[SUGGESTION] Wrappers/helpers for data creation/editing of FHIR resources

[FrozenInc]

Right now it can be pretty difficult to create FHIR resources directly with Rust code.

Rust example:

let mut patient = Patient::builder().build();

let family_name = HumanName::builder().family(String::from("Family")).build();
let given_name = HumanName::builder().given(Vec::from([Some(String::from("Given"))])).build();

patient.name = vec![Some(family_name), Some(given_name)];

While for C# FHIR SDK it's like:

var patient = new Patient();
patient.Name = new List<HumanName>
{
    new HumanName
    {
        Family = "Family",
        Given = new List<string>
        {
            "Given"
        }
    }
};

My suggestion would be to either have a helper/wrapper for all fields, or if possible to do it like C# where you basically write it as JSON (I don't know if it's possible).

Suggestion 1

Have helpers for all fields

let mut patient = Patient::builder().build();

patient.set_family_name(String::from("Family");
patient.set_given_name(Vec::from([Some(String::from("Given"))]));

Suggestion 2

If possible have it similar to C#.

NOTE! Not valid code, just a suggestion as I really like this kind of syntax.

let mut patient = Patient::builder().build();

patient.name = {
  family = String::from("Family"),
  given = vec![Some(String::from("Given))]
};

[FlixCoder]

You do know that you can do

Patient::builder()
    .name(vec![HumanName::builder().build()])
    .build()

right?

[FlixCoder]

You could probably also do

Patient {
    name: vec![...],
    ..Patient::builder().build()
}

I cannot test, as I am on the move

[FlixCoder]

Btw, you probably want to combine family and given name into one human name?

HumanName::builder()
    .family("Meier".to_owned())
    .given(vec![Some("Peter".to_owned())])
    .build()

[FrozenInc]

Great! You can disregard my suggestion in that case :)