Package org.openehealth.ipf.commons.core

Class URN

java.lang.Object

org.openehealth.ipf.commons.core.URN

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<URN>

public final class URN
extends Object
implements Comparable<URN>, Serializable

URN abstraction, following the pattern of URI and URL classes. This is not meant as a generic URN representation as defined in RFC 2141, but limited to its uses in healthcare domain, specifically for encoding UUIDs and OIDs. Note that in URNs the namespace identifier is case-insensitive

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	OID
static String	PIN
static String	UUID

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
URN(String text)
URN(String namespaceId, String namespaceSpecificString)
URN(URI uri)
URN(UUID uuid)
URN(Oid oid)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compareTo(URN urn)
static URN	create(String text)
boolean	equals(Object o)
String	getNamespaceId()
String	getNamespaceSpecificString()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isNamespace(String namespace)
static boolean	isURN(String text)
String	toString()
URI	toURI()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

UUID

public static final String UUID

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Constant Field Values

OID

public static final String OID

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Constant Field Values

PIN

public static final String PIN

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

URN

public URN(String text)
    throws URISyntaxException

Throws:

URISyntaxException

URN

public URN(URI uri)

URN

public URN(UUID uuid)

URN

public URN(Oid oid)

URN

public URN(String namespaceId,
           String namespaceSpecificString)
    throws URISyntaxException

Throws:

URISyntaxException

Method Detail

create

public static URN create(String text)
                  throws URISyntaxException

Throws:

URISyntaxException

compareTo

public int compareTo(URN urn)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<URN>

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

isURN

public static boolean isURN(String text)

toURI

public URI toURI()

Returns:

a new URI object representing this URN

getNamespaceId

public String getNamespaceId()

Returns:

the namespace ID of the URN

isNamespace

public boolean isNamespace(String namespace)

getNamespaceSpecificString

public String getNamespaceSpecificString()

Returns:

namespace-specific string, i.e. an OID or UUID value

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object