1 /**
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8
9 The Original Code is "StructureDef.java". Description:
10 "Information about a structure within a message (e.g"
11
12 The Initial Developer of the Original Code is University Health Network. Copyright (C)
13 2001. All Rights Reserved.
14
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16
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26 */
27
28 package ca.uhn.hl7v2.sourcegen;
29
30 import java.util.List;
31
32 import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Group;
33
34 /**
35 * Information about a structure within a message (eg group, segment)
36 * that is used in creating source for a Group class.
37 * @author Bryan Tripp (bryan_tripp@sourceforge.net)
38 */
39 public interface StructureDef {
40
41 /**
42 * For superstructures, returns the message structures this structure is associated with
43 */
44 List<String> getAssociatedStructures();
45
46 /**
47 * Returns the name of the structure.
48 */
49 String getName();
50
51 /**
52 * Returns a text description of the structure.
53 */
54 String getDescription();
55
56 /**
57 * Returns true if this structure is required in the Group.
58 */
59 boolean isRequired();
60
61 /**
62 * @see Group#isChoiceElement(String)
63 */
64 boolean isChoice();
65
66 /**
67 * Returns true if this structure is a segment.
68 */
69 boolean isSegment();
70
71 /**
72 * Returns true if this structure can repeat in the Group.
73 */
74 boolean isRepeating();
75
76 /**
77 * Returns true if this structure can repeat in the Group.
78 */
79 boolean isGroup();
80
81 /**
82 * Returns a list of the names of the segments that are children of this Structure.
83 * If the structure is a Segment, a 1-element array is returned containing the segment
84 * name. If a Group, an array of all the segments in the Group, including those nested
85 * in subgroups (depth first). This method is used to support the XML SIG's convention
86 * for deriving group names.
87 */
88 String[] getChildSegments();
89
90 /**
91 * @return Returns the name without any prefix qualification. This is only different for
92 * group definitions, where the qualification is the message type (i.e. this will
93 * return PROCEDURE instead of ADT_A01_PROCEDURE)
94 */
95 String getUnqualifiedName();
96
97 /**
98 * Returns the name by which a particular structure can be accessed (eg for use
99 * in writing accessor source code). This may differ from the class name of the
100 * structure of there are >1 structures in the same group with the same class.
101 * For example in ADT_A01 there are two ROL's that are not in sub-groups - AbstractGroup
102 * stores the first one under the name ROL and the second under the name ROL2. This
103 * method returns names using the same naming scheme. The order in which this
104 * method is called matters: it should be called ONCE for each element of the group in the
105 * order in which they appear.
106 */
107 String getIndexName();
108
109 /**
110 * {@see #getIndexName()}
111 */
112 void setIndexName(String theIndexName);
113 }
114