Orders can be submitted to Nature via an agent. These agents act as an intermediary between groups of companies and Nature. This technical test is a simplification of this process where the imported orders are held in XML files. The application is to be used by a business user to see an overview to what orders are being imported.

The aim of the test is to work out how to fix an error caused by loading a specific XML file. There are two XML files included with this test that can be processed by the application. Orders2012-03-01.xml is a valid file and will be processed correctly. Orders2012-04-01.xml is invalid and will not be processed correctly. You should aim to fix the web application so that errors are not thrown when processing Orders2012-04-01.xml.

Remember that we are interested in learning about how you approach this problem, not just the final result.

If you have any questions please contact me at g.mcdermott@nature.com