Class ELEMENT

Class ELEMENT

The leaf variant of ITEM, to which a DATA_VALUE instance is attached.

Declaration :

C++ : class ELEMENT : public ITEM
Java : public class ELEMENT extends ITEM

Artifact : ELEMENT

Relation value (<directional composition>)

data value of this leaf.

Declaration :

Uml : + value : DATA_VALUE, multiplicity : 0..1
C++ : public: DATA_VALUE value
Java : public DATA_VALUE value

Attribut null_flavor

flavour of null value, e.g. indeterminate, not asked etc.

Declaration :

Uml : + null_flavor : DV_CODED_TEXT, multiplicity : 0..1
C++ : public: DV_CODED_TEXT null_flavor
Java : public DV_CODED_TEXT null_flavor

Operation is_null

True if value logically not known, e.g. if indeterminate, not asked etc.

Declaration :

Uml : + is_null() : Boolean
C++ : public: bool is_null()
Java : public boolean is_null()

All public operations : concept , is_archetype_root , is_null , item_at_path , items_at_path , parent , path_exists , path_of_item , path_unique