Convert Interval<Integer> to MULTIPLICITY_INTERVAL to simplify specification and implementation.
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Currently, there are three places in the AOM where Interval<Integer> is used:
C_ATTRIBUTE.existence
C_MULTIPLE_ATTRIBUTE.cardinality.interval
C_OBJECT.occurrences
It is proposed to replace this with a class MULTIPLICITY_INTERVAL, which is formally defined as inheriting from Interval<Integer>. It has the same data members, but provides a place to define useful functions such as :
is_open: Boolean
is_optional: Boolean
as_string: String – output in typical UML format, e.g. "0..1"
as well as various constructors that make sense for multiplicity intervals. It also ensures the lower_limit cannot be less than 0.
Currently, there are three places in the AOM where Interval<Integer> is used:
C_ATTRIBUTE.existence
C_MULTIPLE_ATTRIBUTE.cardinality.interval
C_OBJECT.occurrences
It is proposed to replace this with a class MULTIPLICITY_INTERVAL, which is formally defined as inheriting from Interval<Integer>. It has the same data members, but provides a place to define useful functions such as :
is_open: Boolean
is_optional: Boolean
as_string: String – output in typical UML format, e.g. "0..1"
as well as various constructors that make sense for multiplicity intervals. It also ensures the lower_limit cannot be less than 0.
The other advantage is for formalisms like XML, the class MULTIPLICITY_INTERVAL can replace the pseudo type IntervalOfInteger in the BaseTypes.xsd (http://www.openehr.org/releases/1.0.2/its/XML-schema/documentation/BaseTypes.xsd.html#h1337655869).