---
title: ReservesNodeBuilder
summary: API reference for ReservesNodeBuilder.
status: draft
owner: SAIF Doc Gen
last_reviewed: 2026-09-24
library: SAIF.Services
reference_type: package
---

# ReservesNodeBuilder

Builds a `ReservesNode` from the claim's Guidewire reserves (`Claim.GetGwReserves()`), setting the effective date and populating category-level reserve details in the exact order specified by a caller-supplied cost-category code array, matching each code case-insensitively against the reserve's category details.

## Purpose
- Copies the reserves effective date from the claim's Guidewire reserves data.
- Adds one reserve category detail per code in the supplied sort order, in that order, so consumers receive reserves in a predictable, consistent category sequence rather than the source data's native order.

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Services.Claims.Information.Api`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Services` (packaged inside the `SAIF.SAIFCode.Core` NuGet package)

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Node | `public ReservesNode Node { get; }` | Exposes the node instance being populated by this builder. |
| ReservesNodeBuilder(claim, node, categoryOrder, displayAll) | `public ReservesNodeBuilder(Claim claim, ReservesNode node, string[] categoryOrder, bool displayAll = false)` | Stores the claim, node, and cost-category sort order; the `displayAll` parameter is accepted but currently unused by the class. |
| AddReserves() | `public ReservesNodeBuilder AddReserves()` | Sets `EffectiveDate` from the claim's Guidewire reserves, then adds one matching `ReserveCategoryDetail` per code in `_sortOrder`, skipping codes with no matching detail. |

## Behavioral notes
- Category matching uses `String.Equals(..., StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)`, so case differences between the requested sort order and the source category codes do not prevent a match.
- The `displayAll` constructor parameter is marked with a code-analysis suppression for being unused, indicating a currently inert/reserved flag.*

## Constraints and usage notes
- Reserve categories not present in the supplied `categoryOrder` array are never added to `Node.CategoryDetails`, even if present in the underlying reserves data.

> **Note:** Statements marked with * were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or
> contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts. Statements
> marked with ** could not be confirmed; treat as unknown until verified.

## Sources
- Services/SAIF.Services/Claims/Information/Api/ReservesNodeBuilder.cs