gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta
Interface SemanticType

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable, ConceptElement, ContentViewElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

SemanticTypeImpl

public interface SemanticType
extends Comparable, ConceptElement, ContentViewElement

Represents a Concept semantic type.

Following is a UML Class diagram showing the neighborhood around SemanticType

All data in a row of the MRSTY file is represented here. Note, the STN and TUI fields in MRSTY can be obtained by calling methods on the object returned by getSemanticType().

Author:

Brian Carlsen, Deborah Shapiro

Method Summary

String	getAttributeIdentifier() Returns the unique identifier (ATUI).
String	getAtui() Returns the unique identifier (ATUI).
String	getKeyFields() Returns a String key which can be used by equals, compareTo, and hashCode methods.
HierarchicalSemanticType	getSemanticType() Returns the HierarchicalSemanticType (STY).
HierarchicalSemanticType	getSty() Returns the HierarchicalSemanticType (STY).
void	setAttributeIdentifier(String atui) Sets the unique identifier (ATUI).
void	setAtui(String atui) Sets the unique identifier (ATUI).
void	setSemanticType(HierarchicalSemanticType sty) Sets the HierarchicalSemanticType (STY).
void	setSty(HierarchicalSemanticType sty) Sets the HierarchicalSemanticType (STY).

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta.ConceptElement

getConcept, setConcept

Methods inherited from interface gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta.ContentViewElement

getContentView, getCvf, setContentView, setCvf

Method Detail

getSemanticType

HierarchicalSemanticType getSemanticType()

Returns the HierarchicalSemanticType (STY).

Returns:

the HierarchicalSemanticType

setSemanticType

void setSemanticType(HierarchicalSemanticType sty)

Sets the HierarchicalSemanticType (STY).

Parameters:

sty - the HierarchicalSemanticType

getSty

HierarchicalSemanticType getSty()

Returns the HierarchicalSemanticType (STY). This is shorthand for getSemanticType()

Returns:

the HierarchicalSemanticType

setSty

void setSty(HierarchicalSemanticType sty)

Sets the HierarchicalSemanticType (STY). This is shorthand for setSemanticType(HierarchicalSemanticType).

Parameters:

sty - the HierarchicalSemanticType

getAttributeIdentifier

String getAttributeIdentifier()

Returns the unique identifier (ATUI).

Returns:

the ATUI

getAtui

String getAtui()

Returns the unique identifier (ATUI). This is shorthand for getAttributeIdentifier().

Returns:

the ATUI

setAttributeIdentifier

void setAttributeIdentifier(String atui)

Sets the unique identifier (ATUI).

Parameters:

atui - the ATUI

setAtui

void setAtui(String atui)

Sets the unique identifier (ATUI). This is shorthand for setAttributeIdentifier(String).

Parameters:

atui - the ATUI

getKeyFields

String getKeyFields()

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

Returns:

a String composed from key SemanticType fields