Hi Masoumeh, This is particularly useful when archetyping lab results where the exact pattern of lab reporting and units is extremely variable. We specify a Result element in a parent lab test archetype with a data type of ANY, which can be redefined within a specialisation or at template level to the correct local data type. This allows us to minimise the number of archetypes and give a consistent path to the Result node, which is important for querying purposes.
Ian Dr Ian McNicoll office / fax +44(0)141 560 4657 mobile +44 (0)775 209 7859 skype ianmcnicoll ian at mcmi.co.uk Clinical Analyst Ocean Informatics ian.mcnicoll at oceaninformatics.com BCS Primary Health Care Specialist Group www.phcsg.org 2009/6/8 Vanna <kruyvanna at gmail.com> > Hi Masoumeh, > > yes you can do so. > when you assign the value, you need to assign it to the sub class. > > ex. in java: > > DvAmount da; > DvCount dc = new DvCount(10); > da = dc; > > > In case you have DvAmount (assigned to DvCount object), and you want the > DvCount object, you can cast it like this: > > dc = (DvCount ) a; > > > Hope this help, > > cheers, > > Kruy Vanna > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Masoumeh Seydi <simorgh_000 at > yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Hi All, >> Could it be possible to use an abstract data type (like DV_ORDERED, >> DV_AMOUNT, ...) as a type for any data? >> >> Regards >> Masoumeh >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> openEHR-technical mailing list >> openEHR-technical at openehr.org >> http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-technical mailing list > openEHR-technical at openehr.org > http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20090608/46b35e1c/attachment.html>
