001 /** 002 The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 003 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 004 You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ 005 Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, 006 WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 007 specific language governing rights and limitations under the License. 008 009 The Original Code is "ValidationContext.java". Description: 010 "A set of rules for message validation" 011 012 The Initial Developer of the Original Code is University Health Network. Copyright (C) 013 2004. All Rights Reserved. 014 015 Contributor(s): ______________________________________. 016 017 Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of the 018 GNU General Public License (the ?GPL?), in which case the provisions of the GPL are 019 applicable instead of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this 020 file only under the terms of the GPL and not to allow others to use your version 021 of this file under the MPL, indicate your decision by deleting the provisions above 022 and replace them with the notice and other provisions required by the GPL License. 023 If you do not delete the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of 024 this file under either the MPL or the GPL. 025 */ 026 package ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation; 027 028 import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Primitive; 029 030 /** 031 * A set of rules for message validation. 032 * 033 * @author <a href="mailto:bryan.tripp@uhn.on.ca">Bryan Tripp</a> 034 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ updated on $Date: 2007/02/19 02:24:41 $ by $Author: jamesagnew $ 035 */ 036 public interface ValidationContext { 037 038 /** 039 * @param theVersion an HL7 version (eg "2.1") 040 * @param theTypeName a primitive datatype name (eg "ST") 041 * @param theType the Primitive being validated 042 * @return active rules for checking the given type in the given version 043 */ 044 public PrimitiveTypeRule[] getPrimitiveRules(String theVersion, String theTypeName, Primitive theType); 045 046 /** 047 * @param theVersion an HL7 version (eg "2.1") 048 * @param theMessageType a value valid for MSH-9-1 049 * @param theTriggerEvent a value valid fro MSH-9-2 050 * @return the active rules that apply to message of the given version, message type, 051 * and trigger event 052 */ 053 public MessageRule[] getMessageRules(String theVersion, String theMessageType, String theTriggerEvent); 054 055 /** 056 * @param theVersion an HL7 version (eg "2.1") 057 * @param theEncoding an encoding name (eg "VB", "XML) 058 * @return the active encoding rules that apply to the given version and encoding 059 */ 060 public EncodingRule[] getEncodingRules(String theVersion, String theEncoding); 061 062 }