gov.nih.nlm.umls.meta
Interface MetaDescription

All Superinterfaces:
Comparable
All Known Implementing Classes:
MetaDescriptionImpl

public interface MetaDescription
extends Comparable

Generically represents metadata having a key, a subkey, a type, and a more detailed description or value. All data in a row of the MRDOC file is represented here.

Author:
Brian Carlsen, Deborah Shapiro

Method Summary
 String getExplain()
          Returns the explain field.
 String getKey()
          Returns the key.
 String getKeyFields()
          Returns a String key which can be used by equals, compareTo, and hashCode methods.
 String getType()
          Returns the type.
 String getValue()
          Returns the value.
 
Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo
 

Method Detail

getType

public String getType()
Returns the type.

Returns:
the type

getKey

public String getKey()
Returns the key.

Returns:
the key

getExplain

public String getExplain()
Returns the explain field.

Returns:
the explain

getValue

public String getValue()
Returns the value.

Returns:
the value

getKeyFields

public String getKeyFields()
Returns a String key which can be used by equals, compareTo, and hashCode methods.

Returns:
a String composed from key fields


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