org.hl7.meta.mif
Class AssociationAdapter

java.lang.Object
  org.hl7.meta.mif.FeatureAdapter
      org.hl7.meta.mif.AssociationAdapter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, Association, Feature, Metadata

Direct Known Subclasses:

ChoiceAssociationAdapter, CmetAssociationAdapter

public class AssociationAdapter
extends FeatureAdapter
implements Association

Author:

Gunther Schadow, Peter Hendler

Field Summary

protected hl7OrgV3.mif.AssociationEndWithClass	_mifThing
protected CloneClass	_target
protected boolean	isReference

Fields inherited from class org.hl7.meta.mif.FeatureAdapter

_inheritanceDegree, _owner

Constructor Summary

protected

AssociationAdapter(CloneClassAdapter owner, hl7OrgV3.mif.AssociationEndWithClass mifThing, java.lang.String sortKey)

Method Summary

Cardinality	getCardinality() Returns the feature's cardinality.
Conformance	getConformance() Returns the conformance field attached to this feature.
java.lang.String	getConstraint() Returns the textual constraint note attached to the feature.
MetSource	getMetSource() Returns the MET source enumeration for this association.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the feature's name, which may be the attribute name, or the short name in case of an association.
java.lang.String	getPropertyName()
java.lang.String	getRimClass() Returns the name of the RIM class where the feature was originally defined.
java.lang.String	getRimPropertyName() Returns the property name inside the RIM class.
CloneClass	getTarget() Returns the clone class that is targeted by this association.
boolean	isMandatory() Returns a flag showing if the feature is mandatory in the clone class.
boolean	isReference() Since the introduction of MIF file, the concept of MET source Reused and Recursive is replaced by reference
protected void	setReference(boolean isReference)
protected void	setupTarget()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.hl7.meta.mif.FeatureAdapter

getParent, getSortKey

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.hl7.meta.Feature

getParent, getSortKey

Field Detail

_mifThing

protected hl7OrgV3.mif.AssociationEndWithClass _mifThing

_target

protected CloneClass _target

isReference

protected boolean isReference

Constructor Detail

AssociationAdapter

protected AssociationAdapter(CloneClassAdapter owner,
                             hl7OrgV3.mif.AssociationEndWithClass mifThing,
                             java.lang.String sortKey)
                      throws LoaderException

Throws:

LoaderException

Method Detail

setupTarget

protected void setupTarget()
                    throws LoaderException

Throws:

LoaderException

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from interface: Feature

Returns the feature's name, which may be the attribute name, or the short name in case of an association.

Specified by:

getName in interface Feature

Specified by:

getName in class FeatureAdapter

Returns:

the feature's name

getMetSource

public MetSource getMetSource()

Description copied from interface: Association

Returns the MET source enumeration for this association.

Specified by:

getMetSource in interface Association

Returns:

the MET source

isReference

public boolean isReference()

Description copied from interface: Association

Since the introduction of MIF file, the concept of MET source Reused and Recursive is replaced by reference

Specified by:

isReference in interface Association

Returns:

is referenced before or not

setReference

protected void setReference(boolean isReference)

getConformance

public Conformance getConformance()

Description copied from interface: Feature

Returns the conformance field attached to this feature.

Specified by:

getConformance in interface Feature

Specified by:

getConformance in class FeatureAdapter

Returns:

the conformance field

isMandatory

public boolean isMandatory()

Description copied from interface: Feature

Returns a flag showing if the feature is mandatory in the clone class.

Specified by:

isMandatory in interface Feature

Specified by:

isMandatory in class FeatureAdapter

Returns:

the flag

getRimClass

public java.lang.String getRimClass()

Description copied from interface: Feature

Returns the name of the RIM class where the feature was originally defined.

Specified by:

getRimClass in interface Feature

Specified by:

getRimClass in class FeatureAdapter

Returns:

the RIM class name

getRimPropertyName

public java.lang.String getRimPropertyName()

Description copied from interface: Feature

Returns the property name inside the RIM class. This may be the attribute name or the association name.

Specified by:

getRimPropertyName in interface Feature

Specified by:

getRimPropertyName in class FeatureAdapter

Returns:

the RIM Property name

getPropertyName

public java.lang.String getPropertyName()

Specified by:

getPropertyName in interface Association

Returns:

the name of this association on the most specialized implementation of this association's owner.

See Also:

Association#getPropertyName()

getCardinality

public Cardinality getCardinality()

Description copied from interface: Feature

Returns the feature's cardinality.

Specified by:

getCardinality in interface Feature

Specified by:

getCardinality in class FeatureAdapter

Returns:

the feature's cardinality

getConstraint

public java.lang.String getConstraint()

Description copied from interface: Feature

Returns the textual constraint note attached to the feature.

Specified by:

getConstraint in interface Feature

Specified by:

getConstraint in class FeatureAdapter

Returns:

the constraint note

getTarget

public CloneClass getTarget()

Description copied from interface: Association

Returns the clone class that is targeted by this association.

Specified by:

getTarget in interface Association

Returns:

the target clone class

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class FeatureAdapter