ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation

Class MessageValidator

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.MessageValidator

public class MessageValidator
extends Object

Validation utilities for parsed and encoded messages.

Author:

Bryan Tripp

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MessageValidator(ValidationContext theContext, boolean theFailOnErrorFlag)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	validate(Message message)
boolean	validate(String message, boolean isXML, String version)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MessageValidator

public MessageValidator(ValidationContext theContext,
                boolean theFailOnErrorFlag)

Parameters:

theContext - context that determines which validation rules apply

theFailOnErrorFlag -

Method Detail

validate

public boolean validate(Message message)
                 throws HL7Exception

Parameters:

message - a parsed message to validate (note that MSH-9-1 and MSH-9-2 must be valued)

Returns:

true if the message is OK

Throws:

HL7Exception - if there is at least one error and this validator is set to fail on errors

validate

public boolean validate(String message,
               boolean isXML,
               String version)
                 throws HL7Exception

Parameters:

message - an ER7 or XML encoded message to validate

isXML - true if XML, false if ER7

version - HL7 version (e.g. "2.2") to which the message belongs

Returns:

true if the message is OK

Throws:

HL7Exception - if there is at least one error and this validator is set to fail on errors