ACH - ACH perl object

ACH documentation Contained in the ACH distribution.

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NAME

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ACH - ACH perl object

VERSION

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Version: 0.01 May 2006

DESCRIPTION

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ACH is a simple, generic perl object that contains the data necesary to create an ACH file. It's intentional use is for testing purposes ONLY. ACH will allow a developer to manipulate specific data fields in an ACH formatted object.

USING ACH

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	my $ACH = new ACH;

METHODS

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new

Creates a new ACH object

printAllData

Prints all the ACH data

getData

Returns the ACH data

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)

AUTHOR

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Author: Christopher Kois Date: May, 2006 Contact: cpkois@cpan.org

COPYRIGHTS

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The ACH 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).

SUPPORT/WARRANTY

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ACH is free Open Source software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OR SUPPORT OF ANY KIND.

KNOWN BUGS

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This is version 0.01 of ACH. There are currently no known bugs.

SEE ALSO

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ACH::Generator. ACH::Parser

ACH documentation Contained in the ACH distribution. 
package ACH;

$VERSION   = '0.01';		# Version number

use strict;
use warnings;


### Variables and functions

## Arrays that store sizes of the various records in the ACH file ##
# File Header Format fields and field sizes
my @fileFormat = ({'File Header Record' => 1}, {'Priority Code' => 2}, 
{'Immediate Destination' => 10}, {'Immediate Origin' => 10}, {'File Creation Date' => 6},
{'Creation Time' => 4}, {'File ID Modifier' => 1}, {'Record size' => 3}, {'Blocking Factor' => 2},
{'Format Code' => 1}, {'Destination' => 23}, {'Origin' => 23}, {'Reference Code' => 8});

# Batch Record fields and field sizes
my @batchFormat = ({'Batch Header Record' => 1}, {'Service Class Code' => 3}, 
{'Company Name' => 16}, {'Company Discretionary Data' => 20}, {'Company Identification' => 10}, 
{'Standard Entry Classes' => 3}, {'Company Entry Description' => 10}, 
{'Company Descriptive Date' => 6}, {'Effective Entry Date' => 6}, {'Settlement Date' => 3},
{'Originator Status Code' => 1}, {'Originating DFI Identification' => 8}, {'Batch #' => 7});

# Detail Record fields and field sizes
my @detailFormat = ({'Entry Detail Record' => 1}, {'Transaction Code' => 2}, 
{'Individual Bank ID' => 8}, {'Check Digit' => 1}, {'Bank Acct. Number' => 17}, {'Amount' => 10},
{'Individual ID Number' => 15}, {'Individual Name' => 22}, {'Bank Discretionary Data' => 2},
{'Addenda Record Indicator' => 1}, {'Trace Number' => 15});

# Addenda Format fields and field sizes
my @addendaFormat = ({'Addenda Record' => 1}, {'Addenda Type Code' => 2}, 
{'Payment Related Information' => 80}, {'Special Addenda Sequence Number' => 4},
{'Entry Detail Sequence Number' => 7});

# Batch Control Format fields and field sizes
my @controlFormat = ({'Batch Control Record' => 1}, {'Service Class Codes' => 3},
{'Entry/Addenda Count' => 6}, {'Entry Hash' => 10}, {'Total Debit Entry Dollar Amount' => 12}, 
{'Total Credit Entry Dollar Amount' => 12}, {'Company Identification' => 10}, {'Blank' => 19},
{'Blank' => 6}, {'Originating Financial Institution' => 8}, {'Batch Number' => 7});

# File Control fields and field sizes
my @fileControl = ({'File Control Record' => 1}, {'Batch Count' => 6}, {'Block Count' => 6}, 
{'Entry/Addenda Count' => 8}, {'Entry Hash' => 10}, {'Total Debit Entry Dollar Amount' => 12}, 
{'Total Credit Entry Dollar Amount' => 12}, {'Reserved/Blank' => 39});

# All of the ACH File Formats
my %achFormats = (1 => \@fileFormat, 5 => \@batchFormat, 6 => \@detailFormat, 
7 => \@addendaFormat, 8 => \@controlFormat, 9 => \@fileControl);
##

# ACH data
my @achData;


# Create a new ACH object
sub new  { 
    my $class = shift;
    my $self  = {};         # allocate new hash for object
    
    bless {
      _achData         => [],
      _achFormats      => \%achFormats,
    }, $class;
}


# Print all data from the ACH object
sub printAllData {
  my $self = shift;
  foreach my $item (@{$self->{_achData}}) { # Array of ACH file Sections
    my @achSections = map { defined $_ ? $_ : '' } @{$item};
    foreach my $section (@achSections) { # Array of ACH file Section data
      my %hash = map { defined $_ ? $_ : '' } %{$section};
      foreach my $hashItem (keys (%hash)) { # Hash containing the ACH field name and value
        print "$hashItem: $hash{$hashItem}\n";
      }
    }
  }
}


# Get data
sub getData {
  my $self = shift;
  return \@{$self->{_achData}};
}



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