Delimiters¶
Delimiters duplicates, as publicly-accessible constants, the same three X12 delimiter characters that are otherwise exposed only as protected instance fields on EdiRecordBase. It exists so code outside an EdiRecordBase-derived type — such as EdiSegment.ToString() and EdiRecordBuilder, which are not themselves EdiRecordBase subclasses — can reference the delimiter characters without needing an EdiRecordBase-derived instance.*
Purpose¶
- Provides
const characcess to the segment, data-element, and composite delimiters for callers that build or parse X12 text outside theEdiRecordBaseinheritance chain. - Keeps the delimiter literals (
~,*,:) defined in exactly one place alongside theEdiRecordBaseprotected fields, so both call paths agree on the same characters.
Context¶
- Namespace:
SAIF.Common.Files.Edi - Assembly/package:
SAIF.Framework.Common.Files
Public members¶
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | public const char Segment = '~' |
The tilde character used to terminate/separate X12 segments; used by EdiSegment.ToString() to append the segment terminator. |
| DataElement | public const char DataElement = '*' |
The asterisk character used to separate X12 data elements within a segment; used by EdiRecordBuilder when building and trimming element text. |
| Composite | public const char Composite = ':' |
The colon character used to separate sub-elements within a composite X12 data element (BR-019); used by EdiRecordBuilder.BuildCompositeDataElementValue (BR-026). |
Note: Statements marked with
*were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts.
Sources¶
- Common\SAIF.Common.Files\Edi\enums.cs