x12 ISA grammar.ComponentDataElementSeparator not serializing

[bobloblawslawblogs]

When serializing an x12

The ISA should be termibnated with a > char

grammar.ComponentDataElementSeparator = '>'

However it is omitted:

ISA*00* *00* *ZZ*DEF *ZZ*ABC *210303*0952*U*00400*000000013*0*T~

It should be:

ISA*00* *00* *ZZ*DEF *ZZ*ABC *210303*0952*U*00400*000000013*0*T*>~

e.g.

Use the PurcahseOrder_850 from the samples

Serialize using:

        using (var sw = new StringWriter())
        {
            using (var ediWriter = new EdiTextWriter(sw, EdiGrammar.NewX12()))
            {
                var s = new EdiSerializer();

                s.Serialize(ediWriter, item);
            }

            var res = sw.ToString();


            return res ;
        }

[cleftheris]

Hi @bobloblawslawblogs this is a known Issue with X12 when serializing. I will investigate a workaround.

[bobloblawslawblogs]

Thank you, that would be appreciated! For the moment I am using this very, very rough patch after losing a few hours trying to fix it myself

                var res = sw.ToString();

                var hack = res.Split(new [] {System.Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.None );
                hack[0] = hack[0].Replace("~", "*>~");

                return string.Join(System.Environment.NewLine, hack);

[bobloblawslawblogs]

Hello @cleftheris , is there any visibility of a fix? I'm going to be using this for a second EDI provider now, who uses different data element separators. While I can build on the "hack" a clean solution would be preferred σας ευχαριστώ

[ArmstrongJennifer]

another hack - but can parameterize the data element separator if needed or just hard code the ">" where separator is used.

    public Acknowledgement_997 ParseToObject(string original, string separator)
    {
        var grammer = EdiGrammar.NewX12();
        var interchange = default(Acknowledgement_997);
        using (TextReader textReader = new StringReader(original))
        {
            interchange = new EdiSerializer().Deserialize<Acknowledgement_997>(textReader, grammer);
        }

        interchange.ISA.ISA16 = interchange.ISA.ISA16 ?? separator ; 
        return interchange;
    }