NAME

Net::HL7::Segment

SYNOPSIS

my $seg = new Net::HL7::Segment("MSH");

$seg->setField(1, "^~\&"); print $seg->getField(1);

DESCRIPTION

The Net::HL7::Segment class represents segments of the HL7 message.

METHODS

new($name)

Create an instance of this segment. The field separator defaults to '|'. If the name is not given, no segment is created.

setField($index, $value)

Set the field specified by index to value. Indices start at 1, to stay with the HL7 standard. Trying to set the value at index 0 has no effect;

getField($index)

Get the field at index.

getName()

Get the name of the segment. This is basically the value at index 0

setFieldSeparator($sep)

Set the field separator for the segment

getFieldSeparator()

Get the field separator for the segment

toString()

Return a string representation of this segment, based on the Net::HL7::Segment::FIELD_SEPARATOR variable.

AUTHOR

D.A.Dokter <dokter@wyldebeast-wunderliebe.com>

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2002 D.A.Dokter. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.