///<summary>Only use this constructor when generating a message instead of parsing a message.</summary>
internal FieldHL7(){
fullText="";
Components=new List<ComponentHL7>();
ComponentHL7 component;
component=new ComponentHL7("");
Components.Add(component);
//add more components later if needed.
}
///<summary>Use this constructor when generating a message.</summary>
internal FieldHL7(char[] delimiters){
_delimiters=delimiters;
fullText="";
Components=new List<ComponentHL7>();
ComponentHL7 component=new ComponentHL7("");
Components.Add(component);
//add more components later if needed.
}
///<summary>Use this constructor when generating a message.</summary>
internal FieldHL7(char[] delimiters)
{
_delimiters = delimiters;
fullText = "";
Components = new List <ComponentHL7>();
ComponentHL7 component = new ComponentHL7("");
Components.Add(component);
//add more components later if needed.
}
///<summary>Only use this constructor when generating a message instead of parsing a message.</summary>
internal FieldHL7()
{
fullText = "";
Components = new List <ComponentHL7>();
ComponentHL7 component;
component = new ComponentHL7("");
Components.Add(component);
//add more components later if needed.
}
///<summary>This also resets the number of components. And it sets fullText.</summary>
public void SetVals(params string[] values){
if(values.Length==1) {
FullText=values[0];//this allows us to pass in all components for the field as one long string: comp1^comp2^comp3
return;
}
fullText="";
Components=new List<ComponentHL7>();
ComponentHL7 component;
for(int i=0;i<values.Length;i++) {
component=new ComponentHL7(values[i]);
Components.Add(component);
fullText+=values[i];
if(i<values.Length-1) {
fullText+="^";
}
}
}
///<summary>This also resets the number of components. And it sets fullText.</summary>
public void SetVals(params string[] values)
{
if (values.Length == 1)
{
FullText = values[0]; //this allows us to pass in all components for the field as one long string: comp1^comp2^comp3
return;
}
fullText = "";
Components = new List <ComponentHL7>();
ComponentHL7 component;
for (int i = 0; i < values.Length; i++)
{
component = new ComponentHL7(values[i], _delimiters[2]);
Components.Add(component);
fullText += values[i];
if (i < values.Length - 1)
{
fullText += _delimiters[0];
}
}
}