org.vmdb.hl7
Class HL7Object

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

HL7Element, HL7Segment, HL7SegmentContainer

public abstract class HL7Object

extends java.lang.Object

Generic HL7 Object Abstract Base Class.

Description: Network Connectivity For VMDB.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2002-2003.

Company: Veterinary Medical Database (VMDB).

This provides a generic interface supported by all HL7 objects as well as providing some general implementation.

Constructor Summary

HL7Object()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getRule() Output the rule string for this object.
java.lang.String	toXML(int iDepth) Output the object as XML.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HL7Object

public HL7Object()

Method Detail

getRule

public java.lang.String getRule()

Output the rule string for this object.

This follows generally the HL7 convention of using [] for optionality and {} for repeatablility. Whitespace separates sequential non-repeating required elements.

Returns:

Rule as a string.

toXML

public java.lang.String toXML(int iDepth)

Output the object as XML.

For HL7Message, this will be a full message. For all other objects it will be the DOM element for that object and all its contained objects.

Parameters:

iDepth - int value for the number of spaces to indent this object. Used just to make the XML easier to read as unformatted text.

Returns:

foratted XML text.