Package ca.uhn.hl7v2.conf.classes.abs

Class AbstractConformanceDataType

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.conf.classes.abs.AbstractConformanceDataType

public abstract class AbstractConformanceDataType
extends Object

This class contains the functionality for a Data Type in the Conformance class set

Author:

James AgnewPaul BrohmanMitch DelachevrotiereShawn DyckCory Metcalf

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractConformanceDataType(Primitive hapiPrimitive)	Constructor for AbstractConformanceDataType

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract String	getConstantValue()	This method returns the constant value for the extending class.
abstract long	getMaxLength()	This method returns the Maximum length of the extending object.
protected void	setValue(String value)	This method validates the String value passed in to be no greater then the maximum allowable length for the extending class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AbstractConformanceDataType

public AbstractConformanceDataType(Primitive hapiPrimitive)

Constructor for AbstractConformanceDataType

Parameters:

hapiPrimitive - the underlying primitive that the extending class represents

Method Details

getConstantValue

public abstract String getConstantValue()

This method returns the constant value for the extending class.

Returns:

the constant value

getMaxLength

public abstract long getMaxLength()

This method returns the Maximum length of the extending object.

Returns:

the maximum length

setValue

protected void setValue(String value)
                 throws ConfDataException

This method validates the String value passed in to be no greater then the maximum allowable length for the extending class. If the String value is valid, this method will set the underlying HAPI class's value. If the data passed in is invalid for the given data type, a ConfDataException is thrown.

Parameters:

value - the value of the Data Type

Throws:

ConformanceException

ConfDataException