org.vmdb.hl7
Class OBSERVATIONLoop

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
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                    +--org.vmdb.hl7.OBSERVATIONLoop

public class OBSERVATIONLoop

extends HL7Loop

OBSERVATION Loop.

Description: HL7 Network Connectivity For VMDB.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2002-2003.

Company: Veterinary Medical Database (VMDB).

The XML representation of HL7 2.x introduces the concepts of groups and lists that, while present in the construction rules of delimited HL7, are not explicitly named or labelled in the messages themselves. This class follows the XML version with explicitly constructed groups and lists which we've combined under the general term (borrowed from X12) of "loop."

Most of the repetion and grouping facilitated by this "loop" logic is not used in the VMDB version of the ORU message but is maintained to retain full standard compliance and to allow extending this model without fear of losing interoperability.

Loop and Segment Nesting: The outline below shows how the loops and minimum required segments nest. {OBX} indicates that any number of OBX segments may appear at this location.

MSH
PATIENT_RESULT
    PATIENT
      PID
      PATIENT_VISIT
        PV1
    ORDER_OBSERVATION
     [ORC]
      OBR
        OBSERVATION
          OBX

Constructor Summary

OBSERVATIONLoop()

Method Summary

OBXSegment

getOBX() Get the OBX segment that should be contained within this loop.

Methods inherited from class org.vmdb.hl7.HL7Loop

getLoopClass, getName, isLoop, 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

OBSERVATIONLoop

public OBSERVATIONLoop()

Method Detail

getOBX

public OBXSegment getOBX()

Get the OBX segment that should be contained within this loop. If it does not exist, take the necessary steps to create it in the appropriate location.

Returns:

OBXSegment object located at the appropriate place in the loop.