ExploreService

java.lang.Object
- in.cdac.medinfo.csnotk.csnolib.service.ExploreService

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable
```
public class ExploreService
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable
```
Provides the basic methods to query the SNOMED CT repository for finding ancestors and descendants of a concept. Also provides methods to process ECL queries.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ExploreService()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Set<Concept>`	`executeEcl(java.lang.String ecl, java.lang.String term)`	Parses ECL query and fetches result.
`java.util.Set<Concept>`	`getAllAncestorConcepts(java.lang.String id)`	Returns a `Set` of all Ancester `Concept`s for given concept identifier.
`java.util.Set<Concept>`	`getAllDescendantConcepts(java.lang.String id)`	Returns a `Set` of all Descendants `Concept`s for given concept identifier.
`java.util.Set<RelationshipTC>`	`getIsARelationshipsWithCount(java.lang.String conceptId)`	Searches for the immediate children descriptions.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ExploreService
```
public ExploreService()
```
- Method Detail
  - getAllDescendantConcepts
```
public java.util.Set<Concept> getAllDescendantConcepts(java.lang.String id)
```
    Returns a Set of all Descendants Concepts for given concept identifier.
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - SNOMED CT concept identifier.
    
    Returns:
    
    Set of Concepts.
  - getIsARelationshipsWithCount
```
public java.util.Set<RelationshipTC> getIsARelationshipsWithCount(java.lang.String conceptId)
```
    Searches for the immediate children descriptions.
    
    Parameters:
    
    conceptId - Concept Id whose immediate children to search
    
    Returns:
    
    Set of RelationshipTC matching the given Concept ID.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.text.ParseException
  - getAllAncestorConcepts
```
public java.util.Set<Concept> getAllAncestorConcepts(java.lang.String id)
```
    Returns a Set of all Ancester Concepts for given concept identifier.
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - SNOMED CT concept identifier.
    
    Returns:
    
    Set of Concepts.
  - executeEcl
```
public java.util.Set<Concept> executeEcl(java.lang.String ecl,
                                         java.lang.String term)
```
    Parses ECL query and fetches result.
    
    Parameters:
    
    ecl - String ECL query.
    
    term - Filter result based on given String.
    
    Returns:
    
    Set of Concepts.