X12 Segment

Defines the X12 Segment Class

Segment

Each line in an X12 document is called a segment Each segment contains one or more elements The first element identifies the type of segment

This class will parse a segment into the individual elements

public X12Segment(String segment)

create the {@link X12Segment} using the default delimiter

• Parameters: segment —
• Returns: {@link X12Segment}

public X12Segment(String segment, Character dataElementDelimiter)

create the {@link X12Segment} using the delimiter provided

• Parameters: segment —
• Returns: {@link X12Segment}
• Exceptions: PatternSyntaxException — if the delimiter results in invalid regular expression

@Override public String toString()

returns the original segment value

public String getIdentifier()

extracts the first data element in a segment which is the segment identifier otherwise return an empty String

public String getElement(int index)

retrieve the element at a particular index in the segment

private List<String> splitSegmentIntoDataElements(String segment, Character dataElementDelimiter)

parses the segment into a list of data elements each date element is separated by an asterisk (*)