ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.impl
Class AppWrapper

java.lang.Object
  ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.impl.AppWrapper

All Implemented Interfaces:

ReceivingApplication

public class AppWrapper
extends Object
implements ReceivingApplication

Wraps a ca.uhn.hl7v2.app.Application as a ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.ReceivingApplication. ReceivingApplication replaces Application with HAPI 0.5.

Version:

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

Author:

Bryan Tripp

Constructor Summary

AppWrapper(Application theApplication)

Method Summary

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 Detail

AppWrapper

public AppWrapper(Application theApplication)

Parameters:

theApplication - an Application to wrap as a ReceivingApplication.

Method Detail

processMessage

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

Description copied from interface: ReceivingApplication

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

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.

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

See Also:

ReceivingApplication.processMessage(ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message, java.util.Map)

canProcess

public boolean canProcess(Message theMessage)

Specified by:

canProcess in interface ReceivingApplication

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.

See Also:

ReceivingApplication.canProcess(ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message)