cdac.medinfo.sdk.hl7282.baselibs.segments

Class DSC

java.lang.Object

cdac.medinfo.sdk.hl7282.baselibs.segments.Segment

cdac.medinfo.sdk.hl7282.baselibs.segments.DSC

All Implemented Interfaces:

ISegment

public class DSC
extends Segment

DSC - continuation pointer segment

The DSC segment is used in the continuation protocol.

Represents an HL7 DSC message segment. This segment has the following fields:

DSC-1: Continuation Pointer (ST)Optional
DSC-2: Continuation Style (ID)Optional

This class provides mechanism to validate message against HL7 v 2.8.2 standard. The class provides accessors & mutators for the elements mentioned above. The class has validate method which validates Message against HL7 v 2.8.2 standard.

User can also create Segment through SegmentFactory

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DSC() Constructs the DSC segment.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ST	getContinuationPointer() Retrieves the Continuation Pointer.
ID	getContinuationStyle() Retrieves the Continuation Style.
void	setContinuationPointer(ST objcontinuationPointer) Set the Continuation Pointer.
void	setContinuationPointer(java.lang.String strContinuationPointer) Set the Continuation Pointer.
void	setContinuationStyle(ID objcontinuationStyle) Set the Continuation Style.
void	setContinuationStyle(java.lang.String strContinuationStyle) Set the Continuation Style.
boolean	validate() Validates HL7 Message objects .

Methods inherited from class cdac.medinfo.sdk.hl7282.baselibs.segments.Segment

addUnRecognizedField, dumpSegment, getFields, getName, getUnrecognizedFields, moveToNextSegment, parse, removeDataElement, removeDataElement, serialize, setName, setUnRecognizedField, updateDataElement, updateDataElement, writeToXML

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DSC

public DSC()

Constructs the DSC segment.

Method Detail

getContinuationPointer

public ST getContinuationPointer()

Retrieves the Continuation Pointer. This field contains the continuation pointer. In an initial query, this field is not present.

Returns:

String - continuationPointer

getContinuationStyle

public ID getContinuationStyle()

Retrieves the Continuation Style. This field indicates whether this is a fragmented message or not.

Returns:

String - continuationStyle

setContinuationPointer

public void setContinuationPointer(java.lang.String strContinuationPointer)

Set the Continuation Pointer. This field contains the continuation pointer. In an initial query, this field is not present.

Parameters:

strContinuationPointer - Contains the continuation pointer.

setContinuationPointer

public void setContinuationPointer(ST objcontinuationPointer)

Set the Continuation Pointer. This field contains the continuation pointer. In an initial query, this field is not present.

Parameters:

objcontinuationPointer - object of Continuation Pointer.

setContinuationStyle

public void setContinuationStyle(java.lang.String strContinuationStyle)

Set the Continuation Style. This field indicates whether this is a fragmented message or not.

Parameters:

strContinuationStyle - Used for ContinuationStyle.

setContinuationStyle

public void setContinuationStyle(ID objcontinuationStyle)

Set the Continuation Style. This field indicates whether this is a fragmented message or not.

Parameters:

objcontinuationStyle - object of Continuation Style.

validate

public boolean validate()
                 throws InvalidSegmentException

Validates HL7 Message objects . Validate method checks for validation each and every segments in side the Message object against specified message Structure. Validation chcecks include optionality of segment or group. It also verifies the number of times segment or group is repeated in message. e.g {PSH} while parsing PSH segment validate method will check for its mandatory presence. [PSH] in this case validate will throw exception if one tries to enter more than one PSH segment.

Specified by:

validate in interface ISegment

Overrides:

validate in class Segment

Returns:

boolean - true or false.

Throws:

InvalidSegmentException - Thrown when Segment Validation Fails.