oracle.hsgbu.ets.snomed

Interface SNOMEDNavigationLink

public interface SNOMEDNavigationLink

Provides access to information related to this SNOMEDNavigationLink. Navigation link is a member of a navigation subset and relates a parent concept to one or more child concepts. This navigation link consists of a parent concept, a child concept, and an integer value representing the order of the child concept. Each link represents at least one parent to child concept relationship. However, multiple navigation links can exist for the same parent concept.

NOTE: Multiple links inside a navigation subset can have the same parent or child concept.

See Also:

SNOMEDNavigationSubset

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SNOMEDConcept	getChild() Gets the child SNOMED-CT concept from this SNOMEDNavigationLink.
int	getOrder() Gets the ordering number of the child SNOMED-CT concept.
SNOMEDConcept	getParent() Gets the parent SNOMED-CT concept from this SNOMEDNavigationLink.

Method Detail

getChild

SNOMEDConcept getChild()
                throws ETSDataException

Gets the child SNOMED-CT concept from this SNOMEDNavigationLink.

Returns:

Child SNOMED-CT concept from this SNOMEDNavigationLink.

Throws:

ETSDataException - If a data transport error occurs.

getOrder

int getOrder()
      throws ETSDataException

Gets the ordering number of the child SNOMED-CT concept.

Returns:

Ordering number of the child SNOMED-CT concept.

Throws:

ETSDataException - If a data transport error occurs.

getParent

SNOMEDConcept getParent()
                 throws ETSDataException

Gets the parent SNOMED-CT concept from this SNOMEDNavigationLink.

Returns:

Parent SNOMED-CT concept from this SNOMEDNavigationLink.

Throws:

ETSDataException - If a data transport error occurs.