For fixed length separation types, each data value is a fixed length.
For fixed length data element separation types, all elements have a length or length reference, and are padded out to their full length in the bit stream. No tags or delimiters are used, and each data value follows the next immediately.
data1data200data30The first element is length 5, the second is length 7 and the third is length 6. The padding character is "0".
In fixed length type, all elements must have a length or length reference and must be written out to that full length. The elements must be presented in the right order, and all elements must be written in the bit stream. This includes all repeats of any repeating element (that is, the Maximum Occurrences must be written out for each element).
data10data2data2data2data300The first element is length 6, the second is length 5 and repeats three times, and the third element is length 7. The padding character is "0".
The main parameters for this format are the Length or Length Reference of the element. All fields need to be padded out to their full length for the bit stream to be correctly specified to the parser.
Tag and delimiter parameters are ignored. Group indicators and terminators are observed, as they are of fixed length.
Default values are also required for each field that will not always be set, so that every field can be output even if it is not filled with data from the message.
This separation type has been deprecated. ACORD AL3 support will be provided by a different method in a future release, at which time this separation type will be removed from service.
Fixed length AL3 types are similar to fixed length, but follow extra rules specified by the ACORD AL3 format regarding truncation and missing elements. If elements are missing from the end of an AL3 type, they can be truncated. They cannot be omitted from the middle of a bit stream. If a field is missing from the middle of the bit stream, that field is output as the appropriate length string of the "?" character.
The main parameters for this format are the Length or Length Reference of the element. All fields need to be padded out to their full length for the bit stream to be correctly specified to a parser.
Tag and delimiter parameters are ignored. Group Indicators and Terminators will be observed as they are of fixed length.
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