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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# usage:
+# ./edi_translator <jedi_file>
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use RPC::XML::Client;
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+my $url = 'http://localhost:9191/EDI';
+
+my $jedi_file = $ARGV[0] or die "$0 <jedi_file>\n";
+
+open(JEDI_FILE, $jedi_file) or
+ die "cannot open jedi file: $jedi_file : $!\n";
+
+my $jedi = <JEDI_FILE>;
+
+my $client = RPC::XML::Client->new($url);
+$client->request->header('Content-Type' => 'text/xml;charset=utf-8');
+my $resp = $client->send_request('json2edi', $jedi);
+
+if (!ref($resp) or $resp->is_fault or !$resp->value) {
+ warn Dumper($resp);
+} else {
+ print $resp->value . "\n";
+}
+
+
+