Add support for partial validation about staedi HOT 7 CLOSED

@benisantos, thanks for opening this issue. I am considering if there are any negative side affects from supporting something like this.

Have you considered trying something like this?

<elementType name="AnyElement" base="string" maxLength="99999" />

<segmentType name="FOO">
    <sequence>
      <element ref="RealElement1" minOccurs="1" />
      <element ref="RealElement2" />
      <element ref="AnyElement" />
      <element ref="AnyElement" />
      <element ref="AnyElement" />
    </sequence>
  </segmentType>

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Have you considered trying something like this?

Yes, I have. I don't like so much that workaround because I guess it has some impact on performance (compared to do a real skip).

At this moment, my workaround is to define my "any" segments like empty segments:

<segmentType name="FOO">
    <sequence/>
</segmentType>

and ignore TOO_MANY_DATA_ELEMENTS on that cases.

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Performance shouldn't be impacted too much either way. Can I assume this request is mainly because you're dealing with specifications in PDF that need to be coded in the schema manually? Would you ideally have the full segment schema and just ignore the data when parsing?

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@benisantos - additionally, do you have cases where the segment needs some elements validated and others not validated? Or is it all or nothing?

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Can I assume this request is mainly because you're dealing with specifications in PDF that need to be coded in the schema manually?

Yes, you can. Now, I only interested in parse (and validate) some segments. Later, it might be that I had to validate all of them. It's not sure.

Would you ideally have the full segment schema and just ignore the data when parsing?

Yes, I would. But code a full schema is out of scope now :( I only need "full" validation in some segments. Moreover, I'm afraid that some clients don't fulfill the full specs.

additionally, do you have cases where the segment needs some elements validated and others not validated? Or is it all or nothing?

At this moment, it's all or nothing. But, in the medium/long term, maybe the other way.

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@benisantos - please take a look at version 1.6.0 when you get a chance, along with the updated documentation.

Please let me know if you hit any bugs with the new feature. Thanks!

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Thank you @MikeEdgar !
My first tests have been successful :)

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