Validations

A validation is a piece of dynamic logic that takes a value as its input and returns a Boolean as a result. Within the dynamic logic, the input value is referenced as "value". Oracle Health Insurance Product Definition can use dynamic logic validations in the configuration of fields. Field is a signature assigned to a piece of dynamic logic. A signature specifies the expected in- and output for specific piece of dynamic logic. The following sections each elaborate on one of these signatures.

Field

A field can have zero or one dynamic logic validation defined. The following signature applies:

In / Out	Name	Type	Description
In	value	Same as the field data type	The value of the field
Out	n/a	Boolean	True when the value is valid

The output will be interpreted by OHI according to Groovy truth logic, meaning that in case a null value is returned - this will be interpreted as false.

This signature does not specify a default as-of date. The execution moment depends on the field type; for free fields the dynamic logic validation is executed when entering a value for the free field; for flex fields the dynamic logic validation is executed when entering a flex code. Consider some simple examples of field validations:

The dynamic logic to accept only values in uppercase:

value == value.toUpperCase()

To accept only values is in lowercase:

value == value.toLowerCase()

To accept only values that can be parsed as an integer:

value.isInteger()

To accept only values that have no more than 40 characters:

maxLength = 40
value.length() <= maxLength

To accept only values between two numerical values:

min = 18
max = 65
value >= min && value <= max

To accept only values in a specified list:

allowedValues = [ "A", "B", "C" ]
allowedValues.contains(value)