org.mitre.midiki.workshop
Class DiagnosticTest

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class DiagnosticTest

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Represents a diagnostic test which can be used to confirm the presence or absence of a named symptom, a short text description of a positive test result, and whether the symptom diagnosed by the test must be present or absent. Typically, disease descriptions show those symptoms which must be present, while diagnosis queries may contain symptoms which have been identified as absent (as distinct from symptoms whose status is unknown).

Since:

1.0

See Also:

Serializable, Serialized Form

Field Summary

java.lang.String	name The name of the symptom.
boolean	present true if the symptom is present.
boolean	required true if the symptom is required vs suggestive.
java.lang.String	result The description of a positive test result.
java.lang.String	test The name of the appropriate test.

Constructor Summary

DiagnosticTest()
Empty constructor.

DiagnosticTest(java.lang.String n, java.lang.String t, java.lang.String r, boolean q, boolean p)
Creates a new DiagnosticTest instance.

Method Summary

boolean	matches(DiagnosticTest s) Returns true if the symptom matches the query.
java.lang.String	toString() Generates a string representation of the symptom.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

name

public java.lang.String name

The name of the symptom.

test

public java.lang.String test

The name of the appropriate test.

result

public java.lang.String result

The description of a positive test result.

required

public boolean required

true if the symptom is required vs suggestive.

present

public boolean present

true if the symptom is present.

Constructor Detail

DiagnosticTest

public DiagnosticTest()

Empty constructor.

DiagnosticTest

public DiagnosticTest(java.lang.String n,
                      java.lang.String t,
                      java.lang.String r,
                      boolean q,
                      boolean p)

Creates a new DiagnosticTest instance.

Parameters:

n - a String value

t - a String value

r - a String value

q - a boolean value

p - a boolean value

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Generates a string representation of the symptom.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String value

matches

public boolean matches(DiagnosticTest s)

Returns true if the symptom matches the query. Since synonyms are not considered, this is a less powerful match than the one performed by WorkshopDatabase in calculating a diagnosis.

Parameters:

s - a DiagnosticTest value

Returns:

a boolean value