| 摘要 |
A message processing system is conditioned to receive messages (26) having a particular structure. A set of descriptors (37,38,40,42,44) that define the message structure are inputted on a graphical display (16), and the graphical display is used to condition software (24) that translates message structures to a form that is compatible with the message processing language. Changes in message structure are accommodated by simply inputting a new set of descriptors, without a need to know the message processing language. In one embodiment, message structures are defined by a plurality of fields (2,4,6,8,10,12,14), with descriptors defining the length (38) and type (40) of the fields, permissible values (42,44) and fixed/variable length (74), optional (63), mandatory (60), and conditional (62) selections.
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