internal static void Encode(HL7Separators seps, System.Text.StringBuilder sb, Type type, object value)
{
if (value == null)
{
// Do nothing
}
else if (type.IsArray)
{
foreach (object element in value as Array)
{
Encode(seps, sb, type.GetElementType(), element);
sb.Append(seps.FieldRepeatSeparator);
}
// Remove the last field repeat separator.
sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1);
}
else if (type.Equals(typeof(string)))
{
sb.Append(seps.Encode(value as string));
}
else
{
foreach (FieldInfo component in type.GetFields())
{
HL7Component.Encode(seps, sb, component.FieldType, component.GetValue(value));
sb.Append(seps.ComponentSeparator);
}
// Remove the last component separator.
sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1);
}
}
internal static void Encode(HL7Separators seps, System.Text.StringBuilder sb, Type type, object value)
{
// A component is either empty, a string or an HL7 data structure containing subcomponents.
if (value == null)
{
// Do nothing
}
else if (value is string)
{
sb.Append(seps.Encode(value as string));
}
else
{
foreach (FieldInfo subcomponent in type.GetFields())
{
// A subcomponent is always a string
sb.Append(seps.Encode(subcomponent.GetValue(value) as string));
sb.Append(seps.SubcomponentSeparator);
}
// Remove the extraneous subcomponent separator
sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1);
}
}