package ACH::Generator; $VERSION = '0.01'; use strict; use warnings; use ACH; sub _croak { require Carp; Carp::croak(@_) } =head1 NAME ACH::Generator - Generates an ACH formatted file from an ACH perl object =head1 VERSION Version: 0.01 May 2006 =head1 DESCRIPTION ACH::Generator is a simple, generic subclass of ACH used to generate ACH files. It's intentional use is for testing purposes ONLY. ACH-Generator will allow a developer to create an ACH formatted file. =head1 USING ACH-Generator use ACH::Generator; my $newACH = new ACH; my $newACHfile = 'newACHFile.ACH'; # The name of the ACH file to be generated ... $newACH->generate($newACHfile); =head1 METHODS =head2 generate Generates an ACH file from the data in the ACH object =cut # Generate the ACH file sub ACH::generate { # Get the file name my $self = shift; my $file = shift or _croak "Need an ACH file"; # File data my $data = ""; # Iterate through the ACH Data foreach my $item (@{$self->{_achData}}) { # Array of ACH file Sections my @achSections = map { defined $_ ? $_ : '' } @{$item}; my $sectionValue = 0; for (my $y=0; $y < @achSections; $y++) { # Array of ACH file Section data my %hash = map { defined $_ ? $_ : '' } %{$achSections[$y]}; # Use the appropriate file Format size for the appropriate ACH file section foreach my $hashItem (keys (%hash)) { # Hash containing the ACH field name and value chomp $hash{$hashItem}; my $dataValue = ""; # Get the section header in the first field, else get the data if ($y == 0) { $dataValue = $sectionValue = $hash{$hashItem}; } else { # Get the field length and data my $field = ${$self->{_achFormats}{$sectionValue}}[$y]; my ($field_length); while ( my ($key, $value) = each(%$field) ) { $field_length = $value; } $dataValue = substr($hash{$hashItem}, 0, $field_length); } # Store the data in the file data variable $data .= $dataValue; } } } # Open the file if ( open(OUTPUT, ">$file") ) {} else { print "Error: Couldn't open file $file\n"; die; } # Print data out to ACH file print OUTPUT "$data"; # Close the ACH file close (OUTPUT); } =head2 CAVEATS This package is created for testing purposes only. It shouldn't be used for production programs or scripts. There are other commercial products out there that may be a more efficient solution for accomplishing your goals. All records in an ACH file must be formatted in the following sequence of records. IF the file is not formatted in this exact sequence, it may be rejected. ACH File Layout: 1 - File Header Record 5 - First Company/Batch Header Record 6 - First Entry Detail Record 7 - First Entry Detail Addenda Record (optional) | Multiples of Entry Detail Records | 6 - Last Entry Detail Record 7 - Last Entry Detail Addenda Record (optional) 8 - First Company/Batch Control Record | Multiples of Company/Batches | 5 - Last Company/Batch Header Record 6 - First Entry Detail Record 7 - First Entry Detail Addenda Record (optional) | Multiples of Entry Detail Records | 6 - Last Entry Detail Record 7 - Last Entry Detail Addenda Record (optional) 8 - Last Company/Batch Control Record 9 - File Control Record 9999...9999 (optional) =head1 AUTHOR Author: Christopher Kois Date: May, 2006 Contact: cpkois@cpan.org =head1 COPYRIGHTS The ACH-Generator module is Copyright (c) May, 2006 by Christopher Kois. http://www.christopherkois.com All rights reserved. You may distribute this module under the terms of GNU General Public License (GPL). =head1 SUPPORT/WARRANTY ACH-Generator is free Open Source software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OR SUPPORT OF ANY KIND. =head1 KNOWN BUGS This is version 0.01 of ACH::Generator. There are currently no known bugs. =head1 SEE ALSO L. L =cut 1;