protected CompositeInstanceContext mergePatientContext(
Group group, CompositeInstanceContext newContext) {
if (group.context == null) {
// System.err.println("mergePatientContext(): creating new context for group");
group.context = newContext;
} else {
AttributeList groupList = group.context.getAttributeList();
Iterator<Attribute> newListIterator = newContext.getAttributeList().values().iterator();
while (newListIterator.hasNext()) {
Attribute a = newListIterator.next();
AttributeTag tag = a.getTag();
String groupValue = Attribute.getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString(groupList, tag);
String newValue = a.getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString();
if (!newValue.equals(groupValue)) {
String describeTag = tag + " " + groupList.getDictionary().getFullNameFromTag(tag);
System.err.println(
"mergePatientContext(): in group "
+ group.identity
+ " for "
+ describeTag
+ " values differ between existing group value <"
+ groupValue
+ "> and new value <"
+ newValue
+ ">");
if (newValue.length() > 0
&& (groupValue.length() == 0 || isNonZeroLengthDummyValue(groupValue))) {
System.err.println(
"mergePatientContext(): in group "
+ group.identity
+ " for "
+ describeTag
+ " replacing absent/empty/dummy existing group value with new value <"
+ newValue
+ ">");
groupList.put(a);
}
}
}
}
return group.context;
}
