Re: [jira] [Issue Comment Edited] (CAMEL-4164) A camel component for ISO8583 protocol

2013-01-29 Thread sothach
hey David, I think the Apache-2 license is considered the most business friendly of free software licenses, so no issues there. If by "packed EBCDIC" you mean character fields in EBCDIC and numerics in packed BCD, then this format is supported, although I must admit the EBCDIC has only be used in

Re: [jira] [Issue Comment Edited] (CAMEL-4164) A camel component for ISO8583 protocol

2013-01-29 Thread sothach
Feedback appreciated, and I see what you are saying. Obviously support for this iso standard format is not a Camel core concern, but how best to categorize such formatting tools? A financial formats subdomain, perhaps? In any case, might be bettwe to move the discussion to the Users sub-forum?

Re: [jira] [Issue Comment Edited] (CAMEL-4164) A camel component for ISO8583 protocol

2013-01-18 Thread sothach
I have been working to integrate ISO8583 messaging with Camel, and the approach I have taken is to create a custom DataFormat, to perform message marshaling/unmarshaling in a Camel route, rather than as a full-on endpoint: this separates the concerns of transformation and transport, in keeping with