com.illcode.hl7

Class HL7Encoder

java.lang.Object

com.illcode.hl7.HL7Encoder

public final class HL7Encoder
extends java.lang.Object

Encodes an instance of Message into HL7v2 text.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HL7Encoder() Construct an HL7Encoder with default params.
HL7Encoder(HL7Params params) Construct an HL7Encoder with the given params.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	encode(Message m) Encode a Message into HL7v2 format.
java.lang.String	encode(Segment s) Encode a segment into HL7v2 format
HL7Params	getParams() Return the parameters being used by this HL7Encoder
void	setParams(HL7Params params) Set the parameters to be used by this HL7Encoder

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HL7Encoder

public HL7Encoder()

Construct an HL7Encoder with default params.

HL7Encoder

public HL7Encoder(HL7Params params)

Construct an HL7Encoder with the given params.

Method Detail

getParams

public HL7Params getParams()

Return the parameters being used by this HL7Encoder

setParams

public void setParams(HL7Params params)

Set the parameters to be used by this HL7Encoder

encode

public java.lang.String encode(Message m)

Encode a Message into HL7v2 format.

Note that for the resulting HL7 to be valid, the segments need to be added to the Message instance in the correct order, since Message iterates through its segments in the order of insertion.

Parameters:

m - Message to encode

Returns:

HL7v2 text

encode

public java.lang.String encode(Segment s)

Encode a segment into HL7v2 format

Parameters:

s - Segment to encode

Returns:

HL7v2 text (including the carriage-return '\r' at the end)