ca.uhn.hl7v2.model

Interface SuperStructure

All Superinterfaces:

Group, Serializable, Structure, Visitable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSuperMessage

public interface SuperStructure
extends Group

Represents a Message or Group which contains child elements for more than one structure type. Super structures are used for convenience since they allow you to use the same code to handle multiple message types.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<String>	getChildNamesForStructure(String theStructure)
Set<String>	getNonStandardNames() Returns a set containing any non-standard element names that were added to this structure
Set<String>	getStructuresWhichChildAppliesTo(String theChildName)

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

addNonstandardSegment, addNonstandardSegment, get, get, getAll, getClass, getNames, isChoiceElement, isGroup, isRepeating, isRequired

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

getMessage, getName, getParent

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

accept, isEmpty, provideLocation

Method Detail

getStructuresWhichChildAppliesTo

Set<String> getStructuresWhichChildAppliesTo(String theChildName)

getChildNamesForStructure

List<String> getChildNamesForStructure(String theStructure)

getNonStandardNames

Set<String> getNonStandardNames()

Returns a set containing any non-standard element names that were added to this structure