Package ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol

Class ApplicationWrapper

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.ApplicationWrapper

All Implemented Interfaces:

ReceivingApplication<Message>

public class ApplicationWrapper
extends Object
implements ReceivingApplication<Message>

Wraps a legacy HAPI Application to convert it to a new style ReceivingApplication

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ApplicationWrapper(Application theApplication)	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canProcess(Message theMessage)
Message	processMessage(Message theMessage, Map<String,Object> theMetadata)	Uses the contents of the message for whatever purpose the application has for this message, and returns an appropriate response message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ApplicationWrapper

public ApplicationWrapper(Application theApplication)

Constructor

Parameters:

theApplication - The application to wrap

Method Details

processMessage

public Message processMessage(Message theMessage,
 Map<String,Object> theMetadata)
                       throws ReceivingApplicationException,
HL7Exception

Uses the contents of the message for whatever purpose the application has for this message, and returns an appropriate response message.

Specified by:

processMessage in interface ReceivingApplication<Message>

Parameters:

theMessage - an inbound HL7 message

theMetadata - message metadata (which may include information about where the message comes from, etc). This is the same metadata as in Transportable.getMetadata().

Returns:

an appropriate application response (for example an application ACK or query response). Appropriate responses to different types of incoming messages are defined by HL7.

Throws:

ReceivingApplicationException - if there is a problem internal to the application (for example a database problem)

HL7Exception - if there is a problem with the message

canProcess

public boolean canProcess(Message theMessage)

Specified by:

canProcess in interface ReceivingApplication<Message>

Parameters:

theMessage - an inbound HL7 message

Returns:

true if this ReceivingApplication wishes to accept the message. By returning true, this Application declares itself the recipient of the message, accepts responsibility for it, and must be able to respond appropriately to the sending system.