Stock Package Shipping Module ############################# This module is the base module required to interact with shipping service providers. Carrier ******* The Carrier model adds the following field: - *Shipping Service*: The shipping service of the carrier. This field is programmatically filled by the modules providing support for shipping companies. Package Type ************ The Package Type model has been added the following fields: - *Length*: The length of the packages of this type - *Length Unit*: The unit of measure of this length - *Length Digits*: The precision of length - *Height*: The height of the packages of this type - *Height Unit*: The unit of measure of this height - *Height Digits*: The precision of height - *Width*: The width of the packages of this type - *Width Unit*: The unit of measure of this width - *Width Digits*: The precision of width Package ******* The Package model has been added the following fields: - *Shipping Reference*: The shipping reference provided by the shipping service - *Shipping Label*: The shipping label provided by the shipping service - *Weight*: A function field computing the weight of the package with its content Shipment Out ************ The Shipment Out model will check once in the Packed state if the shipment is a valid shipment for the shipping service. He does that by calling a method that is by convention named ``validate_packing_<shipping service>``. Once a shipment is packed, the user can create the shipping for each packages with the shipping service by clicking on the *Create Shipping* button. This button triggers a wizard that is overridden in shipping service specific modules. The starting state of the wizard is a ``StateTransition``. Its linked method is overridden in shipping service modules in order to communicate with the service. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 configuration releases