Class CommonResourceSupertypeScanner

java.lang.Object
ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.CommonResourceSupertypeScanner

 When populating the StructureDefinition links in a capability statement,
 it can be useful to know the lowest common superclass for the profiles in use for a given resource name.
 This class finds this superclass, by incrementally computing the greatest common sequence of ancestor classes in the class hierarchies of registered resources.
 For instance, given the following classes
 MyPatient extends Patient
 MyPatient2 extends MyPatient
 MyPatient3 extends MyPatient
 MyPatient4 extends MyPatient3
 this class will find the common ancestor sequence "IBaseResource -> Patient -> MyPatient". MyPatient is the lowest common superclass in this hierarchy.
 
  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • register

      public void register(Class<? extends org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource> resourceClass)
      Recomputes the lowest common superclass by adding a new resource definition to the hierarchy.
      Parameters:
      resourceClass - The resource class to add.
    • getLowestCommonSuperclass

      public Optional<Class<? extends org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource>> getLowestCommonSuperclass()
      Returns:
      The lowest common superclass of currently registered resources.