Package ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.impl

Class MetadataExtractor

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.impl.MetadataExtractor

public class MetadataExtractor
extends Object

A utility for getting a list of fields from a Message, e.g. for inclusion in a Transportable.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ updated on $Date: 2007-02-19 02:24:26 $ by $Author: jamesagnew $

Author:

Bryan Tripp

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MetadataExtractor()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Map<String,String>	getFields(Message theMessage, List<String> theTerserPaths)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MetadataExtractor

public MetadataExtractor()

Method Details

getFields

public static Map<String,String> getFields(Message theMessage,
 List<String> theTerserPaths)
                                    throws HL7Exception

Parameters:

theMessage - a message from which to extract fields

theTerserPaths - a list of paths to desired fields, in the form required by Terser.

Returns:

a Map from Terser paths to field values

Throws:

HL7Exception