1Net::HL7(3)           User Contributed Perl Documentation          Net::HL7(3)
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NAME

6       Net::HL7
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DESCRIPTION

9       The Net-HL7 package is a simple Perl API for creating, parsing sending
10       and receiving HL7 messages. To create an empty HL7 message object, do:
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12       and add segments like:
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14       For details, please consult the man pages of each specific class, or
15       consult the generated API docs on http://hl7toolkit.sourceforge.net/.
16       You might also check the test files in the 't' directory for examples.
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18       The Net::HL7 class is only used for documentation purposes (the stuff
19       you're reading right now), to set HL7 configuration properties such as
20       control characters on a global level and to provide a version number of
21       the package to the Perl installation process. This can be used in a
22       'require' statement, or to create a dependency from another Perl
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PROPERTIES

26       Some HL7 properties may be altered on a global level. Altering the
27       variable makes it changed for this remainder of the lifetime of this
28       Perl process. All HL7 messages will use the values provided here,
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32       SEGMENT_SEPARATOR
33           Separator for segments within a message. Usually this is \015.
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36           Field separator for this message. In general '|' is used.
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39           HL7 NULL field, defaults to "". This is therefore different from
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42       COMPONENT_SEPARATOR
43           Separator used in fields supporting components. Usually this is the
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46       REPETITION_SEPARATOR
47           Separator for fields that may be repeated. Defaults to '~'.
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50           Escape character for escaping special characters. Defaults to '\'.
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53           Separator used in fields supporting subcomponents. Usually this is
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57           This is the version used in the MSH(12) field. Defaults to 2.2.
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