ca.uhn.hl7v2.model

Class GenericPrimitive

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.AbstractType

ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.AbstractPrimitive

ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.GenericPrimitive

All Implemented Interfaces:

Primitive, Type, Serializable

public class GenericPrimitive
extends AbstractPrimitive
implements Primitive

An unspecified Primitive datatype that imposes no constraints on its string value. This is used to store Varies data, when the data type is unknown. It is also used to store unrecognized message constituents.

Author:

Bryan Tripp

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GenericPrimitive(Message message) Create a generic primitive

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName() Returns the name of the type (used in XML encoding and profile checking)
String	getVersion() As this is a generic primitive, this method returns null to inidicate that it is not associated with a dedicated HL7 version

Methods inherited from class ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.AbstractPrimitive

clear, encode, getValue, isEmpty, parse, setValue, toString

Methods inherited from class ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.AbstractType

getExtraComponents, getMessage

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Primitive

getValue, setValue

Methods inherited from interface ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Type

clear, encode, getExtraComponents, getMessage, isEmpty, parse

Constructor Detail

GenericPrimitive

public GenericPrimitive(Message message)

Create a generic primitive

Parameters:

message - message to which the primitive is linked to

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from class: AbstractType

Returns the name of the type (used in XML encoding and profile checking)

Specified by:

getName in interface Type

Overrides:

getName in class AbstractType

getVersion

public String getVersion()

As this is a generic primitive, this method returns null to inidicate that it is not associated with a dedicated HL7 version

Returns:

null