decimal property

The character used to separate the integer portion of a numeric value from the fractional portion.

Syntax

def get_delimiter_decimal() -> str: ...
def set_delimiter_decimal(value: str) -> None: ...

delimiter_decimal = property(get_delimiter_decimal, set_delimiter_decimal)

Default Value

"."

Remarks

The character used to separate the integer portion of a numeric value from the fractional portion.

delimiter_element property

The delimiter used to separate elements within a segment.

Syntax

def get_delimiter_element() -> str: ...
def set_delimiter_element(value: str) -> None: ...

delimiter_element = property(get_delimiter_element, set_delimiter_element)

Default Value

"+"

Remarks

The delimiter used to separate elements within a segment.

delimiter_release property

The character used to escape other characters within a property.

Syntax

def get_delimiter_release() -> str: ...
def set_delimiter_release(value: str) -> None: ...

delimiter_release = property(get_delimiter_release, set_delimiter_release)

Default Value

"?"

Remarks

The character used to escape other characters within a field. For example, with the default EDIFACT delimiters, "?+" should be considered "+" character that appears within a field, not an element separator.

delimiter_repetition property

The character used to indicate a repeating element or class.

Syntax

def get_delimiter_repetition() -> str: ...
def set_delimiter_repetition(value: str) -> None: ...

delimiter_repetition = property(get_delimiter_repetition, set_delimiter_repetition)

Default Value

"*(syntax 4) or empty(syntax 3)"

Remarks

The character used to indicate a repeating element or component.

delimiter_segment property

The character used to terminate a segment.

Syntax

def get_delimiter_segment() -> str: ...
def set_delimiter_segment(value: str) -> None: ...

delimiter_segment = property(get_delimiter_segment, set_delimiter_segment)

Default Value

"'"

Remarks

The character used to terminate a segment.

input_data property

The EDI message, specified as a string.

Syntax

def get_input_data() -> str: ...
def set_input_data(value: str) -> None: ...

input_data = property(get_input_data, set_input_data)

Default Value

""

Remarks

Set this property to specify the input EDI message as a string. The message can then be parsed with parse.

input_file property

The file containing the EDI message.

Syntax

def get_input_file() -> str: ...
def set_input_file(value: str) -> None: ...

input_file = property(get_input_file, set_input_file)

Default Value

""

Remarks

Set this property to specify a file to read the input EDI message from. The message can then be parsed with parse.

validation_error_count property

The number of records in the ValidationError arrays.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_count() -> int: ...

validation_error_count = property(get_validation_error_count, None)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

• validation_error_column
• validation_error_component_index
• validation_error_element_index
• validation_error_error_code
• validation_error_error_message
• validation_error_error_type
• validation_error_f_group_index
• validation_error_interchange_index
• validation_error_line
• validation_error_message_index
• validation_error_position
• validation_error_segment_index
• validation_error_segment_tag

The array indices start at 0 and end at validation_error_count - 1.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_column property

The column number where the error occurred.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_column(validation_error_index: int) -> int: ...

Default Value

0

Remarks

The column number where the error occurred.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_component_index property

This property holds the position of the element where the error occurred.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_component_index(validation_error_index: int) -> int: ...

Default Value

1

Remarks

This property holds the position of the element where the error occurred.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_element_index property

This property holds the position of the element where the error occurred.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_element_index(validation_error_index: int) -> int: ...

Default Value

1

Remarks

This property holds the position of the element where the error occurred.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_error_code property

The ErrorCode property contains the type of error encountered.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_error_code(validation_error_index: int) -> str: ...

Default Value

"0"

Remarks

The validation_error_error_code property contains the type of error encountered.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_error_message property

ErrorMessage is a textual description of the error.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_error_message(validation_error_index: int) -> str: ...

Default Value

""

Remarks

validation_error_error_message is a textual description of the error.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_error_type property

Indicates the level of the document where the error was encountered.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_error_type(validation_error_index: int) -> int: ...

Default Value

0

Remarks

Indicates the level of the document where the error was encountered. Possible values include:

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_f_group_index property

This property holds the position of the functional group where the error occurred.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_f_group_index(validation_error_index: int) -> int: ...

Default Value

1

Remarks

This property holds the position of the functional group where the error occurred.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_interchange_index property

This property holds the position of the interchange where the error occurred.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_interchange_index(validation_error_index: int) -> int: ...

Default Value

1

Remarks

This property holds the position of the interchange where the error occurred.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_line property

The line number where the error occurred.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_line(validation_error_index: int) -> int: ...

Default Value

0

Remarks

The line number where the error occurred.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_message_index property

This property holds the position of the message where the error occurred.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_message_index(validation_error_index: int) -> int: ...

Default Value

1

Remarks

This property holds the position of the message where the error occurred.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_position property

This property holds the byte position in the EDI stream where the error occurred.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_position(validation_error_index: int) -> int: ...

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property holds the byte position in the EDI stream where the error occurred.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_segment_index property

This property is the index of the segment where the error occurred.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_segment_index(validation_error_index: int) -> int: ...

Default Value

1

Remarks

This property is the index of the segment where the error occurred.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

validation_error_segment_tag property

This property specifies the tag name of the segment where the error occurred.

Syntax

def get_validation_error_segment_tag(validation_error_index: int) -> str: ...

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies the tag name of the segment where the error occurred.

The validation_error_index parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the validation_error_count property.

This property is read-only.

config method

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

def config(configuration_string: str) -> str: ...

Remarks

config is a generic method available in every class. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the class.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

load_schema method

Loads schema information from a file or string data.

Syntax

def load_schema(file_or_data: str, message_name: str) -> None: ...

Remarks

This method loads schema information for use when parsing, validating, and translating messages.

The FileOrData parameter can be set to the path of a file containing schema data, or can be set to the contents of a schema file directly.

MessageName can be set to the name of a specific message to load only the specified message's schema information. If left empty or set to "*", the entire schema will be loaded.

reset method

Resets all properties to their default values.

Syntax

def reset() -> None: ...

Remarks

This method resets all properties of the component to their default values as specified in the property definitions.

validate method

Validate the EDI document and warn about any errors encountered.

Syntax

def validate() -> None: ...

Remarks

This method parses the input EDI document, firing the on_validate_warning event for any non-blocking errors it encounters.

on_error event

Fires when an error occurs during message processing. Normally, the class fails with an error.

Syntax

class EDIFACTValidatorErrorEventParams(object):
  @property
  def error_code() -> int: ...

  @property
  def description() -> str: ...

# In class EDIFACTValidator:
@property
def on_error() -> Callable[[EDIFACTValidatorErrorEventParams], None]: ...
@on_error.setter
def on_error(event_hook: Callable[[EDIFACTValidatorErrorEventParams], None]) -> None: ...

Remarks

The on_error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally, the class fails with an error.

ConnectionId is the associated client Id, ErrorCode contains an error code, and Description contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.

on_resolve_schema event

Fires whenever a new EDIFACT message is encountered and no schema is found for it.

Syntax

class EDIFACTValidatorResolveSchemaEventParams(object):
  @property
  def message_version() -> str: ...

  @property
  def message_type() -> str: ...

# In class EDIFACTValidator:
@property
def on_resolve_schema() -> Callable[[EDIFACTValidatorResolveSchemaEventParams], None]: ...
@on_resolve_schema.setter
def on_resolve_schema(event_hook: Callable[[EDIFACTValidatorResolveSchemaEventParams], None]) -> None: ...

Remarks

This method fires when the class encounters an EDIFACT message it has not loaded a schema for. The parameters of the event can be used to locate the correct schema and load it with load_schema.

MessageVersion - The EDIFACT version of the message, such as D97A.

MessageType - The type of message, such as INVOIC.

After the event fires, if the class still doesn't have a matching schema, then it will attempt schema-less parsing of the EDIFACT message.

on_validate_warning event

Fires to warn about validation errors.

Syntax

class EDIFACTValidatorValidateWarningEventParams(object):
  @property
  def position() -> int: ...

  @property
  def line() -> int: ...

  @property
  def column() -> int: ...

  @property
  def error_code() -> str: ...

  @property
  def error_message() -> str: ...

  @property
  def error_type() -> int: ...

# In class EDIFACTValidator:
@property
def on_validate_warning() -> Callable[[EDIFACTValidatorValidateWarningEventParams], None]: ...
@on_validate_warning.setter
def on_validate_warning(event_hook: Callable[[EDIFACTValidatorValidateWarningEventParams], None]) -> None: ...

Remarks

When the class encounters a non-blocking error while validating a document, this event fires with information about the error.

EDIFACTValidator Config Settings

The class accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the config method.

EDIFACTValidator Config Settings

EDIFACTValidator Errors

EDIFACTValidator Errors