It's because in contrast to most fields, which have a pre-specified data type, the data type for OBX-5 is defined at message time (in OBX-2).
Bryan On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Dayu Han <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the code and it worked just fine. However, I wonder if anyone > knows WHY for OBX-5, we have to do something like this. > > On 24-Feb-09, at 4:48 PM, Cameron Freiner wrote: > > Did that help? > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Cameron Freiner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yes, >> >> Here is a code sample from 2.3 that works.. Hope this helps >> >> OBX obx = ((ORU_R01) >> message).getRESPONSE(x++).getORDER_OBSERVATION().getOBSERVATION().getOBX(); >> >> // OBX2 (assume you are using String otherwise modify appropriately >> obx.getValueType().setValue("ST"); >> ST st = new ST(obx.getMessage()); >> st.setValue(string); >> obx.getObservationValue(0).setData(st); >> >> DefaultModelClassFactory factory = new DefaultModelClassFactory(); >> Varies.fixOBX5(obx, factory); >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Dayu Han <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All >>> I have trouble to populate a value on OBX-5 field using HAPI (HL7 2.5). >>> This is what I am trying to do: >>> >>> oru.getPATIENT_RESULT(0).getORDER_OBSERVATION(0).getOBSERVATION(index).getOBX().getObservationValue(0) >>> where oru being the ORU segment. >>> From the above code, there seems no way just to set a value on the field. >>> Anyone has any idea what goes wrong here. >>> Many thanks >>> -- >>> Dayu Han >>> Software Developer >>> Strata Health Solutions >>> Phone: 403.261.0855 ext 2102 >>> http://www.stratahealth.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, >>> CA >>> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the >>> Enterprise >>> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source >>> participation >>> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: >>> SFAD >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Hl7api-devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hl7api-devel >>> >> > > > -- > Dayu Han > Software Developer > Strata Health Solutions > Phone: +1 403.261.0855 ext 2102 > http://www.stratahealth.com > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Hl7api-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hl7api-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Hl7api-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hl7api-devel
