ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.impl

Class MLLPTransport

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.impl.AbstractTransport

ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.impl.MLLPTransport

All Implemented Interfaces:

TransportLayer

public class MLLPTransport
extends AbstractTransport
implements TransportLayer

An implementation of the HL7 Minimal Lower Layer Protocol (see HL7 implementation guide appendix C). Note that this is the most common protocol used in HL7 interfaces.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ updated on $Date: 2007-02-19 02:24:26 $ by $Author: jamesagnew $

Author:

Bryan Tripp

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MLLPTransport(StreamSource theStreamSource)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	doConnect() Performs connection as described in TransportLayer.connect().
void	doDisconnect() Performs disconnection as described in TransportLayer.disconnect().
Transportable	doReceive() Called by receive(), which then adds common metadata.
void	doSend(Transportable theMessage) The method send() delegates to this method after checking whether we are connected.

Methods inherited from class ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.impl.AbstractTransport

connect, disconnect, getCommonMetadata, isConnected, receive, send

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.TransportLayer

connect, disconnect, getCommonMetadata, isConnected, receive, send

Constructor Detail

MLLPTransport

public MLLPTransport(StreamSource theStreamSource)
              throws TransportException

Parameters:

theStreamSource - the provider of input and output streams connected to the remote server

Throws:

TransportException

Method Detail

doSend

public void doSend(Transportable theMessage)
            throws TransportException

Description copied from class: AbstractTransport

The method send() delegates to this method after checking whether we are connected.

Specified by:

doSend in class AbstractTransport

Throws:

TransportException

See Also:

ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.AstractTransport#doSend(ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.Transportable)

doReceive

public Transportable doReceive()
                        throws TransportException

Description copied from class: AbstractTransport

Called by receive(), which then adds common metadata.

Specified by:

doReceive in class AbstractTransport

Returns:

Transportable the next available message

Throws:

TransportException

See Also:

AbstractTransport.doReceive()

doConnect

public void doConnect()
               throws TransportException

Description copied from class: AbstractTransport

Performs connection as described in TransportLayer.connect(). The connect() method of this class delegates to doConnect() after some internal housekeeping.

Specified by:

doConnect in class AbstractTransport

Throws:

TransportException

See Also:

ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.AbstractTransport#doConnect()

doDisconnect

public void doDisconnect()
                  throws TransportException

Description copied from class: AbstractTransport

Performs disconnection as described in TransportLayer.disconnect(). The disconnect() method of this class delegates to doDisconnect() after some internal housekeeping.

Specified by:

doDisconnect in class AbstractTransport

Throws:

TransportException

See Also:

TransportLayer.disconnect()