Context

public class Context

The class represents an X12 context. A X12 context consists of a segment separator, element separator and a composite element separator.

Author:Prasad Balan

Constructors

Context

public Context()

Default constructor.

Context

public Context(Character s, Character e, Character c)

Constructor which takes the segment separator, element separator and composite element separator as input.

Parameters:

• s – segment separator
• e – element separator
• c – composite element separator

Methods

getCompositeElementSeparator

public Character getCompositeElementSeparator()

Returns the composite element separator.

Returns:composite element separator

getElementSeparator

public Character getElementSeparator()

Returns the element separator.

Returns:an element separator

getSegmentSeparator

public Character getSegmentSeparator()

Returns the segment separator.

Returns:a segment separator

setCompositeElementSeparator

public void setCompositeElementSeparator(Character c)

Sets the composite element separator.

Parameters:

• c – the composite element separator.

setElementSeparator

public void setElementSeparator(Character e)

Sets the element separator.

Parameters:

• e – the element separator.

setSegmentSeparator

public void setSegmentSeparator(Character s)

Sets the segment separator.

Parameters:

• s – the segment separator

toString

public String toString()

Returns a String consisting of segment, element and composite element separator.

Returns:a java.lang.String object.