gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta
Class ContentView

java.lang.Object
  gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta.ContentView

public class ContentView
extends Object

Defines the content view for a ConceptElement. The various methods indicate whether or not this object belongs to the specified content view.

Author:

Brian Carlsen, Deborah Shapiro

Constructor Summary

ContentView()
Instantiates an empty ContentView.

ContentView(long value)
Instantiates a ContentView from the specified long value.

ContentView(String value)
Instantiates a ContentView from the specified String value.

Method Summary

long	getValue() Returns the value of the content view flag.
boolean	keep(ContentView cv) Indicates whether or not to keep the parent element by determining if this ContentView matches the one passed in.
void	setValue(long val) Sets the value of the content view flag.
void	setValue(String val) Sets the value of the content view flag.
String	toString() Returns String representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ContentView

public ContentView()

Instantiates an empty ContentView.

ContentView

public ContentView(String value)

Instantiates a ContentView from the specified String value.

Parameters:

value - String

ContentView

public ContentView(long value)

Instantiates a ContentView from the specified long value.

Parameters:

value - long

Method Detail

getValue

public long getValue()

Returns the value of the content view flag.

Returns:

the long value

setValue

public void setValue(String val)

Sets the value of the content view flag. Each "bit" of the value indicates membership in a particular view.

Parameters:

val - the value of the content view flag

setValue

public void setValue(long val)

Sets the value of the content view flag. Each "bit" of the value indicates membership in a particular view.

Parameters:

val - the value of the content view flag as a long

keep

public boolean keep(ContentView cv)

Indicates whether or not to keep the parent element by determining if this ContentView matches the one passed in.

Parameters:

cv - represents the set of views to keep

Returns:

true to keep, false otherwise

toString

public String toString()

Returns String representation.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String representation