ca.uhn.hl7v2.model

Class GenericSegment

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.AbstractStructure

ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.AbstractSegment

ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.GenericSegment

All Implemented Interfaces:

Segment, Structure, Visitable, Serializable

public class GenericSegment
extends AbstractSegment

An unspecified segment that has an undefined number of fields, each of which is a Varies. The primary intended use is to store data from Z segments. More precisely, any unknown segment that is encountered during parsing will be handled with this class. This includes segments that do not start with Z but nevertheless do not appear in the stated version of HL7. Also, this class is not used to handle Z segments that have been explicitly defined and declared (see Parser.packageList() ).

Author:

Bryan Tripp

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.AbstractStructure

log

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GenericSegment(Group parent, String name) Creates a genric segment

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Type	createNewTypeWithoutReflection(int field) Attempts to create an instance of a field type without using reflection.
String	getName() Returns the name specified at construction time.

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

accept, add, add, clear, encode, getField, getField, getLength, getMaxCardinality, getNames, getReps, getTypedField, getTypedField, insertRepetition, isEmpty, isRequired, main, numFields, parse, provideLocation, removeRepetition

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

getMessage, getParent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

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

getMessage, getParent

Constructor Detail

GenericSegment

public GenericSegment(Group parent,
                      String name)

Creates a genric segment

Parameters:

parent - parent group

name - name of the segment

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name specified at construction time.

Specified by:

getName in interface Structure

Overrides:

getName in class AbstractSegment

Returns:

name of this structure

See Also:

Structure.getName()

createNewTypeWithoutReflection

protected Type createNewTypeWithoutReflection(int field)

Attempts to create an instance of a field type without using reflection.

Note that the default implementation just returns null, and it is not neccesary to override this method to provide any particular behaviour. When a new field instance is needed within a segment, this method is tried first, and if it returns null, reflection is used instead. Implementations of this method is auto-generated by the source generator module.

Overrides:

createNewTypeWithoutReflection in class AbstractSegment

Parameters:

field - Field number - Note that this is zero indexed!

Returns:

Returns a newly instantiated type, or null if not possible