ca.uhn.hl7v2.model

Interface Variable

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable, Type, Visitable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Varies

public interface Variable
extends Type

Interface type for Varies

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Type	getData() Returns the data contained by this instance of Variable.
void	setData(Type data) Sets the data contained by this instance of Variable.

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

clear, encode, getExtraComponents, getMessage, getName, parse

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

accept, isEmpty, provideLocation

Method Detail

getData

Type getData()

Returns the data contained by this instance of Variable. Returns a GenericPrimitive unless setData(Type) has been called.

Returns:

the data contained by this instance of Variable

setData

void setData(Type data)
      throws DataTypeException

Sets the data contained by this instance of Variable. If a data object already exists, then its values are copied to the incoming data object before the old one is replaced. For example, if getData() returns an ST with the value "19901012" and you call setData(new DT()), then subsequent calls to getData() will return the same DT, with the value set to "19901012".

Parameters:

data - the data to be set for this Varies instance

Throws:

DataTypeException - if the data could not be set