qie.createEDIFACTMessage¶

Signature: qie.createEDIFACTMessage(segment*, element*, component*, escape*, encoding*)

Returns: EDIFACT Message message - the newly created message object

Replace the current message with an empty EDIFACT formatted message.

Note

Calling qie.createEDIFACTMessage() with no parameters creates a new EDIFACT message using the default separators.

Note

The return value MUST ALWAYS be assigned to the bound-in message object.

Parameters¶

Type	Name	Description	Default
String	segment*	(optional) the EDIFACT segment separator	'
String	element*	(optional) the EDIFACT element separator	+
String	component*	(optional) the EDIFACT component separator	:
String	escape*	(optional) the EDIFACT escape character	?
String	encoding*	(optional) the character encoding for this message	Source Node encoding

Example¶

// Example: create a new EDIFACT message with explicit separators.

message = qie.createEDIFACTMessage(
    "'",        // segment separator
    "+",        // element separator
    ":",        // component separator
    "?",        // escape character
    "UTF-8"     // character encoding
);