package ca.uhn.hl7v2.preparser; import java.util.*; /** An object of this class represents a variable-size path for identifying the location of a datum within an HL7 message, which we can use for maintaining parser state and for generating a suitable string key (in the ZYX[a]-b[c]-d-e style) for a piece of data in the message (see toString()). The elements are: segmentID / segmentRepIdx / fieldIdx / fieldRepIdx / compIdx / subcompIdx ("rep" means "repetition") segmentID is a String, the rest are Integers. It is variable-size path-style in that if it has a size of 1, the one element will be the segmentID; if it has a size of two, element 0 will be the segmentID and element 1 will be the segmentRepIdx, etc. This class can't represent a fieldIdx without having segmentID / segmentRepIdx, etc. etc. possible sizes: 0 to 6 inclusive As toString() simply converts this's integer values to strings (1 => "1"), and since for some reason the ZYX[a]-b[c]-d-e style counts b, d, e starting from 1 and a, c from 0 -- it is intended that one store the numeric values in this class starting from 1 for fieldIdx (element 2), compIdx (4) and subcompIdx (5), and from 0 for segmentRepIdx (1) and fieldRepIdx (3). default values provided by setSize() and by toString() do this. */ public class DatumPath implements Cloneable { public static final int s_maxSize = 6; protected Vector m_path = null; public DatumPath() { m_path = new Vector(s_maxSize); } /** copy constructor */ public DatumPath(DatumPath other) { this(); copy(other); } public boolean equals(Object otherObject) { boolean ret = false; DatumPath other = (DatumPath)otherObject; if(this.size() == other.size()) { ret = true; for(int i=0; i IndexOutOfBoundsException. (new_value == null) => NullPointerException new_value must be either a String or an Integer depending on what part of the path you're setting: (idx == 0) => String (idx >= 1) => Integer If new_value can't be cast to the appropriate type, a ClassCastException is thrown before new_value is stored. Of course, on success, this will discard it's reference that used to be at position idx. */ public void set(int idx, Object new_value) { if((0 <= idx) && (idx < m_path.size())) { if(new_value != null) { if(idx == 0) m_path.set(idx, (String)new_value); else if(idx >= 1) m_path.set(idx, (Integer)new_value); } else throw new NullPointerException(); } else throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(); } /** get() returns an element, which will be either a String or an Integer. ((idx == 0) => String (idx >= 1) => Integer ((idx < 0) || (idx >= size())) => IndexOutOfBoundsException We will attempt to cast the gotten object to the appropriate type before returning it as an Object. That way, if there's an object of the wrong type in the wrong place in here (that got past set() somehow), then a ClassCastException will be thrown even if the caller of this function doesn't try to cast it. (consider System.out.println("val: " + path.get(n)) nothing would barf it this get() wasn't vigilant.) */ public Object get(int idx) { Object gottenObj = m_path.get(idx); if(idx == 0) return (String)gottenObj; else return (Object)gottenObj; } public int size() { return m_path.size(); } /** toString() outputs the path (from segmentID onward) in the ZYX[a]-b[c]-d-e style (TODO: give it a name), suitable for a key in a map of message datum paths to values. Integer values are converted to strings directly (1 => "1") so when you constructed this you should have started counting from 1 for everything but the "repeat" fields, if you truly want the ZYX[a]-b[c]-d-e style. If toString() is called when this has a size in [1, 6) (=> missing numeric elments), then we act as though the elements in [size(), 6) are 0 or 1 as appropriate for each element. We don't provide a default for the element 0 (the String element): will throw an IndexOutOfBoundsException if (size() == 1). eg. a (new DatumPath()).add(new String("ZYX")).add(2).add(6).toString() would yield "ZYX[2]-6[0]-1-1" */ public String toString() { String ret = null; StringBuffer strbuf = new StringBuffer(15); if(m_path.size() >= 1) { DatumPath extendedCopy = (DatumPath)this.clone(); extendedCopy.setSize(s_maxSize); for(int i=0; i NullPointerException */ public DatumPath add(Object newValue) { m_path.setSize(m_path.size() + 1); set(m_path.size() - 1, newValue); return this; } /** Like add(String). convenient wrapper for add(Object), when the object to be added must be an Integer anyway (size() > 0 on entry). For the user, it turns path.add(new Integer(i)).add(new Integer(j)).add(new Integer(k)) into path.add(i).add(j).add(k), that's all. size() == 0 on entry throws a ClassCastException (which it is, kindof), otherwise calls add(new Integer(new_value)). */ public DatumPath add(int new_value) { if(size() > 0) add(new Integer(new_value)); else throw new ClassCastException(); return this; } /** convenience! Like add(int), but the other way around. */ public DatumPath add(String new_value) { if(size() == 0) add((Object)new_value); else throw new ClassCastException(); return this; } /** setSize(): resize. If this will grow the object, then we put default values into the new elements: "" into the String element, Integer(1) into the elements 2, 4, and 5, and Integer(0) into elements 1 and 3. returns this. */ public DatumPath setSize(int newSize) { int oldSize = m_path.size(); m_path.setSize(newSize); if(newSize > oldSize) { // give the new elements some default values: for(int i=oldSize; i other[1] then return false, else repeat with [2] ... if we compare all elements, then return false (they're the same.) What are actually compared are copies of this and other that have been grown to s_maxSize (default values in effect), so they'll have the same size. This is just a little thing that gets used in the class XML. Look there for a justification of it's existence. ex. [1, 1, 1, 1] < [1, 1, 1, 2] [1, 2, 1, 1] < [1, 2, 1, 2] [1, 1, 5, 5] < [1, 2] [1, 1] < [1, 1, 5, 5] */ public boolean numbersLessThan(DatumPath other) { DatumPath extendedCopyThis = new DatumPath(this); extendedCopyThis.setSize(s_maxSize); DatumPath extendedCopyOther = new DatumPath(other); extendedCopyOther.setSize(s_maxSize); boolean lessThan = false; for(int i=1; !lessThan && (i