gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta
Interface MetaDescription

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

MetaDescriptionImpl

public interface MetaDescription
extends Comparable

Generically represents metadata having a key, a subkey, a type, and a more detailed description or value. All data in a row of the MRDOC file is represented here.

Author:

Brian Carlsen, Deborah Shapiro

Method Summary

String	getExplain() Returns the explain field.
String	getKey() Returns the key.
String	getKeyFields() Returns a String key which can be used by equals, compareTo, and hashCode methods.
String	getType() Returns the type.
String	getValue() Returns the value.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getType

String getType()

Returns the type.

Returns:

the type

getKey

String getKey()

Returns the key.

Returns:

the key

getExplain

String getExplain()

Returns the explain field.

Returns:

the explain

getValue

String getValue()

Returns the value.

Returns:

the value

getKeyFields

String getKeyFields()

Returns a String key which can be used by equals, compareTo, and hashCode methods.

Returns:

a String composed from key fields