Package ca.uhn.hl7v2.model

Class AbstractComposite

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.AbstractType

ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.AbstractComposite

All Implemented Interfaces:

Composite, Type, Visitable, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

GenericComposite

public abstract class AbstractComposite
extends AbstractType
implements Composite

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractComposite(Message message)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	accept(MessageVisitor visitor, Location location)	Callback method for the visitor.
void	clear()	Clears all data from this type
protected <T extends Type> T	getTyped(int idx, Class<T> type)
boolean	isEmpty()	Returns true if this Visitable has actual content
Location	provideLocation(Location location, int index, int repetition)	Reusing the location of this object's parent, this method returns its own location within the message.

Methods inherited from class ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.AbstractType

encode, getExtraComponents, getMessage, getName, parse, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Composite

getComponent, getComponents

Methods inherited from interface ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Type

encode, getExtraComponents, getMessage, getName, parse

Constructor Details

AbstractComposite

public AbstractComposite(Message message)

Method Details

clear

public void clear()

Description copied from class: AbstractType

Clears all data from this type

Specified by:

clear in interface Type

Overrides:

clear in class AbstractType

getTyped

protected <T extends Type> T getTyped(int idx,
 Class<T> type)

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()
                throws HL7Exception

Description copied from class: AbstractType

Returns true if this Visitable has actual content

Specified by:

isEmpty in interface Visitable

Overrides:

isEmpty in class AbstractType

Returns:

true if Visitable is empty

Throws:

HL7Exception - if an error occurred while determining emptiness

accept

public boolean accept(MessageVisitor visitor,
 Location location)
               throws HL7Exception

Description copied from interface: Visitable

Callback method for the visitor. This method is supposed to either directly call one of the visitors methods, passing this as parameter, or traverse through a hierarchical substructure and call accept(MessageVisitor) for each visited element.

Specified by:

accept in interface Visitable

Parameters:

visitor - MessageVisitor instance to be called back

location - location of this object

Returns:

true if the visit process shall continue

Throws:

HL7Exception - if a problem occurred during visiting

provideLocation

public Location provideLocation(Location location,
 int index,
 int repetition)

Description copied from interface: Visitable

Reusing the location of this object's parent, this method returns its own location within the message.

Specified by:

provideLocation in interface Visitable

Overrides:

provideLocation in class AbstractType

Parameters:

location - the parents location

index - index of this object

repetition - repetition of this object

Returns:

this objects location