MessageTransformation bean for EDIFACT ??

[Former Member]

Hi ,

Please go through the content in the following weblog

/people/sobhithalaxmi.kata/blog/2009/07/21/cost-free-edi-integration-using-message-transformation-bean

My question is

Is it really possible to use MessageTransformation Bean for a complex EDIFACT conversion ??

If so,what is the advantage in going for 3rd party adapters?

Thanks & Regards,

Krishna

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you all for your responses.

@ Shabharish- It will be great if you can let us know about what other features and flexibility options provided by a third party adapter. Will those influence clients to purchase a third party adapter?

Regards,

Krishna

[prateek · Accepted solution]

When it comes to EDI communication, it is not only the structure of file which is important. Another crucial factor is the protocol used for transfer. Lets say you use MessageTransformBean for the structure conversion. This would mean that you are limiting the communication to File adapter. But the actual EDI implementation do not follow this. The communication types required could be AS2, X400 or something else. To accomodate this, either you must create your own adapter or go for a third party adapter.

Also, the method provided in blog doesn't seem to accommodate entire EDI structure till its leaf level.

Regards,

Prateek

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you prateek for your explanation.

[Shabarish_Nair]

the blog captures a work around (good one) but the use case cannot help an intensive EDI implementation

My recommendation is to go for a 3rd party adapter which can give you a good flexibility when it comes to handling EDI messages since the complexity is high.

[former_member192295]

Hi,

I went through blog, it is nice but time killing process and it can't support all features.

[prasannakrishna_mynam]

Hi,

Is it really possible to use MessageTransformationBean for a complex EDIFACT conversion ??

No, it is not possible as MessageTransformationBean acts like FCC for File adapter, we use MessageTransformationBean for jms/mail adapters where FCC is not available.

In order to perform EDIFACT either we have to use third part or implement your own adapter module.

Regards,

Prasanna

[Former Member]

of course its possible as edi is nothing but a flatfile ...

but did you observe how much time is needed in defining the flatfile schema for the same..

instead of going for such a complex process we have the third party adapters which will reduce the time and benefit the ROI.

And using message bean approach you cannot generate the ack file for the received edi messages and cannot differentiate the

edi messages which constist of multiple edi messages (like file contains of PO and POC..)

HTH

Rajesh