cdac.medinfo.sdk.hl7282.commoninterface

Interface IDelimiter

public interface IDelimiter

Defines all the methods for Delimiters. Delimiters are required for identifying DataType Components, Subcomponents.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
char	getComponentSeparator() Retrieves Component Separator.
char	getEscapeCharacter() Retrieves Escape character.
char	getFieldSeparator() Retrieves field separator.
char	getRepetitionSeparator() Retrieves Repetition separator.
char	getSubComponentSeparator() Retrieves sub-component separator.
char	getTruncationCharacter() Retrieves truncation Character.
int	readDelimiters(java.lang.String strEncodingChars) Read delimiters from string.
int	writeDelimiters(IHL7Stream objIHL7Stream) Writes the Encoding characters field.

Method Detail

getComponentSeparator

char getComponentSeparator()

Retrieves Component Separator.

Returns:

char - ComponentSeparator

getEscapeCharacter

char getEscapeCharacter()

Retrieves Escape character.

Returns:

char - EscapeSeparator

getFieldSeparator

char getFieldSeparator()

Retrieves field separator.

Returns:

char - FieldSeparator

getRepetitionSeparator

char getRepetitionSeparator()

Retrieves Repetition separator.

Returns:

char - RepetitionSeparator

getSubComponentSeparator

char getSubComponentSeparator()

Retrieves sub-component separator.

Returns:

char - SubComponentSeparator

getTruncationCharacter

char getTruncationCharacter()

Retrieves truncation Character.

Returns:

char - TruncationCharacter

writeDelimiters

int writeDelimiters(IHL7Stream objIHL7Stream)
                    throws java.io.IOException

Writes the Encoding characters field. This field contains the four characters in the following order: the component separator, repetition separator, escape character, and subcomponent separator.

Parameters:

objIHL7Stream - Object of HL7Stream.

Returns:

int - Success / Fail

Throws:

java.io.IOException

readDelimiters

int readDelimiters(java.lang.String strEncodingChars)

Read delimiters from string.

Parameters:

strEncodingChars - String of encoding characters

Returns:

int - Fail if delimiters are not valid - Number of characters read