ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.builder

Class PredicateMessageRule

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.impl.RuleSupport<Message>

ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.impl.AbstractMessageRule

ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.builder.PredicateMessageRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

PredicateRuleSupport<Message>, MessageRule, Rule<Message>, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

TerserMessageRule

public abstract class PredicateMessageRule
extends AbstractMessageRule
implements PredicateRuleSupport<Message>

Abstract base class for message rules that are evaluated using predicates

Author:

Christian Ohr

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PredicateMessageRule(Predicate predicate, Expression<Message> expression) Create a new message rule

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ValidationException[]	apply(Message msg) Applies to rule to an object to be checked
Predicate	getPredicate()

Methods inherited from class ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.impl.AbstractMessageRule

test

Methods inherited from class ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.impl.RuleSupport

failed, failed, failed, failed, failedWithValue, getDescription, getErrorCode, getSectionReference, getSeverity, passed, result, result, setDescription, setErrorCode, setSectionReference, setSeverity

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.validation.Rule

getDescription, getSectionReference

Constructor Detail

PredicateMessageRule

public PredicateMessageRule(Predicate predicate,
                            Expression<Message> expression)

Create a new message rule

Parameters:

predicate - the predicate to be used for the test

expression - the expression to be used to extract the message part to be tested

Method Detail

apply

public ValidationException[] apply(Message msg)

Description copied from interface: Rule

Applies to rule to an object to be checked

Specified by:

apply in interface Rule<Message>

Parameters:

msg - object to be checked

Returns:

an (potentially empty) array of ValidationExceptions

getPredicate

public Predicate getPredicate()

Specified by:

getPredicate in interface PredicateRuleSupport<Message>

Returns:

the predicate instance used to test