---
title: ClaimBuilder
summary: API reference for ClaimBuilder.
status: draft
owner: SAIF.Core documentation team
last_reviewed: 2026-09-24
library: SAIF.Data
reference_type: package
---

# ClaimBuilder

Test-support builder/extension type used to construct in-memory repository fixtures for unit tests.*

## Purpose
- Supports building or extending fake/in-memory repositories for test scenarios.*

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Data.TestRepository.RepositoryBuilders`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Data`

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ClaimType | `IClaimBuilder ClaimType(string claimType = ClaimTypeCode.NonDisablingClaimType, DateTime? effectiveDate = null)` | Performs the `ClaimType` operation.* |
| ClaimStatus | `IClaimBuilder ClaimStatus(string claimStatus = ClaimStatusCode.Open, DateTime? effectiveDate = null)` | Performs the `ClaimStatus` operation.* |
| ResponsibleAdjuster | `IClaimBuilder ResponsibleAdjuster(string code)` | Performs the `ResponsibleAdjuster` operation.* |
| Worker | `IClaimBuilder Worker(ClaimPerson worker)` | Performs the `Worker` operation.* |
| ClaimNumber | `IClaimBuilder ClaimNumber(string number, string checkValue)` | Performs the `ClaimNumber` operation.* |
| Policy | `IClaimBuilder Policy(long number, string name = null)` | Performs the `Policy` operation.* |
| ClaimBuilder(IUnitOfWork uow, long id = 0) | `ClaimBuilder(IUnitOfWork uow, long id = 0)` | Initializes a new instance of the type with the supplied dependencies.* |

## Inherited public members

Members in this section are inherited from `Builder` in `SAIF.Data`. They are available on this type through inheritance.

| Member | Signature | Purpose | Origin |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Build | `T Build()` | Builds this operation's target.* | `SAIF.Data` — `Builder` |

## Behavioral notes
- No additional behavioral notes beyond the member purposes above could be confirmed from static analysis.**

## Constraints and usage notes
- No additional usage constraints beyond standard NHibernate entity/DTO conventions could be confirmed from static analysis.**

> **Note:** Statements marked with * were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts. Statements marked with ** could not be confirmed; treat as unknown until verified.

## Sources
- `Data/SAIF.Data/TestRepository/RepositoryBuilders/ClaimBuilder.cs`