ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.impl

Class AbstractPrimitiveTypeRule

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.impl.RuleSupport<String>

ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.impl.AbstractPrimitiveTypeRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

PrimitiveTypeRule, Rule<String>, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PredicatePrimitiveTypeRule, RegexPrimitiveRule, SizeRule, TrimLeadingWhitespace, TrimTrailingWhitespace

public abstract class AbstractPrimitiveTypeRule
extends RuleSupport<String>
implements PrimitiveTypeRule

Abstract base class for primitive rules

Author:

Christian Ohr

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractPrimitiveTypeRule()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	correct(String value) Optionally performs an automatic correction on given data to make it conform (eg trims leading whitespace).
boolean	test(String value) Tests the given string against the criteria defined by this rule -- returns true if it passes the test, false otherwise.

Methods inherited from class ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.impl.RuleSupport

failed, failed, failed, failed, failedWithValue, getDescription, getErrorCode, getSectionReference, getSeverity, passed, result, result, setDescription, setErrorCode, setSectionReference, setSeverity

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.Rule

apply, getDescription, getSectionReference

Constructor Detail

AbstractPrimitiveTypeRule

public AbstractPrimitiveTypeRule()

Method Detail

test

public boolean test(String value)

Description copied from interface: PrimitiveTypeRule

Tests the given string against the criteria defined by this rule -- returns true if it passes the test, false otherwise.

Specified by:

test in interface PrimitiveTypeRule

correct

public String correct(String value)

Description copied from interface: PrimitiveTypeRule

Optionally performs an automatic correction on given data to make it conform (eg trims leading whitespace). This is to be called prior to test(). If no corrections are performed, the original value is returned.

Specified by:

correct in interface PrimitiveTypeRule

Parameters:

value - an original value to be corrected

Returns:

a corrected version of the given value