ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation
Interface ValidationContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultValidation, DefaultValidationWithoutTN, NoValidation, ValidationContextImpl

public interface ValidationContext

A set of rules for message validation.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ updated on $Date: 2007-02-19 02:24:41 $ by $Author: jamesagnew $

Author:

Bryan Tripp

Method Summary

EncodingRule[]	getEncodingRules(String theVersion, String theEncoding)
MessageRule[]	getMessageRules(String theVersion, String theMessageType, String theTriggerEvent)
PrimitiveTypeRule[]	getPrimitiveRules(String theVersion, String theTypeName, Primitive theType)

Method Detail

getPrimitiveRules

PrimitiveTypeRule[] getPrimitiveRules(String theVersion,
                                      String theTypeName,
                                      Primitive theType)

Parameters:

theVersion - an HL7 version (eg "2.1")

theTypeName - a primitive datatype name (eg "ST")

theType - the Primitive being validated

Returns:

active rules for checking the given type in the given version

getMessageRules

MessageRule[] getMessageRules(String theVersion,
                              String theMessageType,
                              String theTriggerEvent)

Parameters:

theVersion - an HL7 version (eg "2.1")

theMessageType - a value valid for MSH-9-1

theTriggerEvent - a value valid fro MSH-9-2

Returns:

the active rules that apply to message of the given version, message type, and trigger event

getEncodingRules

EncodingRule[] getEncodingRules(String theVersion,
                                String theEncoding)

Parameters:

theVersion - an HL7 version (eg "2.1")

theEncoding - an encoding name (eg "VB", "XML)

Returns:

the active encoding rules that apply to the given version and encoding