org.protempa.proposition

Interface Parameter

All Superinterfaces:

Proposition, PropositionCheckedVisitable, PropositionVisitable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractParameter, PrimitiveParameter, TemporalParameter

public interface Parameter
extends Proposition

Represents a single element of patient data or information, such as a time-stamped raw data value or an inferred interval. A parameter has a data type, value, and range of time over which it is true.

Author:

Andrew Post

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Value	getValue() Gets the value of this parameter.
String	getValueFormatted() Returns this parameter's value formatted as a string.

Methods inherited from interface org.protempa.proposition.Proposition

addPropertyChangeListener, getCreateDate, getDeleteDate, getDownloadDate, getId, getProperty, getPropertyNames, getReferenceNames, getReferences, getSourceSystem, getUniqueId, getUpdateDate, isEqual, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from interface org.protempa.proposition.visitor.PropositionVisitable

accept

Methods inherited from interface org.protempa.proposition.visitor.PropositionCheckedVisitable

acceptChecked

Method Detail

getValue

Value getValue()

Gets the value of this parameter.

Returns:

the Value of this parameter.

getValueFormatted

String getValueFormatted()

Returns this parameter's value formatted as a string. This is equivalent to calling getValue().getFormatted(), but it handles the case where getValue() returns null.

Returns:

a String object, or an empty string if this parameter's value is null.