org.vmdb.hl7
Class HL7Loop

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.vmdb.hl7.HL7Object
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        +--org.vmdb.hl7.HL7SegmentContainer
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              +--org.vmdb.hl7.HL7Loop

Direct Known Subclasses:

OBSERVATIONLoop, ORDER_OBSERVATIONLoop, PATIENT_RESULTLoop, PATIENT_VISITLoop, PATIENTLoop

public abstract class HL7Loop

extends HL7SegmentContainer

Abstract Base Class for HL7 Loop Structures.

Description: HL7 Network Connectivity For VMDB.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2002-2003.

Company: Veterinary Medical Database (VMDB).

A "Loop" is not really part of the HL7 specification, but it is a very useful concept from X12 and is necessary to properly implement repeatable groups of segments in XML. The Loop does not appear in the HL7 2.4 representation except as {...} groupings in the specification. It appears in the XML representation as <PATIENT_RESULT>...</PATIENT_RESULT> type tag pairs with segment tag pairs embedded within.

For "formal" description of any given "loop" see HL7 v2.xml documentation that has recently become an official ANSI standard.

Constructor Summary

HL7Loop()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Class	getLoopClass(java.lang.String sRule)
java.lang.String	getName() Temporary fix.
static boolean	isLoop(java.lang.String sRule)
boolean	messageComplete()

Methods inherited from class org.vmdb.hl7.HL7SegmentContainer

findSegment, listsSegments, setSeparators, toString, toXML

Methods inherited from class org.vmdb.hl7.HL7Object

getRule

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HL7Loop

public HL7Loop()

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Temporary fix. Really needs to insert the Message Structure, whatever that is.

Overrides:

getName in class HL7Object

Returns:

String with Message Structure plus loop name to match schema

messageComplete

public boolean messageComplete()

Overrides:

messageComplete in class HL7SegmentContainer

isLoop

public static boolean isLoop(java.lang.String sRule)

getLoopClass

public static java.lang.Class getLoopClass(java.lang.String sRule)