<Formatters>

<Formatters> is an optional element that you can use to add formatters to your mapping file. A formatter is a piece of code that manipulates the imported data either before or after it is mapped to an Infor Operations and Regulations or agency business object. There are two types of formatters:

• Field formatters act on specific pieces of data. You can write field formatters for two events in an import mapping: BeforeMapFrom and AfterMapFrom.
• Data formatters apply to the entire document, or to steps within the document. You can write data formatters for four events in an import mapping: BeforeMapObjectFrom, AfterMapObjectFrom, BeforeMapDocumentFrom, and AfterMapDocumentFrom.