org.phenotips.matchingnotification.finder

Interface MatchFinder

@Role
public interface MatchFinder

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$Id: 7220394dafac36c8062f30a7ca6ef69216df4f99 $

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<PatientMatch>	findMatches(List<String> patientIds, Set<String> serverIds, boolean onlyUpdatedAfterLastRun) Finds matches for a given patient updated after the last time the match finder was run.
int	getPriority()

Method Detail

getPriority

int getPriority()

Returns:

a positive number representing the priority of current match finder

findMatches

List<PatientMatch> findMatches(List<String> patientIds,
                               Set<String> serverIds,
                               boolean onlyUpdatedAfterLastRun)

Finds matches for a given patient updated after the last time the match finder was run.

Parameters:

patientIds - List of local patients IDs

serverIds - a list of servers to be used for matches search indicated by their ids. Servers which are not supported by the given matcher will be silently ignored.

onlyUpdatedAfterLastRun - if true, only considers patients updated after the last time matcher was run

Returns:

list of matches