001/** 002The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 003(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 004You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ 005Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, 006WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 007specific language governing rights and limitations under the License. 008 009The Original Code is "PrimitiveTypeRule.java". Description: 010"A rule that applies to a primitive datatype. " 011 012The Initial Developer of the Original Code is University Health Network. Copyright (C) 0132002. All Rights Reserved. 014 015Contributor(s): ______________________________________. 016 017Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of the 018GNU General Public License (the "GPL"), in which case the provisions of the GPL are 019applicable instead of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this 020file only under the terms of the GPL and not to allow others to use your version 021of this file under the MPL, indicate your decision by deleting the provisions above 022and replace them with the notice and other provisions required by the GPL License. 023If you do not delete the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of 024this file under either the MPL or the GPL. 025*/ 026 027package ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation; 028 029/** 030 * A rule that applies to a primitive datatype. 031 * @author Bryan Tripp 032 */ 033public interface PrimitiveTypeRule extends Rule<String> { 034 035 /** 036 * Optionally performs an automatic correction on given data to make it 037 * conform (eg trims leading whitespace). This is to be called prior to 038 * test(). If no corrections are performed, the original value is returned. 039 * 040 * @param value an original value to be corrected 041 * @return a corrected version of the given value 042 */ 043 public String correct(String value); 044 045 /** 046 * Tests the given string against the criteria defined by this 047 * rule -- returns true if it passes the test, false otherwise. 048 * 049 * @deprecated use {@link #apply(Object)} 050 */ 051 public boolean test(String value); 052 053}