ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser

Class DefaultEscaping

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser.DefaultEscaping

All Implemented Interfaces:

Escaping

public class DefaultEscaping
extends Object
implements Escaping

Handles "escaping" and "unescaping" of text according to the HL7 escape sequence rules defined in section 2.10 of the standard (version 2.4). Currently, escape sequences for multiple character sets are unsupported. The highlighting, hexademical, and locally defined escape sequences are also unsupported.

Author:

Bryan Tripp, Mark Lee (Skeva Technologies), Elmar Hinz, Christian Ohr

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultEscaping()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	escape(String text, EncodingCharacters encChars)
String	unescape(String text, EncodingCharacters encChars)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultEscaping

public DefaultEscaping()

Method Detail

escape

public String escape(String text,
                     EncodingCharacters encChars)

Specified by:

escape in interface Escaping

Parameters:

text - string to be escaped

encChars - encoding characters to be used

Returns:

the escaped string

unescape

public String unescape(String text,
                       EncodingCharacters encChars)

Specified by:

unescape in interface Escaping

Parameters:

text - string to be unescaped

encChars - encoding characters to be used

Returns:

the unescaped string