ca.infoway.messagebuilder.datatype
Interface ST

All Superinterfaces:

ANY<String>, BareANY, ED<String>, NullFlavorSupport

All Known Implementing Classes:

STImpl

public interface ST
extends ED<String>

HL7 datatype ST (and ST.LANG). Backed by a java String.

The character string data type stands for text data, primarily intended for machine processing (e.g., sorting, querying, indexing, etc.) Used for names, symbols, and formal expressions.

ST is a restricted ED, whose ED.mediaType property is fixed to text/plain, and whose data must be inlined and not compressed. Thus, the properties compression, reference, integrity check, algorithm, and thumbnail are not applicable. The character string data type is used when the appearance of text does not bear meaning, which is true for formalized text and all kinds of names.

ST data type interprets the encapsulated data as character data (as opposed to bits), depending on the charset property of the encapsulated data type.

Author:

Intelliware Development

Method Summary

String

getLanguage() Returns the language.

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

Method Detail

getLanguage

String getLanguage()

Returns the language.

Returns:

the language