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UserData element for inbound messages
All inbound messages include the UserData XML element as an optional element. Include the UserDataField element to transport additional data. You can customize the fields to pass extra data that is not included in the messages.
The name of the new field to be added should be the attribute of the name for the UserDataField element.
The following DTD describes the UserData element:
<!ELEMENT UserData (UserDataField+)> <!ELEMENT UserDataField (#PCDATA)> <!ATTLIST UserDataField name CDATA #REQUIRED >
The following is an example of the UserData element:
<UserData> <UserDataField name="field_name">field_value</UserDataField> . .UserDataField repeated loop . </UserData>
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Back-end integration legacy messages