org.openehr.rm.support.terminology
Interface TerminologyService

public interface TerminologyService

Defines inteface to access a terminology service

Version:

1.0

Author:

Rong Chen

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

OPENEHR

Method Summary

CodeSet	codeSet(java.lang.String name) Returns a CodeSet of given name
boolean	hasCodeSet(java.lang.String name) Returns true if code set of given name known by this service
boolean	hasTerminology(java.lang.String name) Returns ture if terminology of given name known by this service
Terminology	terminology(java.lang.String name) Returns a Terminology of given name

Field Detail

OPENEHR

static final java.lang.String OPENEHR

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

terminology

Terminology terminology(java.lang.String name)

Returns a Terminology of given name

Parameters:

name - not empty and known to this service

Returns:

terminology

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if name null, empty or unknown to this terminology service

codeSet

CodeSet codeSet(java.lang.String name)

Returns a CodeSet of given name

Parameters:

name - not empty and known to this service

Returns:

codeSet

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if name is null, empty or unknown to this terminology service

hasTerminology

boolean hasTerminology(java.lang.String name)

Returns ture if terminology of given name known by this service

Parameters:

name - not empty

Returns:

true if has given terminology

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if name is null or empty

hasCodeSet

boolean hasCodeSet(java.lang.String name)

Returns true if code set of given name known by this service

Parameters:

name - not empty

Returns:

true if has given codeset

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if name is null or empty