ch.elexis.importers
Class HL7.OBX

java.lang.Object
  ch.elexis.importers.HL7.OBX

Enclosing class:

HL7

public class HL7.OBX
extends java.lang.Object

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getComment() Find the comment field of this OBX.
TimeTool	getDate() Deprecated. better use obr date for date of sample
java.lang.String	getItemCode()
java.lang.String	getItemName()
java.lang.String	getObxNr()
java.lang.String	getRefRange()
java.lang.String	getResultValue()
HL7.RESULTSTATUS	getStatus()
HL7.RECORDTYPE	getType()
java.lang.String	getUnits()
boolean	isFormattedText()
boolean	isNumeric()
boolean	isPathologic() This is greatly simplified from the possible values <<, <, >,>>, +, ++, -, -- and so on we just say "it's pathologic".
boolean	isPlainText() HL7 defines TX for plaintext and NM for numeric.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getObxNr

public java.lang.String getObxNr()

getItemCode

public java.lang.String getItemCode()

getItemName

public java.lang.String getItemName()

getResultValue

public java.lang.String getResultValue()

getUnits

public java.lang.String getUnits()

getRefRange

public java.lang.String getRefRange()

getDate

@Deprecated
public TimeTool getDate()

Deprecated. better use obr date for date of sample

Unfortunately, the date field is not provided by all applications. If we don't find an OBX date, we use the OBR date.

Returns:

isPathologic

public boolean isPathologic()

This is greatly simplified from the possible values <<, <, >,>>, +, ++, -, -- and so on we just say "it's pathologic".

Returns:

true if it's any of the pathologic values.

getType

public HL7.RECORDTYPE getType()

isPlainText

public boolean isPlainText()

HL7 defines TX for plaintext and NM for numeric. Unfortunately, some labs put numbers in TX fields, thus we have to check

Returns:

true if the field is TX and contains not only numbers.

isNumeric

public boolean isNumeric()

isFormattedText

public boolean isFormattedText()

getStatus

public HL7.RESULTSTATUS getStatus()

getComment

public java.lang.String getComment()

Find the comment field of this OBX. Funny enough this is stored outside of the OBX usually. To make things simpler, we put all comments one after another in the same string (why not?).

Returns:

The comment (that can be an empty String or might contain several NTE records)