fix(core): update content type to 'sequence' when Field changes to complex datatype. Fix of #144 #150
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Problem: When setting a Field's datatype to a complex/composite datatype (e.g., ED, RP, CE), the serialization incorrectly produced empty output instead of the expected HL7 formatted string.
Example of the bug from #144:
Root cause: According to the https://hl7-definition.caristix.com/v2/HL7v2.5/DataTypes/ED, this is explicitly a composite datatype containing multiple components.
When a Field's datatype is changed to a composite datatype, the code must update the field's content type from 'leaf' to 'sequence' to indicate it has a composite structure with multiple child components. This content type is used by ElementFinder._parse_structure() to determine whether to build the necessary ordered_children and
structure_by_name dictionaries
Bug was that the
SupportComplexDataType._set_datatype()method was updating the children reference and datatype, but forgot to update the content type from 'leaf' to 'sequence'. This caused the serialization logic to skip building the structure dictionaries, resulting in empty output.Fix is actually a one-line change – setting content type to 'sequence' for composite datatypes
This aligns with the existing CanBeVaries implementation (used by Components) which already sets 'sequence' for composite datatypes at initialization.
Also added single unit test to verify serialization works correctly.