Package ca.uhn.hl7v2.model

Class Field

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Field

All Implemented Interfaces:

Visitable

public class Field
extends Object
implements Visitable

Field is a auxiliary model class only created while visiting parts of the message.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Field(Type[] reps, int maxCardinality)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	accept(MessageVisitor visitor, Location currentLocation)	Callback method for the visitor.
boolean	isEmpty()	Returns true if this Visitable has actual content
Location	provideLocation(Location parentLocation, 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 java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Field

public Field(Type[] reps,
 int maxCardinality)

Method Details

accept

public boolean accept(MessageVisitor visitor,
 Location currentLocation)
               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

currentLocation - 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 parentLocation,
 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

Parameters:

parentLocation - the parents location

index - index of this object

repetition - repetition of this object

Returns:

this objects location

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Description copied from interface: Visitable

Returns true if this Visitable has actual content

Specified by:

isEmpty in interface Visitable

Returns:

true if Visitable is empty