ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser

Interface Escaping

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultEscaping

public interface 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).

Author:

Christian Ohr

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

escape

String escape(String text,
              EncodingCharacters encChars)

Parameters:

text - string to be escaped

encChars - encoding characters to be used

Returns:

the escaped string

unescape

String unescape(String text,
                EncodingCharacters encChars)

Parameters:

text - string to be unescaped

encChars - encoding characters to be used

Returns:

the unescaped string