ca.uhn.hl7v2.app

Interface Initiator

All Known Implementing Classes:

ActiveInitiator

public interface Initiator

Interface for an Initiator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Message	sendAndReceive(Message outgoing) Sends a message to a server and waits for the response
void	setTimeout(long timeout, TimeUnit timeUnit) Sets the time that the initiator will wait for a response for a given message before timing out and throwing an exception (default is 10 seconds).
void	setTimeoutMillis(int timeout) Deprecated. use setTimeout(long, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit)}

Method Detail

sendAndReceive

Message sendAndReceive(Message outgoing)
                throws HL7Exception,
                       LLPException,
                       IOException

Sends a message to a server and waits for the response

Parameters:

outgoing - outgoing message

Returns:

resposne message

Throws:

HL7Exception

LLPException

IOException

setTimeout

void setTimeout(long timeout,
                TimeUnit timeUnit)

Sets the time that the initiator will wait for a response for a given message before timing out and throwing an exception (default is 10 seconds).

Parameters:

timeout - time duration

timeUnit - time unit

setTimeoutMillis

void setTimeoutMillis(int timeout)

Deprecated. use setTimeout(long, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit)}

Sets the time (in milliseconds) that the initiator will wait for a response for a given message before timing out and throwing an exception (default is 10 seconds).

Parameters:

timeout - time in milliseconds