Introduction

LexEVS CTS2 Association Query Operation API provides capability to query Associations available in the system.

Interface

org.lexevs.cts2.query.AssociationQueryOperation is the main interface for all the queries against Associations. This interface can be accessed using main LexEVSCTS2 interface:

org.lexevs.cts2.query.AssociationQueryOperation associationQueryOp = new org.lexevs.cts2.LexEvsCTS2Impl().getQueryOperation().getAssociationQueryOperation();

Query Functions

Here are the major query functions available using AssociationQueryOperation interface:

listAssociations

This function returns the resolved concept reference (which contains the associations) according to given node.

listAssociations(String codingSystemName CodingSchemeVersionOrTag versionOrTag String namespace String code String associationName boolean isBackward int depth int maxToReturn)

Description:

Returns the resolved concept reference (which contains the associations) according to given node.

Input:

  • java.lang.String codingSystemName - The code system of the Associations to be returned.
  • org.LexGrid.LexBIG.DataModel.Core.CodingSchemeVersionOrTag versionOrTag - (Optional) Version identifier of the code system (defaults to 'PRODUCTION' tagged code systems)
  • java.lang.String namespace - The namespace of the Entity focus.
  • java.lang.String code - The code of the Entity focus.
  • java.lang.String associationName - (Optional) The Association to restrict to (if null, all Associations will be returned)
  • boolean isBackward - The code system of the Associations to be returned.
  • integer depth - The Association depth to traverse
  • integer maxToReturn - The max number of results to return (use '-1' for 'no limit')

Output:

org.LexGrid.LexBIG.DataModel.Collections.ResolvedConceptReferenceList - List of Associations

Sample Call:

  • Step 1: Instantiate CodeSystemQueryOperation if it is not done yet:
    org.lexevs.cts2.query.AssociationQueryOperation associationQueryOp = new org.lexevs.cts2.LexEvsCTS2Impl().getQueryOperation().getAssociationQueryOperation();
    
  • Step 2: To get all the Associations for a given code and namespace:
     org.LexGrid.LexBIG.DataModel.Collections.CodingSchemeRenderingList csrList = associationQueryOp.listAssociations("CodeSystem",null,"ns","code",null,false,1,-1);

determineTransitiveConceptRelationship

Returns the path according to given two nodes.

determineTransitiveConceptRelationship(String codingSystemName CodingSchemeVersionOrTag versionOrTag String relationContainerName String associationName String sourceCode String sourceNamespace String targetCode String targetNamespace)

Description:

Returns the path according to given two nodes.

Input:

  • java.lang.String codingSystemName - The code system of the Associations to be returned.
  • org.LexGrid.LexBIG.DataModel.Core.CodingSchemeVersionOrTag versionOrTag - (Optional) Version identifier of the code system (defaults to 'PRODUCTION' tagged code systems)
  • java.lang.String relationContainerName - (Optional) The Relations Container name.
  • java.lang.String associationName - (Optional) The Association to restrict to (if null, all Associations will be used)
  • java.lang.String sourceCode - The source Entity code.
  • java.lang.String sourceNamespace - The source Entity namespace.
  • java.lang.String targetCode - The target Entity code.
  • java.lang.String targetNamespace - The target Entity namespace.

Output:

org.LexGrid.LexBIG.DataModel.Core.ResolvedConceptReference - The path between the two nodes.

Sample Call:

  • Step 1: Instantiate CodeSystemQueryOperation if it is not done yet:
    org.lexevs.cts2.query.AssociationQueryOperation associationQueryOp = new org.lexevs.cts2.LexEvsCTS2Impl().getQueryOperation().getAssociationQueryOperation();
  • Step 2: To get all the Associations for a given code and namespace:
    org.LexGrid.LexBIG.DataModel.Collections.CodingSchemeRenderingList csrList = associationQueryOp.determineTransitiveConceptRelationship("CodeSystem",null,"r1","hasSubtype","sc","sns","tc","tns");

computeSubsumptionRelationship

Return whether the two nodes has a transitive closure path.

determineTransitiveConceptRelationship(String codingSystemName CodingSchemeVersionOrTag versionOrTag String associationType ConceptReference sourceCode, ConceptReference targetCode)

Description:

Return whether the two nodes has a transitive closure path.

Input:

  • java.lang.String codingSystemName - The code system of the Associations to be returned.
  • org.LexGrid.LexBIG.DataModel.Core.CodingSchemeVersionOrTag versionOrTag - (Optional) Version identifier of the code system (defaults to 'PRODUCTION' tagged code systems)
  • java.lang.String associationType - (Optional) The Association to restrict to (if null, all Associations will be used)
  • org.LexGrid.LexBIG.DataModel.Core.ConceptReference sourceCode - The source Entity.
  • org.LexGrid.LexBIG.DataModel.Core.ConceptReference sourceNamespace - The target Entity.

Output:

boolean - 'true' if the two nodes have a transitive closure path, 'false' if not.

Sample Call:

  • Step 1: Instantiate CodeSystemQueryOperation if it is not done yet:
    org.lexevs.cts2.query.AssociationQueryOperation associationQueryOp = new org.lexevs.cts2.LexEvsCTS2Impl().getQueryOperation().getAssociationQueryOperation();
    
  • Step 2a: Create Concept References:
    ConceptReference source = new ConceptReference();
    source.setCode = "sourceCode";
    ConceptReference target= new ConceptReference();
    target.setCode = "targetCode";
    
  • Step 2b: To check the ConceptReferences for subsumption:
    boolean isSubsumed = associationQueryOp.computeSubsumptionRelationship("CodeSystem",null,"hasSubtype",source,target");

getAssociationDetails

Return association triple according to association instance id.

getAssociationDetails(String codingSchemeName, CodingSchemeVersionOrTag versionOrTag, String associationInstanceId)

Description:

Return association triple according to association instance id.

Input:

  • java.lang.String codingSchemeName - (Mandatory) Name of the code system.
  • org.LexGrid.LexBIG.DataModel.Core.CodingSchemeVersionOrTag versionOrTag - (Optional) Version or tag (like 'dev', 'production' etc) of the code system.
  • java.lang.String associationInstanceId - (Mandatory) The unique id of the triple.

Output:

org.lexevs.dao.database.service.association.AssociationService.AssociationTriple - Detailed Association Triple object

Sample Call:

  • Step 1: Instantiate CodeSystemQueryOperation if it is not done yet:
    org.lexevs.cts2.query.AssociationQueryOperation associationQueryOp = new org.lexevs.cts2.LexEvsCTS2Impl().getQueryOperation().getAssociationQueryOperation();
    
  • Step 2: Populate CodeSystemVersionOrTag object:
    CodingSchemeVersionOrTag versionOrTag = new CodingSchemeVersionOrTag();
    versionOrTag.setVersion("1.0");
    
  • Step 3: Call getAssociationDetails method by providing code system version and association instance id:
    AssociationTriple triple = csQueryOp.getAssociationDetails ("Automobiles", versionOrTag, "id12345");