RE: [HAPI-devel] message segment counts

[Tripp, B. <Bry...@uh...>]

Hi Phill, 

> construct.. I have an object of type 
> RDE_O11_ORCRXONTERXRRXCNTERXERXRRXCOBXNTECTI... crazy.

Yes, the brute-force method of avoiding name collisions.  This is how group
names were originally defined in the XML encoding.  For example the
corresponding DTD element for this group was: 

<!ENTITY % RDE_O01.ORCRXONTERXRRXCNTERXERXRRXCOBXNTECTI.CONTENT
(ORC,RDE_O01.RXONTERXRRXCNTE?,RXE,RXR+,RXC*,RDE_O01.OBXNTE+,CTI*)"> 

More recently HL7 has been coming up with nice, short group names, so this
won't last forever.    
 
> what's my mechanism for iterating them? 

I would do this: 

(RXC[]) group.getAll("RXC");

... but come to think of it this doesn't test your assumptions about message
structure at compile time.  Maybe there should also be: 

RXC[] getAllRXC();

... or: 

int getNumRXC();

What does everyone think?  

Thanks, 
Bryan 


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