<reference id="ref-flatfile-module"><title>Flat File Elements</title>

<refentry id="flat-file-option-attributes" xreflabel="flat file option attributes">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>Flat File Options - Attributes</refname>
  <refpurpose>Flat file options</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>flushRecordOnWrite</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to flush the output stream every time a record is written.  Defaults to <code>false</code>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trim</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim leading and trailing whitespace.  Defaults to the setting at the record level.
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimLeading</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim leading whitespace.  Defaults to the setting at the record level.
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimWithinQuotes</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim quoted values of leading and trailing 
  whitespace.  Defaults to <code>false</code>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimLeadingWithinQuotes</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim quoted values of leading whitespace.  Defaults 
  to <code>false</code> .
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimTrailingWithinQuotes</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim quoted values of trailing whitespace.  Defaults 
  to <code>false</code>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimQuoted</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Deprecated as of version 1.1.0, use <sgmltag>trimWithinQuotes</sgmltag> 
  instead.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimTrailing</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim trailing whitespace.  Defaults to the setting at the record level.
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>quote</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>"auto" or "always" or "never"</entry>
<entry>
Indicates whether a value should be searched for a field delimiter, and if so enclosed in quote marks, or whether a value should
always be enclosed in quote marks.  The default is <code>never</code> for 
positional files, <code>auto</code> for delimited or mixed files.  Previous 
versions supported yes/no values, which have been deprecated, but are translated 
to "auto" and "never" respectively.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>omitFinalFieldDelimiter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Defaults to <code>true</code>.  (For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>omitFinalRepeatDelimiter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Defaults to <code>true</code>  (For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>padCharacter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Character</entry>
<entry>
The pad character used for formatting values into a field of fixed width, e.g., a space or zero. 
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>justify</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>"left","right", or "center"</entry>
<entry>Indicates how to align the data within the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>lineDelimited</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>If set to <code>true</code>, records are expected to end with end-of-line delimiters, otherwise fixed width records are assumed.  
Defaults to <code>true</code>.  (For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>countPositionsInBytes</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>If set to <code>true</code>, positions between fields are counted in 
  bytes, otherwise positons are counted in characters.  Defaults to 
            <code>true</code> if any field is a binary field or if flat file 
            signatures are specified, otherwise defaults to <code>false</code>. 
            </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ignoreTrailingEmptyLines</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>If set to <code>true</code>, lines at the end of files that are empty (apart from space, tab and record delimiter characters) are ignored.  
Defaults to <code>true</code>.    (For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ignoreEmptyLines</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>If set to <code>true</code>, all lines in the files that are empty (apart from space, tab and record delimiter characters) are ignored.  
Defaults to <code>false</code>.   (For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="flat-file-option-elements" xreflabel="flat file option elements">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>Flat File Options - Elements</refname>
  <refpurpose>Flat File Options</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Any number of <xref linkend="sx:recordDelimiter"/> elements.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Any number of <xref linkend="sx:segmentDelimiter"/> elements.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Any number of <xref linkend="sx:repeatDelimiter"/> elements.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Any number of <xref linkend="sx:fieldDelimiter"/> elements.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Any number of <xref linkend="sx:subfieldDelimiter"/> elements.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Any number of <xref linkend="sx:nameDelimiter"/> elements.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>A <xref linkend="sx:quoteSymbol"/> element. 
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Zero or many <xref linkend="sx:commentStarter"/> 
            elements.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:annotationRecord" xreflabel="sx:annotationRecord">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:annotationRecord</refname>
  <refpurpose>Annotation record</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:metaRecord"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>annotationRecord</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>name</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>The name of the annotation record.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>width</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The width of the annotation record.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>justify</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>"left","right", or "center"</entry>
<entry>Indicates how to align the data within the field.  The default is "left".</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>An input string.
</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
</para>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:binaryField" xreflabel="sx:binaryField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:binaryField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Binary field</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>binaryField</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>name</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>The name of the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>label</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A label for the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The one-based starting position of the field in the record.  If it is not specified, it defaults to the end of the previous field.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>width</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>The width of the field.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
  Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:defaultValue"/> element, defaults to the empty 
  string (for writing if there are missing field values.)
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:recordMapping"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
<title>First field of each record has a special character.</title>
<para>
In the example below, the first two records in the file start with the hexadecimal values 03 and 04.
These values are needed to differentiate the record type, but these valued cannot be written as 
<![CDATA[&#x03;]]> and <![CDATA[&#x04;]]> in XML, as these are not valid XML characters.
</para>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
  <sx:flatFile id="transactionFile">
    <sx:flatFileBody>
      <sx:flatRecordTypeChoice>
        <sx:binaryField name="firstField" width="1"/>
        <sx:when test="firstField='03'">
          <sx:flatRecordType id="R03" name="R03">
            <sx:binaryField name="firstField" label="firstField" width="1" />
            <sx:positionalField name="CLIENUM" label="CLIENUM" width="007" />
          </sx:flatRecordType>
        </sx:when>
        <sx:when test="firstField='04'">
          <sx:flatRecordType id="R04" name="R04">
            <sx:binaryField name="firstField" label="firstField" width="1" />
            <sx:positionalField name="NAME" label="NAME" width="020" />
          </sx:flatRecordType>
        </sx:when>
      </sx:flatRecordTypeChoice>
    </sx:flatFileBody>
  </sx:flatFile>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:commentStarter" xreflabel="sx:commentStarter">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:commentStarter</refname>
  <refpurpose></refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>commentStarter</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>value</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>String</entry>
<entry>The value of a comment symbol.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>None.</para>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:commentSymbol" xreflabel="sx:commentSymbol">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:commentSymbol</refname>
  <refpurpose>Deprecated, aliased to <xref linkend="sx:commentStarter"/></refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>commentSymbol</primary></indexterm>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:compositeFlatRecordType" xreflabel="sx:compositeFlatRecordType">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:compositeFlatRecordType</refname>
  <refpurpose>Composite flat record type</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:metaRecord"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>compositeFlatRecordType</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Optionally, <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>.  These apply to the current and descendent elements, if applicable they may be overriden in descendent elements 
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>One or more specializations of the abstract <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/> element, 
including <xref linkend="sx:positionalField"/>,
<xref linkend="sx:binaryField"/>, <xref linkend="sx:integerField"/> and 
  <xref linkend="sx:delimitedField"/>. If 
positional and delimited fields are mixed, the positional fields should precede 
the delimited fields. 
</para>
  </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>One <xref linkend="sx:recordComposition"/> element.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFile"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:onRecord"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:fieldAttributeMap"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:fieldElementMap"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:crcFlatFileSignature" xreflabel="sx:crcFlatFileSignature">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:crcFlatFileSignature</refname>
  <refpurpose>Deprecated, replaced by <xref linkend="sx:flatFileSignature"/> with method="crc"</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>crcFlatFileSignature</primary></indexterm>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:delimitedField" xreflabel="sx:delimitedField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:delimitedField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Delimited field</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>delimitedField</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>name</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>The name of the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>label</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A label for the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The one-based starting position of the field in the record.  If it is not specified,
it defaults to the end of the previous field.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trim</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim leading and trailing whitespace.  Defaults to the setting at the record level.
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimLeading</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim leading whitespace.  Defaults to the setting at the record level.
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimTrailing</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim trailing whitespace.  Defaults to the setting at the record level.
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimWithinQuotes</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim quoted values of leading and trailing 
  whitespace.  Defaults to the setting at the record level.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimLeadingWithinQuotes</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim quoted values of leading whitespace.  Defaults 
  to the setting at the record level.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimTrailingWithinQuotes</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim quoted values of trailing whitespace.  Defaults 
  to the setting at the record level.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>quote</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>"auto" or "always" or "never"</entry>
<entry>
Indicates whether a value should be searched for a field delimiter, and if so enclosed in quote marks, or whether a value should
always be enclosed in quote marks.  The default is <code>auto</code>.  Previous versions supported yes/no values,
which have been deprecated, but are translated to "auto" and "never" respectively.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>alwaysQuote</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>"yes" or "no"</entry>
<entry>Deprecated as of version 0.6.3, use quote="always" instead.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>minLength</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>If the length of the field value is less than <code>minLength</code>, it will be padded with the <code>padCharacter</code>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>maxLength</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>If the length of the field is greater than <code>maxValue</code>, it will be truncated.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>justify</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>"left","right", or "center"</entry>
<entry>The alignment rule used for formatting values into a field of fixed width.  The default is "left".
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>padCharacter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Character</entry>
<entry>
The pad character used for formatting values into a field of fixed width, e.g., 
a space or zero.  The default is a space.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>maxWidth</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The maximum field width, <emphasis>including</emphasis> delimiter.  If the number of
characters read exceeds the specified <code>width</code>, that will be regarded as the end of this field
and the beginning of the next.  Defaults to the record width.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>width</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>Deprecated, use <sgmltag class="attribute">maxWidth</sgmltag> instead.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>omitFinalFieldDelimiter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Defaults to <code>true</code>
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Optionally, any number of <xref linkend="sx:fieldDelimiter"/> and <xref linkend="sx:subfieldDelimiter"/> elements.  If not specified, defaults to the field and subfield delimiters in scope, if any.element.  
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:quoteSymbol"/> element. If not specified, defaults to the quote symbol in scope, if none, defaults to <code>"</code>. 
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:defaultValue"/> element, defaults to the empty string (for writing if there are missing field values.)
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:recordMapping"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Notes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
If you have a field value that includes a character that is the same as the quote symbol, you must escape that
character.  For example, if the quote symbol is the default double quotation mark, 
escaped by a second quote symbol, and if your record data is
<programlisting>
"Gun, with Occaisonal Music","""SHARP, FUNNY, VISIONARY"""
</programlisting>
then the values become
<programlisting>
Gun, with Occaisonal Music
"SHARP, FUNNY, VISIONARY"
</programlisting>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:delimitedNamedField" xreflabel="sx:delimitedNamedField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:delimitedNamedField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Delimited name/value pair</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/>,&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>delimitedNamedField</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>label</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A label for the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The one-based starting position of the field in the record.  If it is not specified,
it defaults to the end of the previous field.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trim</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim leading and trailing whitespace.  Defaults to the setting at the record level.
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimLeading</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim leading whitespace.  Defaults to the setting at the record level.
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimTrailing</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim trailing whitespace.  Defaults to the setting at the record level.
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>minLength</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>If the length of the field value is less than <code>minLength</code>, it will be padded with the <code>padCharacter</code>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>maxLength</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>If the length of the field is greater than <code>maxValue</code>, it will be truncated.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>justify</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>"left","right", or "center"</entry>
<entry>The alignment rule used for formatting values into a field of fixed width.  The default is "left".
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>padCharacter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Character</entry>
<entry>
The pad character used for formatting values into a field of fixed width, e.g., 
a space or zero.  The default is a space.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>maxWidth</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The maximum field width, <emphasis>including</emphasis> delimiter.  If the number of
characters read exceeds the specified <code>width</code>, that will be regarded as the end of this field
and the beginning of the next.  Defaults to the record width.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>omitFinalFieldDelimiter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Defaults to <code>true</code>
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Optionally, any number of <xref linkend="sx:fieldDelimiter"/> and <xref linkend="sx:subfieldDelimiter"/> elements.  If not specified, defaults to the field and subfield delimiters in scope, if any.  
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:quoteSymbol"/> element. If not specified, defaults to the quote symbol in scope, if none, defaults to <code>"</code>. 
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:defaultValue"/> element, defaults to the empty string (for writing if there are missing field values.)
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:nameDelimiter"/> element. If not specified, defaults to the tag delimiter in scope. If there is no tag
delimiter, an error is raised.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:repeatingField"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Notes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
If you have a field value that includes a character that is the same as the quote symbol, you must escape that
character.  For example, if the quote symbol is the default double quotation mark, 
escaped by a second quote symbol, and if your record data is
<programlisting>
"Gun, with Occaisonal Music","""SHARP, FUNNY, VISIONARY"""
</programlisting>
then the values become
<programlisting>
Gun, with Occaisonal Music
"SHARP, FUNNY, VISIONARY"
</programlisting>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:fieldDelimiter" xreflabel="sx:fieldDelimiter">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:fieldDelimiter</refname>
  <refpurpose>Field delimiter</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>fieldDelimiter</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>value</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A string of one or more characters that indicates the end of a field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>escapeCharacter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Character</entry>
<entry>An escape character used to escape the delimiter.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> element.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The field delimiter indicates the end of the field value.  It is excluded from the field value.
It may be one or more characters in length.  
</para>
<para>
The following special encodings may appear in a delimiter value.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>\t, to indicate a tab.
</listitem>
<listitem>\r, to indicate a carriage return.
</listitem>
<listitem>\n, to indicate a line feed.
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>You can also use numerical entity references to specify delimiter values, e.g. <![CDATA[&#x09;]]> 
is another way of specifying a tab character.
</para>
<para>
The value of the delimiter may be specified either by a <code>value</code> attribute
or by the <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> content. 
</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Notes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
If you have a field value that includes a character that is the same as the delimiter, you must 
define the field to have quoted field values and enclose the value of the field in quotes.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:flatFile" xreflabel="sx:flatFile">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:flatFile</refname>
  <refpurpose>Flat file</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>flatFile</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Optionally, any number of <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>, for
example, any number of 
                     <xref linkend="sx:recordDelimiter"/> elements, or any 
                     number of <xref linkend="sx:commentStarter"/> elements.
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:flatFileTrailer"/> element.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>A <xref linkend="sx:flatFileBody"/> element.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Optionally, any number of <xref linkend="sx:flatFileSignature"/> elements.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
  <refsection>
    <title>Description</title>
<para>By default there are two record delimiters:  a linefeed, or a carriage
return followed by a linefeed. When serializing XML to a flat file, if more than
one record delimiter has been defined, the serializer checks to see if one of
the delimiters matches the system conventional end-of-line character. If so, it
uses that one, otherwise it uses the first one.
</para>
    
  </refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>See <xref linkend="sx:flatFileReader"/></para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFileReader"/>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFileWriter"/>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:flatFileBody" xreflabel="sx:flatFileBody">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:flatFileBody</refname>
  <refpurpose>Flat file body</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>flatFileBody</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>
A <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordType"/> element, or a <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordTypeChoice"/> element.
</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
<title>Using a sx:flatFileBody element.</title>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
  <sx:flatFile id="tradesFlatFile">
    <sx:commentStarter value="#"/>
    <sx:flatFileBody>
      <sx:flatRecordTypeChoice>
        <sx:positionalField name="record_type" width="2"/>
        <sx:when test="record_type='TR'">
          <sx:flatRecordType name="trade">
            <sx:positionalField name="record_type" width="2"/>
            <sx:positionalField name="id" width="4"/>
            <sx:positionalField name="trade_date" width="10"/>
            <sx:positionalField name="trade_time" width="8"/>
            <sx:positionalField name="description" width="30"/>
          </sx:flatRecordType>
        </sx:when>
        <sx:when test="record_type='TN'">
          <sx:flatRecordType name="transaction">
            <sx:positionalField name="record_type" width="2"/>
            <sx:positionalField name="id" width="4"/>
            <sx:positionalField name="reference" width="5"/>
            <sx:positionalField name="description" width="30"/>
          </sx:flatRecordType>
        </sx:when>
      </sx:flatRecordTypeChoice>
    </sx:flatFileBody>
  </sx:flatFile>
  
  <sx:recordMapping id="tradesToXmlMapping">
    <trades>
      <sx:onRecord recordType="trade">
        <trade>
          <sx:fieldAttributeMap field="id" attribute="id"/>
          <sx:fieldElementMap field="description" element="description"/>
        </trade>  
      </sx:onRecord>
      <sx:onRecord recordType="transaction">
        <transaction>
          <sx:fieldAttributeMap field="id" attribute="id"/>
          <sx:fieldElementMap field="reference" element="reference"/>
          <sx:fieldElementMap field="description" element="description"/>
        </transaction>  
      </sx:onRecord>
    </trades>
  </sx:recordMapping>  
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFile"/>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<xref linkend="sx:onRecord"/>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<xref linkend="sx:fieldAttributeMap"/>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<xref linkend="sx:fieldElementMap"/>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:flatFileSignature" xreflabel="sx:flatFileSignature">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:flatFileSignature</refname>
  <refpurpose>Flat file signature</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>flatFileSignature</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>recordType</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>Identifies a header or trailer record.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>field</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>Identifies a field in a header or trailer record.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>method</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>string</entry>
<entry>Must be one of "crc", "size, or "custom".</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>class</entry>
<entry>No (unless method is "custom")</entry>
<entry>Java class name</entry>
<entry>The name of a Java class that implements com.servingxml.components.flatfile.SignatureMethod</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>validate</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether, when reading a file, the computed signature should be validated against the value stored in the header or trailer.
Defaults to <code>true</code>.   (For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>None.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
Computes the size, CRC, or custom signature of the raw data from the body of the flat file (excluding header and trailer.)
When the file is being written, the signature is stored in the header or trailer field identified by record type and field name.
When the file is being read, the computed signature is compared to the signature from the header or trailer field,
and an error is raised if they differ.
</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>See <xref linkend="sx:flatFileHeader"/> and <xref linkend="sx:flatFileTrailer"/></para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFile"/>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFileHeader"/>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFileTrailer"/>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:flatFileHeader" xreflabel="sx:flatFileHeader">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:flatFileHeader</refname>
  <refpurpose>Flat file header</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>flatFileHeader</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>lineCount</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Number</entry>
<entry>The number of lines in the header.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>recordLength</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Integer</entry>
<entry>The total length of the header records, including record delimiter, if 
  any.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>One or more <xref linkend="sx:metaRecord"/> elements.</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
<title>A flat file header which contains title headings for columns.</title>
<para>The header declaration below will prepend a two line header to a flat file:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
  <listitem><para>A list of title headings for columns.
  </para></listitem>
  <listitem><para>A blank line before the data section.
  </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
  <sx:flatFile id="booksFile">
    <sx:flatFileHeader>
      <sx:flatRecordType ref="bookType"/>
      <sx:annotationRecord/>
    </sx:flatFileHeader>
    <sx:flatFileBody>
      <sx:flatRecordType ref="bookType"/>
    </sx:flatFileBody>
  </sx:flatFile>      

  <sx:flatRecordType id="bookType" name="bookType">
    <sx:positionalField name="category" label="Category" width="1"/>
    <sx:positionalField name="author" label="Author" width="30"/>
    <sx:positionalField name="title" label="Title" width="30"/>
    <sx:positionalField name="price" label="Price" width="10" justify="right"/>
  </sx:flatRecordType>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
Note the following:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
  <listitem><para>In header and trailer sections, the <sgmltag class="attribute">label</sgmltag> attributes of fields are treated as data values.
  </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</example>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFileSignature"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:flatFileReader" xreflabel="sx:flatFileReader">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:flatFileReader</refname>
  <refpurpose>Read flat file</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:recordReader"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>flatFileReader</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
    Optionally, any number of <xref linkend="sx:parameter"/> 
  elements.
  </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Optionally, any number of <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>, for
example, any number of 
                     <xref linkend="sx:recordDelimiter"/> elements, or any 
                     number of <xref linkend="sx:commentStarter"/> elements.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
    Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:streamSource"/> 
  element.
  </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
    Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:flatFile"/> element. 
    Defaults to a file reader that examines the first row of the file for
    delimited column headings.
  </para>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
<title>Example of a flat file record reader.</title>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
  <sx:flatFileReader id="countries">
    <sx:urlSource url="books/countries.csv"/>
    
    <sx:flatFile>
      <sx:flatFileBody>
        <sx:flatRecordType name="country">
          <sx:fieldDelimiter value=","/> 
          <sx:delimitedField name="countryCode"/>
          <sx:delimitedField name="countryName"/>
        </sx:flatRecordType>
      </sx:flatFileBody>
    </sx:flatFile>
    
  </sx:flatFileReader>
]]></programlisting>
</example>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:recordContent"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:flatRecordField" xreflabel="sx:flatRecordField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:flatRecordField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Abstract element standing for any flat record field</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>flatRecordField</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>ref</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>This attribute is used to reference an id.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>None.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>This is an abstract element that allows us to refer generically to any specialization of 
<sgmltag>sx:flatRecordField</sgmltag>, such as <xref linkend="sx:delimitedField"/>.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>
</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordType"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:delimitedField"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:positionalField"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:binaryField"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:integerField"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:repeatingGroup"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:repeatingField"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:flatRecordType" xreflabel="sx:flatRecordType">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:flatRecordType</refname>
  <refpurpose>Flat record type</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:metaRecord"/>, <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>flatRecordType</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>name</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A QName, or an expression that evaluates to a QName.  Defaults to 
  "record"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>recordLength</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>The total length of the record, including record delimiter, if 
  any.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Optionally, <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>.  These apply to the current and descendent elements, if applicable they may be overriden in descendent elements 
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>One or more specializations of the abstract <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/> element, 
including <xref linkend="sx:delimitedField"/>, <xref linkend="sx:positionalField"/>,
<xref linkend="sx:repeatingGroup"/>, and <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordType"/> elements.  If positional
and delimited fields are mixed, the positional fields should precede the delimited fields.
Note that you can extend other flat record types by referring to the base <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordType"/> elements 
in the content.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
<title>The "country" record.</title>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
<sx:flatRecordType id="countryRec" name="country">
  <sx:fieldDelimiter value=","/>
  <sx:delimitedField name="code"/>
  <sx:delimitedField name="name"/>
</sx:flatRecordType>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title>Extending the "country" record with a "message" field.</title>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
  <sx:flatRecordType name="countryDiscard">
    <sx:fieldDelimiter value=","/>
    <sx:delimitedField name="message"/>
    <sx:flatRecordType ref="countryRec"/>
  </sx:flatRecordType>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>The reference to the "country" record above is expanded into the fields of the "country" record.
</para>
</example>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFile"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:onRecord"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:fieldAttributeMap"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:fieldElementMap"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:flatRecordTypeChoice" xreflabel="sx:flatRecordTypeChoice">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:flatRecordTypeChoice</refname>
  <refpurpose>Choose from alternative record definitions</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:metaRecord"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>flatRecordTypeChoice</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Optionally, <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>.  These apply to the current and descendent elements, if applicable they may be overriden in descendent elements 
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>One or more specializations of the abstract <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/> element, 
including <xref linkend="sx:positionalField"/>,
<xref linkend="sx:binaryField"/>, <xref linkend="sx:integerField"/> and 
  <xref linkend="sx:delimitedField"/>. If 
positional and delimited fields are mixed, the positional fields should precede 
the delimited fields. 
</para>
  </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>One or more <sgmltag>sx:when</sgmltag> elements, optionally followed by one <sgmltag>sx:otherwise</sgmltag> element.
The <sgmltag>sx:when</sgmltag> elements must have a <sgmltag class="attribute">test</sgmltag> attribute, an XPath expression that is evaluated
against a document containing the above fields.  The <sgmltag>sx:when</sgmltag> and <sgmltag>sx:otherwise</sgmltag> elements must contain
one <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordType"/> or <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordTypeChoice"/> child element.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFile"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:onRecord"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:fieldAttributeMap"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:fieldElementMap"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:flatFileTrailer" xreflabel="sx:flatFileTrailer">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:flatFileTrailer</refname>
  <refpurpose>Flat file trailer</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>flatFileTrailer</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>lineCount</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Number</entry>
<entry>The number of lines in the trailer.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>recordLength</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Integer</entry>
<entry>The total length of the header records, including record delimiter, if 
  any.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>One or more <xref linkend="sx:metaRecord"/> elements.</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
<title>A flat file trailer which contains a record count.</title>
<para>The trailer declaration below will append a two line trailer to a flat file:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
  <listitem><para>A blank line, followed by
  </para></listitem>
  <listitem><para>Number of records:  &lt;recordCount>
  </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
  <sx:flatFileTrailer>
    <sx:annotationRecord></sx:annotationRecord>
    <sx:flatRecordType ref="trailer"/>
  </sx:flatFileTrailer>

  <sx:flatRecordType id="trailer" name="trailer">
    <sx:positionalField name="recordCountLabel" width="19" label="Number of records: "/>
    <sx:positionalField name="recordCount"  width="10" label="{$sx:recordCount}"/>
  </sx:flatRecordType>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
Note the following:
<itemizedlist>
  <listitem><para>In header and trailer sections, the <sgmltag class="attribute">label</sgmltag> attributes of fields are treated as data values.
  </para></listitem>
  <listitem><para>In a <sgmltag>sx:positionalField</sgmltag> element, the value of the <sgmltag class="attribute">label</sgmltag> 
  attribute can contain references to parameters, in
  particular to <code>$sx:recordCount</code>, which is a parameter that the file record writer adds after finishing writing records.
  </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</example>
<example>
<title>A flat file trailer which contains size and CRC file signatures.</title>
<para>The flat file declaration below will append a trailer to a flat file that contains the size in bytes of the flat file body,
followed by the CRC value calculated for the flat file body.
</para>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
  <sx:flatFile id="sampleFlatFile">
    <sx:flatFileBody> 
      ...
    </sx:flatFileBody>
    
    <sx:flatFileSignature recordType="fileSignatures" field="filecrc" method="crc"/>
    <sx:flatFileSignature recordType="fileSignatures" field="filesize" method="size"/>
    <sx:flatFileTrailer>
      <sx:flatRecordType ref="sampleTrailerRecord"/>
    </sx:flatFileTrailer>
  </sx:flatFile>

  <sx:flatRecordType id="sampleTrailerRecord" name="fileSignatures">
    <sx:fieldDelimiter value="|"/>
    <sx:delimitedField name="filesize"/>
    <sx:delimitedField name="filecrc"/>
  </sx:flatRecordType>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
Note the following:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
  <listitem><para>The <sgmltag>sx:flatFile</sgmltag> element contains two <sgmltag>sx:flatFileSignature</sgmltag> elements,
  which define the rules for checking the CRC and size when reading the file, and signing the header or trailer with a CRC and size when writing the file.
  </para></listitem>
  <listitem><para>The <sgmltag>sx:flatFileSignature</sgmltag> element has attributes 
  <sgmltag class="attribute">recordType</sgmltag> and <sgmltag class="attribute">field</sgmltag>, which 
  identify where in the header or trailer the signature value belongs.
  </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</example>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFileSignature"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:flatFileWriter" xreflabel="sx:flatFileWriter">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:flatFileWriter</refname>
  <refpurpose>Abstract element standing for any flat file writer</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:recordWriter"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>flatFileWriter</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>Optionally, any number of <xref linkend="sx:parameter"/> elements.</listitem>
<listitem>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:streamSink"/> element.</listitem>
<listitem>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:flatFile"/> element.  If omitted, the file structure defaults to a 
  CSV file format with labels and values reflecting the names and values in the records. </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
<title>Example of a flat file record writer.</title>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
]]></programlisting>
</example>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:recordWriter"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>
  
<refentry id="sx:integerField" xreflabel="sx:integerField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:integerField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Integer field</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>integerField</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>name</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>The name of the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>label</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A label for the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The one-based starting position of the field in the record.  If it is not specified, it defaults to the end of the previous field.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>width</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The width of the field, which must be 1, 2, 4, or 8.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>bigEndian</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Specifies the byte order, defaults to <code>true</code>.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
  Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:defaultValue"/> element, defaults to the empty 
  string (for writing if there are missing field values.)
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>This element supports reading and writing of integer values encoded as BIG 
  ENDIAN or LITTLE ENDIAN.
</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:recordMapping"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:metaRecord" xreflabel="sx:metaRecord">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:metaRecord</refname>
  <refpurpose>Meta record</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>metaRecord</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>ref</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>This attribute is used to reference an id.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>This is an abstract element that allows us to refer generically to any specialization of 
<sgmltag>sx:metaRecord</sgmltag>, such as <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordType"/>.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordType"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:annotationRecord"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:nameDelimiter" xreflabel="sx:nameDelimiter">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:nameDelimiter</refname>
  <refpurpose>Separate a field name and value</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>nameDelimiter</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>value</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>The character(s) used to separate name/value pairs.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> element.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
Value of the character(s) used to separate name/value pairs.  
</para>
<para>
The following special encodings may appear in a delimiter value.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>\t, to indicate a tab.
</listitem>
<listitem>\r, to indicate a carriage return.
</listitem>
<listitem>\n, to indicate a line feed.
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>You can also use numerical entity references to specify delimiter values, e.g. <![CDATA[&#x09;]]> 
is another way of specifying a tab character.
</para>
<para>
The value of the delimiter may be specified either by a <code>value</code> attribute
or by the <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> content. 
</para>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:packedDecimalField" xreflabel="sx:packedDecimalField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:packedDecimalField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Packed decimal field</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>packedDecimalField</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>name</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>The name of the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>label</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A label for the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The one-based starting position of the field in the record.  If it is not specified, it defaults to the end of the previous field.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>width</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The width of the field.  Defaults to the width corresponding to the digitCount.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>digitCount</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The total number of digits in the packed decimal number.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>decimalPlaces</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The number of places to the right of the implied decimal.  Defaults to <code>0</code>.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:defaultValue"/> element, defaults to the empty string (for writing if there are missing field values.)</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:recordMapping"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:nonrepeatingGroup" xreflabel="sx:nonrepeatingGroup">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:nonrepeatingGroup</refname>
  <refpurpose>A nonrepeating group is a field that contains at most one group of 
    subfields within a segment (an area of a record terminated with a segment 
    delimiter.)
  </refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>repeatingGroup</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>name</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>The name of the nonrepeating group field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The one-based starting position of the field in the record.  If it is not specified, it defaults to the end of the previous field.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
<para>
Optionally, <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>.  These apply to the current and descendent elements, if applicable they may be overriden in descendent elements 
</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
<para>
A <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordType"/> element, or a <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordTypeChoice"/> element.
</para>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
  <para>
The <xref linkend="sx:segmentDelimiter"/>, if not supplied, defaults to the end of the record.
</para>
<para>A nonrepeating group reads at most one record</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:repeatingGroup"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:overpunchField" xreflabel="sx:overpunchField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:overpunchField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Overpunch field</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>overpunchField</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>name</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>The name of the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>label</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A label for the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The one-based starting position of the field in the record.  If it is not specified, it defaults to the end of the previous field.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>width</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>The width of the field.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:defaultValue"/> element, defaults to the empty string (for writing if there are missing field values.)</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:recordMapping"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
<title>Overpunch field.</title>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
  <sx:flatRecordType>
    <sx:overpunchField name="field1" width="4"/>
  </sx:flatRecordType>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:positionalField" xreflabel="sx:positionalField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:positionalField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Positional field</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>positionalField</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>name</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>The name of the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>label</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A label for the field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The one-based starting position of the field in the record.  If it is not specified, it defaults to the end of the previous field.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>width</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>The width of the field.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>trim</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim leading and trailing whitespace.  The default is <code>true</code></entry>
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimLeading</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim leading whitespace.  The default is <code>true</code></entry>
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</row>
<row>
<entry>trimTrailing</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Indicates whether to trim trailing whitespace.  The default is <code>true</code></entry>
(For backwards compatability, "yes"/"no" is also supported.)
</row>
<row>
<entry>justify</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>"left","right", or "center"</entry>
<entry>The alignment rule used for formatting values into a field of fixed width.  The default is "left".
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>padCharacter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Character</entry>
<entry>
The pad character used for formatting values into a field of fixed width, e.g., 
a space or zero.  The default is a space.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:defaultValue"/> element, defaults to the empty string (for writing if there are missing field values.)</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:recordMapping"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Examples</title>
<example>
<title>Positional field using start attribute.</title>
<para>
In the example below, positions one through two are assigned to <code>short-record-type</code>,
and positions one through five are assigned to <code>record-type</code>.  The <code>value</code>
field starts at position six.
</para>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
   <sx:flatRecordType name="hot">
     <sx:positionalField name="short-record-type"  width="2"/>
     <sx:positionalField name="record-type" start="1" width="5"/>
     <sx:positionalField name="value" width="7"/>
   </sx:flatRecordType>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title>Variable length positional field.</title>
<para>
In the example below, the input file contains a variable length field called 
"remarksText".  The field width is specified using the value of its preceding
field, called "remarksSize".
</para>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
  <sx:flatRecordType name="transaction">
    <sx:positionalField name="remarksSize" width="4"/>
    <sx:positionalField name="remarksText" width="{remarksSize}"/>
  </sx:flatRecordType>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:recordComposition" xreflabel="sx:recordComposition">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:recordComposition</refname>
  <refpurpose>Compose individual physical records into a composite logical record</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>recordComposition</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>startTest</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>XPath Boolean Expr</entry>
<entry>XPath boolean expression to test for start of grouping. Defaults to
  <code>true</code></entry>.
</row>
<row>
<entry>endTest</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>XPath Boolean Expr</entry>
<entry>XPath boolean expression to test for end of grouping.  Defaults to 
  <sgmltag>startTest</sgmltag>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>suppressRDW</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Suppress the 4-byte record descriptor word (RDW) from the front of 
  the logical record, defaults to <code>false</code>.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Optionally, <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>.  These apply to the current and descendent elements, if applicable they may be overriden in descendent elements 
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>One <xref linkend="sx:metaRecord"/> element.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:compositeFlatRecordType"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:recordDelimiter" xreflabel="sx:recordDelimiter">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:recordDelimiter</refname>
  <refpurpose>Separate records</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>recordDelimiter</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A string of one or more characters that identifies the beginning of a record.
If omitted, the record begins past the end of the previous record, or the beginning of the file.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>end</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A string of one or more characters that identifies the end of a record.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>value</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>Same as <sgmltag class="attribute">end</sgmltag>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>continuation</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A string of one or more characters that indicates a continuation 
  character, which allows a record to be extended onto the next line.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>continuationSequence</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>The continuation + delimiter.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>escapeCharacter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Character</entry>
<entry>An escape character used to escape the delimiter.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> element.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The record delimiter indicates the end of the record.
</para>
<para>
The following special encodings may appear in a record delimiter or continuation 
value.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>\t, to indicate a tab.
</listitem>
<listitem>\r, to indicate a carriage return.
</listitem>
<listitem>\n, to indicate a line feed.
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>You can also use numerical entity references to specify delimiter values, e.g. <![CDATA[&#x0A;]]> 
is another way of specifying a line feed character.
</para>
<para>
The value of the delimiter may be specified either by a <code>value</code> attribute
or by the <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> content. 
</para>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:repeatDelimiter" xreflabel="sx:repeatDelimiter">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:repeatDelimiter</refname>
  <refpurpose>Separate repeating groups within a segment</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>repeatDelimiter</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A string of one or more characters that identifies the beginning of a segment separated by start-end delimiters.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>end</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A string of one or more characters that identifies the end of a segment separated by start-end delimiters.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>value</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A string of one or more characters that indicates the end of a segment within a repeating group.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>escapeCharacter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Character</entry>
<entry>An escape character used to escape the delimiter.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> element.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The repeat delimiter separates segments within a repeating group.
It may be one or more characters in length.  
</para>
<para>
The following special encodings may appear in a delimiter value.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>\t, to indicate a tab.
</listitem>
<listitem>\r, to indicate a carriage return.
</listitem>
<listitem>\n, to indicate a line feed.
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>You can also use numerical entity references to specify delimiter values, e.g. <![CDATA[&#x09;]]> 
is another way of specifying a tab character.
</para>
<para>
The value of the delimiter may be specified either by a <code>value</code> attribute
or by the <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> content. 
</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Notes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
If you have a value that includes a character that is the same as the delimiter, the value must be enclosed in quotes.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:repeatingField" xreflabel="sx:repeatingField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:repeatingField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Field repeats</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>repeatingField</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>count</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A fixed number of repeating tagged fields.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Optionally, <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>.  These apply to the current and descendent elements, if applicable they may be overriden in descendent elements 
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:defaultValue"/> element, defaults to the empty string (for writing if there are missing field values.)
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>One <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/> element.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:recordMapping"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Notes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
If you have a field value that includes a character that is the same as the quote symbol, you must escape that
character.  For example, if the quote symbol is the default double quotation mark, 
escaped by a second quote symbol, and if your record data is
<programlisting>
"Gun, with Occaisonal Music","""SHARP, FUNNY, VISIONARY"""
</programlisting>
then the values become
<programlisting>
Gun, with Occaisonal Music
"SHARP, FUNNY, VISIONARY"
</programlisting>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:repeatingNamedField" xreflabel="sx:repeatingNamedField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:repeatingNamedField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Deprecated, replaced by <xref linkend="sx:repeatingField"/></refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>repeatingField</primary></indexterm>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:repeatingGroup" xreflabel="sx:repeatingGroup">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:repeatingGroup</refname>
  <refpurpose>A repeating group is a field that contains zero or more groups of 
    subfields within a segment (an area of a record terminated with a segment
    delimiter.)  The groups may be separated by <xref linkend="sx:repeatDelimiter"/>s,
    or may be of fixed length.
  </refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>repeatingGroup</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>name</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>The name of the repeating group field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The one-based starting position of the field in the record.  If it is not specified, it defaults to the end of the previous field.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>count</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A fixed number of repeating records.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
<para>
Optionally, <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>.  These apply to the current and descendent elements, if applicable they may be overriden in descendent elements 
</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
<para>
A <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordType"/> element, or a <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordTypeChoice"/> element.
</para>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>If an <xref linkend="sx:repeatDelimiter"/> is supplied in the content, or is inherited from an ancestor element 
of the record type, each member of the repeating group is assumed to be separated by the repeat delimiter, and terminated
either by the <xref linkend="sx:segmentDelimiter"/>, or earlier by the value of the <sgmltag class="attribute">count</sgmltag> 
attribute (if supplied.)   The <xref linkend="sx:segmentDelimiter"/>, if not supplied, defaults to the end of the record.
</para>
<para>If an <xref linkend="sx:repeatDelimiter"/> is neither supplied in the content nor inherited from an ancestor element, 
each member of the repeating group is assumed to follow sequentially, and is read according, up to the value of the
<sgmltag class="attribute">count</sgmltag> attribute.
</para>
<para>
The difference between a repeating group and a repeating segment is that only a specific composite of fields is repeated, not an entire segment. 
</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:repeatingField"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:repeatingSegment" xreflabel="sx:repeatingSegment">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:repeatingSegment</refname>
  <refpurpose>Deprecated, superceded by <xref linkend="sx:repeatingGroup"/></refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>repeatingSegment</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>name</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>The name of the repeating segment field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>number</entry>
<entry>The one-based starting position of the field in the record.  If it is not specified, it defaults to the end of the previous field.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>count</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A fixed number of repeating segments.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
<para>
Optionally, <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>.  These apply to the current and descendent elements, if applicable they may be overriden in descendent elements 
</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
<para>
A <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordType"/> element, or a <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordTypeChoice"/> element.
</para>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>Each member of the repeating segment is assumed to be separated by a <xref linkend="sx:segmentDelimiter"/>.
The segment delimiter may be a simple terminating value, e.g. "\r", or alternatively the segment delimiter may be
a start-end pair, e.g. "{"-"}".  If the latter, the repeating segments will be the content of the start-end pairs at the same level
(including nested start-end pairs.)
</para>
<para>
The repeating segment is terminated either by the value of the <sgmltag class="attribute">count</sgmltag> 
attribute (if supplied), or by the end of an enclosing segment, or the end of the record.   
</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:repeatingGroup"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:repeatingField"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:segmentConcatenation" xreflabel="sx:segmentConcatenation">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:segmentConcatenation</refname>
  <refpurpose>Concatenate a number of physical records as segments of one logical record.</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>segmentComposition</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>startTest</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>XPath Boolean Expr</entry>
<entry>XPath boolean expression to test for start of grouping. Defaults to
  <code>true</code></entry>.
</row>
<row>
<entry>endTest</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>XPath Boolean Expr</entry>
<entry>XPath boolean expression to test for end of grouping.  Defaults to 
  <sgmltag>startTest</sgmltag>.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>suppressRDW</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>true|false</entry>
<entry>Suppress the 4-byte record descriptor word (RDW) from the front of 
  the logical record, defaults to <code>false</code>.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Optionally, <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>.  These apply to the current and descendent elements, if applicable they may be overriden in descendent elements 
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>One <xref linkend="sx:metaRecord"/> element.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:vbsFlatRecordType"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:segmentDelimiter" xreflabel="sx:segmentDelimiter">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:segmentDelimiter</refname>
  <refpurpose>Separate a record into segments containing repeating groups</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>segmentDelimiter</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>start</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A string of one or more characters that identifies the beginning of a segment separated by start-end delimiters.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>end</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A string of one or more characters that identifies the end of a segment separated by start-end delimiters.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>value</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A string of one or more characters that indicates the end of a segment.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>escapeCharacter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Character</entry>
<entry>An escape character used to escape the delimiter.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> element.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The segment delimiter indicates the end of a repeating group of segments within a record.  
It may be one or more characters in length.  
</para>
<para>
The following special encodings may appear in a delimiter value.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>\t, to indicate a tab.
</listitem>
<listitem>\r, to indicate a carriage return.
</listitem>
<listitem>\n, to indicate a line feed.
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>You can also use numerical entity references to specify delimiter values, e.g. <![CDATA[&#x09;]]> 
is another way of specifying a tab character.
</para>
<para>
The value of the delimiter may be specified either by a <code>value</code> attribute
or by the <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> content. 
</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Notes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
If you have a value that includes a character that is the same as the delimiter, the value must be enclosed in quotes.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:separator" xreflabel="sx:separator">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:separator</refname>
  <refpurpose>Abstract element standing for any separator</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>separator</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="1">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>ref</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="QName"/></entry>
<entry>This attribute is used to reference an id.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>This is an abstract element that allows us to refer generically to any specialization of 
<sgmltag>sx:separator</sgmltag>, such as <xref linkend="sx:whitespaceSeparator"/>.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:whitespaceSeparator"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:sizeFlatFileSignature" xreflabel="sx:sizeFlatFileSignature">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:sizeFlatFileSignature</refname>
  <refpurpose>Deprecated, replaced by <xref linkend="sx:flatFileSignature"/> with method="size"</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>sizeFlatFileSignature</primary></indexterm>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:subfieldDelimiter" xreflabel="sx:subfieldDelimiter">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:subfieldDelimiter</refname>
  <refpurpose>Separate values within a field</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>subfieldDelimiter</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>value</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry><xref linkend="SubstitutionExpr"/></entry>
<entry>A string of one or more characters that indicates the end of a value in a multivalued field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>escapeCharacter</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>Character</entry>
<entry>An escape character used to escape the delimiter.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>Optionally, a <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> element.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The subfield delimiter indicates the end of a value in a multivalued delimiter separated field.
</para>
<para>
The following special encodings may appear in a delimiter value.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>\t, to indicate a tab.
</listitem>
<listitem>\r, to indicate a carriage return.
</listitem>
<listitem>\n, to indicate a line feed.
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>You can also use numerical entity references to specify delimiter values, e.g. <![CDATA[&#x09;]]> 
is another way of specifying a tab character.
</para>
<para>
The value of the delimiter may be specified either by a <code>value</code> attribute
or by the <xref linkend="sx:separator"/> content. 
</para>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:tagDelimiter" xreflabel="sx:tagDelimiter">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:tagDelimiter</refname>
  <refpurpose>Deprecated, aliased to <xref linkend="sx:nameDelimiter"/></refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>tagDelimiter</primary></indexterm>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:taggedDelimitedField" xreflabel="sx:taggedDelimitedField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:taggedDelimitedField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Deprecated, aliased to <xref linkend="sx:delimitedNamedField"/></refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
</refentry> 
  
  <refentry id="sx:taggedFlatRecordField" xreflabel="sx:taggedFlatRecordField">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:taggedFlatRecordField</refname>
  <refpurpose>Deprecated, aliased to <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/></refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
  </refentry>

<refentry id="sx:vbsFlatRecordType" xreflabel="sx:vbsFlatRecordType">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:vbsFlatRecordType</refname>
  <refpurpose>Variable Block Segment (VBS) record type</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>vbsFlatRecordType</primary></indexterm>
<refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:metaRecord"/></refclass>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="flat-file-option-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Standard flat file options, may be overriden in a descendent</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Optionally, <xref linkend="flat-file-option-elements"/>.  These apply to the current and descendent elements, if applicable they may be overriden in descendent elements 
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>One or more specializations of the abstract <xref linkend="sx:flatRecordField"/> element, 
including <xref linkend="sx:positionalField"/>,
<xref linkend="sx:binaryField"/>, <xref linkend="sx:integerField"/> and 
  <xref linkend="sx:delimitedField"/>. If 
positional and delimited fields are mixed, the positional fields should precede 
the delimited fields. 
</para>
  </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>One <xref linkend="sx:segmentConcatenation"/> element.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:flatFile"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:onRecord"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:fieldAttributeMap"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:fieldElementMap"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

<refentry id="sx:whitespaceSeparator" xreflabel="sx:whitespaceSeparator">
<refnamediv>
  <refname>sx:whitespaceSeparator</refname>
  <refpurpose>Separate fields with whitespace</refpurpose>
  <refclass>&nbsp;&nbsp;&boxur;&nbsp;<xref linkend="sx:separator"/></refclass>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm><primary>whitespaceSeparator</primary></indexterm>
<refsection>
<title>Attributes</title>
<informaltable colsep="0">
<tgroup cols="4" align="left" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Value</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="idref-attributes"/></entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>&nbsp;</entry>
<entry>Common id ref attributes.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Content</title>
<para>None.</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The whitespace separator permits fields or records to be separated by one or more whitespace characters.
</para>
</refsection>
<refsection>
<title>See also</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:recordDelimiter"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:fieldDelimiter"/>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<xref linkend="sx:subfieldDelimiter"/>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsection>
</refentry>

</reference>

