BusinessWorks protocol throwing a parsing error when EDI file contains a 0x1F character as a delimiter.
Article ID: KB0089465
Updated On:
| Products | Versions |
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| TIBCO BusinessConnect EDI Protocol Powered by Instream | - |
| Not Applicable | - |
Description
Description:
When processing an inbound EDI X12 document that uses a non-printable character (such as 0x1F) as a delimiter, BusinessWorks throws a parsing error when parsing the translated XML that is generated.
Symptoms:
When processing the inbound document, a character such as 0x1F in ISA16, BusinessConnect processes the file without error. However, when processing the file through BusinessWorks, the following error occurs:
An error occurred while parsing: An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0x1f) was found in the element content of the document.. at com.tibco.plugin.xml.XMLParseActivity.for(Unknown Source) at com.tibco.plugin.xml.XMLParseActivity.eval(Unknown Source) at com.tibco.pe.plugin.Activity.eval(Unknown Source) at com.tibco.pe.core.TaskImpl.eval(Unknown Source) at com.tibco.pe.core.Job.a(Unknown Source) at com.tibco.pe.core.Job.k(Unknown Source) .
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Cause:
If you are using the standard EX map generated by EDISIM, the XML generated by the translator engine is incorrect. The following XML is generated:
<E-I15_ISA_16>( . . . 0x15 . . .)</E-I15_ISA_16>
The 0x15 is an illegal XML character, so the XML parser throws the error.
Resolution
Modify the .EX map file as follows:
Find this line:
<Map>
<From key="//ISA//16" />
<To key="T-811/L-ISA/S-ISA/E-I15_ISA_16" />
</Map>
and modify it to substitute a valid XML character for the invalid one. In this example, "$" is substituted for for the 0x15 character.
<Map>
<From key="//ISA//16" />
<To key="T-811/L-ISA/S-ISA/E-I15_ISA_16">
<Rule value="RULES.Value.ReplaceWith { "$" ""}" />
</To>
</Map>
This substitution will produce a parse-able XML payload for BW to process.
Issue/Introduction
BusinessWorks protocol throwing a parsing error when EDI file contains a 0x1F character as a delimiter.
Additional Information
TIBCO Foresight EDISIM Using Standards Editor Manual
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