README.md is pretty incomplete.

[jon-m-craig]

In README.md, in the "Creating and Writing an X12 File" section there are numerous lines of the form "addElement(segment, "01", "00");" ... There is no such method (and the object upon which the method is supposed to exist is left off) - may want to fix this, as users of this library will find themselves stuck (as I am).

[ctmay4]

Sorry about that. Looks like the code was refactored and the README didn't get updated. It currently says:

Segment segment = new Segment("ISA");
addElement(segment, "01", "00");

and should be

Segment segment = new Segment("ISA");
segment.addElement("01", "00");

I'll update the README.

[jon-m-craig]

Sorry about that. Looks like the code was refactored and the README didn't get updated. It currently says:

Segment segment = new Segment("ISA");
addElement(segment, "01", "00");

and should be

Segment segment = new Segment("ISA");
segment.addElement("01", "00");

I'll update the README.

Excellent - I was in the process of creating a helper method in the class I'm using to play with the library, but I'll convert to segement.addElement instead.

[ctmay4]

I just updated the README.

[jon-m-craig]

Actually, there is no addElement method on Segment that takes 2 Strings as arguments. :D

[ctmay4]

Ugh. You are correct. You need to pass an Element, which does have a 2 string constructor. I will fix the README.

[ctmay4]

By the way, you can look at the file SegmentTest.java to see examples.

[ctmay4]

I updated the README and added a helper method to Segment that takes two strings. However I am not ready to do a release. So for now you will need to do the new Element constructor.