ca.infoway.messagebuilder.datatype
Interface PN

All Superinterfaces:

ANY<PersonName>, BareANY, EN<PersonName>, NullFlavorSupport

All Known Implementing Classes:

PNImpl

public interface PN
extends EN<PersonName>

HL7 PN datatype. backed by the Java datatype PersonName.

Covers:

PN.BASIC: Used to express person names for general identification and communication purposes.

PN.SIMPLE: Used to express person names without name parts.

PN.FULL: Used to express person names within a registry where full qualification is needed.

PN.SEARCH: This type is used to convey name information for searching purposes. All matches are considered to be "starts with" for each specified property.

Author:

Intelliware Development

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface ca.infoway.messagebuilder.datatype.ANY

getNullFlavor, getValue, isNull, nonNull, notApplicable, other, setNullFlavor, setValue, unknown

Methods inherited from interface ca.infoway.messagebuilder.datatype.BareANY

getBareValue, getDataType, setDataType

Methods inherited from interface ca.infoway.messagebuilder.datatype.nullflavor.NullFlavorSupport

hasNullFlavor