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= Credit card validator

== Description

The Credit card validator transform will help you check the following:

* The validity of a credit card number. This uses a LUHN10 (MOD-10) algorithm.
* The credit card vendor that handles the number: VISA, MasterCard, Diners Club, EnRoute, American Express (AMEX),...


== Options


* transform name: the transform name, unique in a pipeline
* Credit card field: the name of the input field that will contain the credit card number during execution
* Get only digits? : Enable this option if you want to strip all non-numeric characters from the (String) input field
* Output Fields
  ** Result fieldname: the name of the (Boolean) output field indicating the validity of the number
  ** Credit card type field: the name of the output field that will hold the credit card type (vendor)
  ** Not valid message: the name of the output field that will hold the error message.