org.openhealthexchange.openpixpdq.ihe.impl_v2.hl7
Class HL7Channel

java.lang.Object
  org.openhealthexchange.openpixpdq.ihe.impl_v2.hl7.HL7Channel

public class HL7Channel
extends java.lang.Object

This class represents a communication channel with an HL7 server.

Version:

2.0 - Nov 20, 2005

Author:

Jim Firby

Constructor Summary

HL7Channel(com.misyshealthcare.connect.net.IConnectionDescription connection)
Creates a new HL7 communication channel to the server described in the connection description.

Method Summary

void	close() Closes any connections being held open by this channel
boolean	isOpen() Sees if this channel is holding open any connections.
ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message	sendMessage(ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message message) Sends an HL7 message over this channel to the server and return the response.
ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message	sendMessage(ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message message, boolean keepOpen) Sends an HL7 message over this channel to the server and return the response.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HL7Channel

public HL7Channel(com.misyshealthcare.connect.net.IConnectionDescription connection)

Creates a new HL7 communication channel to the server described in the connection description.

Parameters:

connection - the connection description

Method Detail

sendMessage

public ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message sendMessage(ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message message)
                                       throws java.io.IOException

Sends an HL7 message over this channel to the server and return the response.

Parameters:

message - the HL7 message to be sent

Returns:

the HL7 message that came back as a response

Throws:

java.io.IOException

sendMessage

public ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message sendMessage(ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message message,
                                              boolean keepOpen)
                                       throws java.io.IOException

Sends an HL7 message over this channel to the server and return the response.

Parameters:

message - the HL7 message to be sent

keepOpen - True if the connection used for this message should be kept open

Returns:

the HL7 message that came back as a response

Throws:

java.io.IOException - When there is a problem communicating with the server

close

public void close()

Closes any connections being held open by this channel

isOpen

public boolean isOpen()

Sees if this channel is holding open any connections.

Returns:

True if this channel holds an open connection