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Interface IDataElementContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompositeDE, Segment

public interface IDataElementContainer

interface for DataElement Container

OBOE - Open Business Objects for EDI

Part of the OBOE Basic Extended Package
An EDI and XML Translator Written In Java
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Version:

3.5.2

Author:

Joe McVerry - American Coders, Ltd.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	buildDE(int pos) defines a dataelement by the predefined templateDE array
DataElement	getDataElement(int inSequence) returns a DataElement in the Container
DataElement	getDataElement(java.lang.String ID) returns a DataElement in the Container since more than one dataelement with the same id can be in the container this is not a very effective method for fetching unique datalements.
int	getDataElementSize() returns the number of defined data element

Method Detail

getDataElement

public DataElement getDataElement(java.lang.String ID)
                           throws OBOEException

returns a DataElement in the Container
since more than one dataelement with the same id can be in the container this is not a very effective method for fetching unique datalements.

Parameters:

ID - String ID of datalement to look for

Returns:

DataElement DataElement object

Throws:

OBOEException - ID is unknown

getDataElement

public DataElement getDataElement(int inSequence)
                           throws OBOEException

returns a DataElement in the Container

Parameters:

inSequence - int sequence position of dataelement

Returns:

DataElement DataElement object

Throws:

OBOEException - ID is unknown

getDataElementSize

public int getDataElementSize()

returns the number of defined data element

Returns:

int DataElement count

buildDE

public java.lang.Object buildDE(int pos)

defines a dataelement by the predefined templateDE array

Parameters:

pos - field to build is identified by its templates position
position is relative to 1.

Returns:

Object always a DataElement, I used Object to keep it consistent with what Segments buildDE returns.