Package ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser

Class EncodingDetector

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser.EncodingDetector

public final class EncodingDetector
extends Object

Detects message encoding (ER7 / XML) without relying on any external dependencies

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	assertEr7Encoded(String theMessage)	Throws an exception if the message is not ER7 encoded
static void	assertXmlEncoded(String theMessage)	Throws an exception if the message is not XML encoded
static boolean	isEr7Encoded(String theMessage)	Returns true if the message is ER7 (pipe-and-hat) encoded
static boolean	isXmlEncoded(String theMessage)	Returns true if the message is XML encoded.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

assertEr7Encoded

public static void assertEr7Encoded(String theMessage)

Throws an exception if the message is not ER7 encoded

Parameters:

theMessage - message to be examined

Throws:

RuntimeException - if message is not ER7-encoded

isEr7Encoded

public static boolean isEr7Encoded(String theMessage)

Returns true if the message is ER7 (pipe-and-hat) encoded

Parameters:

theMessage - message to be examined

Returns:

true if message is ER7-encoded

assertXmlEncoded

public static void assertXmlEncoded(String theMessage)

Throws an exception if the message is not XML encoded

Parameters:

theMessage - message to be examined

Throws:

RuntimeException - if message is not XML-encoded

isXmlEncoded

public static boolean isXmlEncoded(String theMessage)

Returns true if the message is XML encoded. Note that this message does not perform a very robust check, and does not validate for well-formedness. It is only intended to perform a simple check for XML vs. ER7 messages.

Parameters:

theMessage - message to be examined

Returns:

true if message is XML-encoded