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2    * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
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8    *
9    * The Original Code is "PipeParser.java".  Description:
10   * "An implementation of Parser that supports traditionally encoded (i.e"
11   *
12   * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is University Health Network. Copyright (C)
13   * 2001.  All Rights Reserved.
14   *
15   * Contributor(s): Kenneth Beaton.
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27  
28  package ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser;
29  
30  import java.util.ArrayList;
31  import java.util.Arrays;
32  import java.util.HashMap;
33  import java.util.List;
34  import java.util.Map;
35  import java.util.Set;
36  import java.util.StringTokenizer;
37  
38  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.ValidationContext;
39  import org.slf4j.Logger;
40  import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
41  
42  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.DefaultHapiContext;
43  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.ErrorCode;
44  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.HL7Exception;
45  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.HapiContext;
46  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.Version;
47  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.AbstractSuperMessage;
48  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.DoNotCacheStructure;
49  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Group;
50  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message;
51  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Primitive;
52  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Segment;
53  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Structure;
54  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.SuperStructure;
55  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Type;
56  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Varies;
57  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.util.ReflectionUtil;
58  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.util.Terser;
59  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.impl.NoValidation;
60  import ca.uhn.hl7v2.validation.impl.ValidationContextFactory;
61  
62  /**
63   * An implementation of Parser that supports traditionally encoded (ie delimited
64   * with characters like |, ^, and ~) HL7 messages. Unexpected segments and
65   * fields are parsed into generic elements that are added to the message.
66   * 
67   * @see ParserConfiguration for configuration options which may affect parser encoding and decoding behaviour
68   * @author Bryan Tripp (bryan_tripp@sourceforge.net)
69   */
70  public class PipeParser extends Parser {
71  
72  	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PipeParser.class);
73  
74  	/**
75  	 * The HL7 ER7 segment delimiter (see section 2.8 of spec)
76  	 */
77  	final static String SEGMENT_DELIMITER = "\r";
78  
79  	private final HashMap<Class<? extends Message>, HashMap<String, StructureDefinition>> myStructureDefinitions = new HashMap<>();
80  
81  	/**
82  	 * System property key. If value is "true", legacy mode will default to true
83  	 * 
84  	 * @see #isLegacyMode()
85  	 * @deprecated This will be removed in HAPI 3.0
86  	 */
87  	public static final String DEFAULT_LEGACY_MODE_PROPERTY = "ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser.PipeParser.default_legacy_mode";
88  
89  	private Boolean myLegacyMode = null;
90  
91  	public PipeParser() {
92  		super();
93  	}
94  
95  	/**
96  	 * @param context
97  	 *            the context containing all configuration items to be used
98  	 */
99  	public PipeParser(HapiContext context) {
100 		super(context);
101 	}
102 
103 	/**
104 	 * Creates a new PipeParser
105 	 * 
106 	 * @param theFactory
107 	 *            custom factory to use for model class lookup
108 	 */
109 	public PipeParser(ModelClassFactory theFactory) {
110 		super(theFactory);
111 	}
112 
113     @Override
114     public void setValidationContext(ValidationContext context) {
115         super.setValidationContext(context);
116     }
117 
118     /**
119 	 * Returns a String representing the encoding of the given message, if the
120 	 * encoding is recognized. For example if the given message appears to be
121 	 * encoded using HL7 2.x XML rules then "XML" would be returned. If the
122 	 * encoding is not recognized then null is returned. That this method
123 	 * returns a specific encoding does not guarantee that the message is
124 	 * correctly encoded (e.g. well formed XML) - just that it is not encoded
125 	 * using any other encoding than the one returned.
126 	 */
127 	public String getEncoding(String message) {
128 		return EncodingDetector.isEr7Encoded(message) ? getDefaultEncoding() : null;
129 	}
130 
131 	/**
132 	 * @return the preferred encoding of this Parser
133 	 */
134 	public String getDefaultEncoding() {
135 		return "VB";
136 	}
137 
138 	/**
139 	 * @deprecated this method should not be public
140 	 * @param message HL7 message
141 	 * @return message structure
142 	 * @throws HL7Exception
143 	 */
144 	public String getMessageStructure(String message) throws HL7Exception {
145 		return getStructure(message).messageStructure;
146 	}
147 
148 	/**
149 	 * @return the message structure from MSH-9-3
150 	 */
151 	private MessageStructure getStructure(String message) throws HL7Exception {
152 		EncodingCharacters ec = getEncodingChars(message);
153 		String messageStructure;
154 		boolean explicityDefined = true;
155 		String wholeFieldNine;
156 		try {
157 			String[] fields = split(message.substring(0, Math.max(message.indexOf(SEGMENT_DELIMITER), message.length())), String.valueOf(ec.getFieldSeparator()));
158 			wholeFieldNine = fields[8];
159 
160 			// message structure is component 3 but we'll accept a composite of
161 			// 1 and 2 if there is no component 3 ...
162 			// if component 1 is ACK, then the structure is ACK regardless of
163 			// component 2
164 			String[] comps = split(wholeFieldNine, String.valueOf(ec.getComponentSeparator()));
165 			if (comps.length >= 3) {
166 				messageStructure = comps[2];
167 			} else if (comps.length > 0 && comps[0] != null && comps[0].equals("ACK")) {
168 				messageStructure = "ACK";
169 			} else if (comps.length == 2) {
170 				explicityDefined = false;
171 				messageStructure = comps[0] + "_" + comps[1];
172 			}
173 			/*
174 			 * else if (comps.length == 1 && comps[0] != null &&
175 			 * comps[0].equals("ACK")) { messageStructure = "ACK"; //it's common
176 			 * for people to only populate component 1 in an ACK msg }
177 			 */
178 			else {
179 				String buf = "Can't determine message structure from MSH-9: " + wholeFieldNine +
180 						" HINT: there are only " +
181 						comps.length +
182 						" of 3 components present";
183 				throw new HL7Exception(buf, ErrorCode.UNSUPPORTED_MESSAGE_TYPE);
184 			}
185 		} catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
186 			throw new HL7Exception("Can't find message structure (MSH-9-3): " + e.getMessage(), ErrorCode.UNSUPPORTED_MESSAGE_TYPE);
187 		}
188 
189 		return new MessageStructure(messageStructure, explicityDefined);
190 	}
191 
192 	/**
193 	 * Returns object that contains the field separator and encoding characters
194 	 * for this message.
195 	 *
196 	 * There's an additional character starting with v2.7 (truncation), but we will
197 	 * accept it in messages of any version.
198 	 * 
199 	 * @throws HL7Exception
200 	 */
201 	private static EncodingCharacters getEncodingChars(String message) throws HL7Exception {
202 		if (message.length() < 9) {
203 			throw new HL7Exception("Invalid message content: \"" + message + "\"");
204 		}
205 		return new EncodingCharacters(message.charAt(3), message.substring(4, 9));
206 	}
207 
208 	/**
209 	 * Parses a message string and returns the corresponding Message object.
210 	 * Unexpected segments added at the end of their group.
211 	 * 
212 	 * @throws HL7Exception
213 	 *             if the message is not correctly formatted.
214 	 * @throws EncodingNotSupportedException
215 	 *             if the message encoded is not supported by this parser.
216 	 */
217 	protected Message doParse(String message, String version) throws HL7Exception {
218 
219 		// try to instantiate a message object of the right class
220 		MessageStructure structure = getStructure(message);
221 		Message m = instantiateMessage(structure.messageStructure, version, structure.explicitlyDefined);
222 		m.setParser(this);
223 		parse(m, message);
224 		return m;
225 	}
226 
227 	/**
228 	 * {@inheritDoc}
229 	 */
230 	protected Message doParseForSpecificPackage(String message, String version, String packageName) throws HL7Exception {
231 
232 		// try to instantiate a message object of the right class
233 		MessageStructure structure = getStructure(message);
234 		Message m = instantiateMessageInASpecificPackage(structure.messageStructure, version, structure.explicitlyDefined, packageName);
235 
236 		parse(m, message);
237 
238 		return m;
239 	}
240 
241 	/**
242 	 * Generates (or returns the cached value of) the message
243 	 */
244 	private IStructureDefinition getStructureDefinition(Message theMessage) throws HL7Exception {
245 
246 		Class<? extends Message> clazz = theMessage.getClass();
247 		HashMap<String, StructureDefinition> definitions = myStructureDefinitions.get(clazz);
248 
249 		StructureDefinition retVal;
250 		if (definitions != null) {
251 			retVal = definitions.get(theMessage.getName());
252 			if (retVal != null) {
253 				return retVal;
254 			}
255 		}
256 
257 		if (theMessage instanceof SuperStructure) {
258 			Set<String> appliesTo = ((SuperStructure) theMessage).getStructuresWhichChildAppliesTo("MSH");
259 			if (!appliesTo.contains(theMessage.getName())) {
260 				throw new HL7Exception("Superstructure " + theMessage.getClass().getSimpleName() + " does not apply to message " + theMessage.getName() + ", can not parse.");
261 			}
262 		}
263 		
264 		if (clazz.isAnnotationPresent(DoNotCacheStructure.class)) {
265 			Holder<StructureDefinition> previousLeaf = new Holder<>();
266 			retVal = createStructureDefinition(theMessage, previousLeaf, theMessage.getName());
267 		} else {
268 			Message message = ReflectionUtil.instantiateMessage(clazz, getFactory());
269 			Holder<StructureDefinition> previousLeaf = new Holder<>();
270 			retVal = createStructureDefinition(message, previousLeaf, theMessage.getName());
271 
272 			if (!myStructureDefinitions.containsKey(clazz)) {
273 				myStructureDefinitions.put(clazz, new HashMap<>());
274 			}
275 			myStructureDefinitions.get(clazz).put(theMessage.getName(), retVal);
276 		}
277 
278 		return retVal;
279 	}
280 
281 	private StructureDefinition createStructureDefinition(Structure theStructure, Holder<StructureDefinition> thePreviousLeaf, String theStructureName) throws HL7Exception {
282 
283 		StructureDefinition retVal = new StructureDefinition();
284 		retVal.setName(theStructure.getName());
285 
286 		if (theStructure instanceof Group) {
287 			retVal.setSegment(false);
288 			Group group = (Group) theStructure;
289 			int index = 0;
290 			List<String> childNames = Arrays.asList(group.getNames());
291 			
292 			/*
293 			 * For SuperStructures, which can hold more than one type of structure,
294 			 * we only actually bring in the child names that are actually a part
295 			 * of the structure we are trying to parse
296 			 */
297 			if (theStructure instanceof SuperStructure) {
298 				String struct = theStructureName;
299 				Map<String, String> evtMap = new DefaultModelClassFactory().getEventMapForVersion(Version.versionOf(theStructure.getMessage().getVersion()));
300 				if (evtMap.containsKey(struct)) {
301 					struct = evtMap.get(struct);
302 				}
303 				childNames = ((SuperStructure) theStructure).getChildNamesForStructure(struct);
304 			}
305 			
306 			for (String nextName : childNames) {
307 				Structure nextChild = group.get(nextName);
308 				StructureDefinition structureDefinition = createStructureDefinition(nextChild, thePreviousLeaf, theStructureName);
309 				structureDefinition.setNameAsItAppearsInParent(nextName);
310 				structureDefinition.setRepeating(group.isRepeating(nextName));
311 				structureDefinition.setRequired(group.isRequired(nextName));
312 				structureDefinition.setChoiceElement(group.isChoiceElement(nextName));
313 				structureDefinition.setPosition(index++);
314 				structureDefinition.setParent(retVal);
315 				retVal.addChild(structureDefinition);
316 			}
317 		} else {
318 			if (thePreviousLeaf.getObject() != null) {
319 				thePreviousLeaf.getObject().setNextLeaf(retVal);
320 			}
321 			thePreviousLeaf.setObject(retVal);
322 			retVal.setSegment(true);
323 		}
324 
325 		return retVal;
326 	}
327 
328 	/**
329 	 * Parses a segment string and populates the given Segment object.
330 	 * Unexpected fields are added as Varies' at the end of the segment.
331      *
332 	 * @param destination segment to parse the segment string into
333      * @param segment encoded segment
334      * @param encodingChars encoding characters to be used
335 	 * @throws HL7Exception
336 	 *             if the given string does not contain the given segment or if
337 	 *             the string is not encoded properly
338 	 */
339 	public void parse(Segment destination, String segment, EncodingCharacters encodingChars) throws HL7Exception {
340 		parse(destination, segment, encodingChars, 0);
341 	}
342 
343 	/**
344 	 * Parses a segment string and populates the given Segment object.
345 	 * Unexpected fields are added as Varies' at the end of the segment.
346 	 *
347      * @param destination segment to parse the segment string into
348      * @param segment encoded segment
349      * @param encodingChars encoding characters to be used
350 	 * @param theRepetition the repetition number of this segment within its group
351 	 * @throws HL7Exception
352 	 *             if the given string does not contain the given segment or if
353 	 *             the string is not encoded properly
354 	 */
355 	public void parse(Segment destination, String segment, EncodingCharacters encodingChars, int theRepetition) throws HL7Exception {
356 		int fieldOffset = 0;
357 		if (isDelimDefSegment(destination.getName())) {
358 			fieldOffset = 1;
359 			// set field 1 to fourth character of string
360 			Terser.set(destination, 1, 0, 1, 1, String.valueOf(encodingChars.getFieldSeparator()));
361 		}
362 
363 		String[] fields = split(segment, String.valueOf(encodingChars.getFieldSeparator()));
364 		// destination.setName(fields[0]);
365 		for (int i = 1; i < fields.length; i++) {
366 			String[] reps = split(fields[i], String.valueOf(encodingChars.getRepetitionSeparator()));
367 
368 			// MSH-2 will get split incorrectly so we have to fudge it ...
369 			boolean isMSH2 = isDelimDefSegment(destination.getName()) && i + fieldOffset == 2;
370 			if (isMSH2) {
371 				reps = new String[1];
372 				reps[0] = fields[i];
373 			}
374 
375 			for (int j = 0; j < reps.length; j++) {
376 				try {
377 					log.trace("Parsing field {} repetition {}", i + fieldOffset, j);
378 					Type field = destination.getField(i + fieldOffset, j);
379 					if (isMSH2) {
380 						Terser.getPrimitive(field, 1, 1).setValue(reps[j]);
381 					} else {
382 						parse(field, reps[j], encodingChars);
383 					}
384 				} catch (HL7Exception e) {
385 					// set the field location and throw again ...
386 					e.setFieldPosition(i);
387 					if (theRepetition > 1) {
388 						e.setSegmentRepetition(theRepetition);
389 					}
390 					e.setSegmentName(destination.getName());
391 					throw e;
392 				}
393 			}
394 		}
395 
396 		// set data type of OBX-5
397 		if (destination.getClass().getName().contains("OBX")) {
398 			FixFieldDataType.fixOBX5(destination, getFactory(), getHapiContext().getParserConfiguration());
399 		}
400         // set data type of MFE-4
401         if (destination.getClass().getName().contains("MFE") &&
402                 Version.versionOf(destination.getMessage().getVersion()).isGreaterThan(Version.V23)) {
403             FixFieldDataType.fixMFE4(destination, getFactory(), getHapiContext().getParserConfiguration());
404         }
405 
406 	}
407 
408 	/**
409 	 * @return true if the segment is MSH, FHS, or BHS. These need special
410 	 *         treatment because they define delimiters.
411 	 * @param theSegmentName
412 	 *            segment name
413 	 */
414 	private static boolean isDelimDefSegment(String theSegmentName) {
415 		boolean is = false;
416 		if (theSegmentName.equals("MSH") || theSegmentName.equals("FHS") || theSegmentName.equals("BHS")) {
417 			is = true;
418 		}
419 		return is;
420 	}
421 
422 	/**
423 	 * Fills a field with values from an unparsed string representing the field.
424 	 * 
425 	 * @param destinationField
426 	 *            the field Type
427 	 * @param data
428 	 *            the field string (including all components and subcomponents;
429 	 *            not including field delimiters)
430 	 * @param encodingCharacters
431 	 *            the encoding characters used in the message
432 	 */
433 	@Override
434 	public void parse(Type destinationField, String data, EncodingCharacters encodingCharacters) throws HL7Exception {
435 		String[] components = split(data, String.valueOf(encodingCharacters.getComponentSeparator()));
436 		for (int i = 0; i < components.length; i++) {
437 			String[] subcomponents = split(components[i], String.valueOf(encodingCharacters.getSubcomponentSeparator()));
438 			for (int j = 0; j < subcomponents.length; j++) {
439 				String val = subcomponents[j];
440 				if (val != null) {
441 					val = getParserConfiguration().getEscaping().unescape(val, encodingCharacters);
442 				}
443 				Terser.getPrimitive(destinationField, i + 1, j + 1).setValue(val);
444 			}
445 		}
446 	}
447 
448 	/**
449 	 * Splits the given composite string into an array of components using the
450 	 * given delimiter.
451      *
452      * @param composite encoded composite string
453      * @param delim delimiter to split upon
454      * @return split string
455 	 */
456 	public static String[] split(String composite, String delim) {
457 		ArrayList<String> components = new ArrayList<>();
458 
459 		// defend against evil nulls
460 		if (composite == null)
461 			composite = "";
462 		if (delim == null)
463 			delim = "";
464 
465 		StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(composite, delim, true);
466 		boolean previousTokenWasDelim = true;
467 		while (tok.hasMoreTokens()) {
468 			String thisTok = tok.nextToken();
469 			if (thisTok.equals(delim)) {
470 				if (previousTokenWasDelim)
471 					components.add(null);
472 				previousTokenWasDelim = true;
473 			} else {
474 				components.add(thisTok);
475 				previousTokenWasDelim = false;
476 			}
477 		}
478 
479 		String[] ret = new String[components.size()];
480 		for (int i = 0; i < components.size(); i++) {
481 			ret[i] = components.get(i);
482 		}
483 
484 		return ret;
485 	}
486 
487 	/**
488 	 * {@inheritDoc }
489 	 */
490 	@Override
491 	public String doEncode(Segment structure, EncodingCharacters encodingCharacters) {
492 		return encode(structure, encodingCharacters, getParserConfiguration(), null);
493 	}
494 
495 	/**
496 	 * {@inheritDoc }
497 	 */
498 	@Override
499 	public String doEncode(Type type, EncodingCharacters encodingCharacters) {
500 		return encode(type, encodingCharacters, getParserConfiguration(), null);
501 	}
502 
503 	/**
504 	 * Encodes the given Type, using the given encoding characters. It is
505 	 * assumed that the Type represents a complete field rather than a
506 	 * component.
507      *
508      * @param source type to be encoded
509      * @param encodingChars encoding characters to be used
510      * @return encoded type
511 	 */
512 	public static String encode(Type source, EncodingCharacters encodingChars) {
513 		return encode(source, encodingChars, source.getMessage().getParser().getParserConfiguration(), null);
514 	}
515 
516 	private static String encode(Type source, EncodingCharacters encodingChars, ParserConfiguration parserConfig, String currentTerserPath) {
517 		if (source instanceof Varies) {
518 			Varies varies = (Varies) source;
519 			if (varies.getData() != null) {
520 				source = varies.getData();
521 			}
522 		}
523 
524 		StringBuilder field = new StringBuilder();
525 		for (int i = 1; i <= Terser.numComponents(source); i++) {
526 			StringBuilder comp = new StringBuilder();
527 			for (int j = 1; j <= Terser.numSubComponents(source, i); j++) {
528 				Primitive p = Terser.getPrimitive(source, i, j);
529 				comp.append(encodePrimitive(p, parserConfig.getEscaping(), encodingChars));
530 				comp.append(encodingChars.getSubcomponentSeparator());
531 			}
532 			field.append(stripExtraDelimiters(comp.toString(), encodingChars.getSubcomponentSeparator()));
533 			field.append(encodingChars.getComponentSeparator());
534 		}
535 
536 		int forceUpToFieldNum = 0;
537 		if (parserConfig != null && currentTerserPath != null) {
538 			for (String nextPath : parserConfig.getForcedEncode()) {
539 				if (nextPath.startsWith(currentTerserPath + "-") && nextPath.length() > currentTerserPath.length()) {
540 					int endOfFieldDef = nextPath.indexOf('-', currentTerserPath.length());
541 					if (endOfFieldDef == -1) {
542 						forceUpToFieldNum = 0;
543 						break;
544 					}
545 					String fieldNumString = nextPath.substring(endOfFieldDef + 1);
546 					if (fieldNumString.length() > 0) {
547 						forceUpToFieldNum = Math.max(forceUpToFieldNum, Integer.parseInt(fieldNumString));
548 					}
549 				}
550 			}
551 		}
552 
553 		char componentSeparator = encodingChars.getComponentSeparator();
554 		String retVal = stripExtraDelimiters(field.toString(), componentSeparator);
555 
556 		while (forceUpToFieldNum > 0 && (countInstancesOf(retVal, componentSeparator) + 1) < forceUpToFieldNum) {
557 			retVal = retVal + componentSeparator;
558 		}
559 
560 		return retVal;
561 	}
562 
563 	private static String encodePrimitive(Primitive p, Escaping escaping, EncodingCharacters encodingChars) {
564 		String val = (p).getValue();
565 		if (val == null) {
566 			val = "";
567 		} else {
568 			val = escaping.escape(val, encodingChars);
569 		}
570 		return val;
571 	}
572 
573 	/**
574 	 * Removes unecessary delimiters from the end of a field or segment. This
575 	 * seems to be more convenient than checking to see if they are needed while
576 	 * we are building the encoded string.
577 	 */
578 	private static String stripExtraDelimiters(String in, char delim) {
579 		char[] chars = in.toCharArray();
580 
581 		// search from back end for first occurance of non-delimiter ...
582 		int c = chars.length - 1;
583 		boolean found = false;
584 		while (c >= 0 && !found) {
585 			if (chars[c--] != delim)
586 				found = true;
587 		}
588 
589 		String ret = "";
590 		if (found)
591 			ret = String.valueOf(chars, 0, c + 2);
592 		return ret;
593 	}
594 
595 	/**
596 	 * Formats a Message object into an HL7 message string using the given
597 	 * encoding.
598 	 * 
599 	 * @throws HL7Exception
600 	 *             if the data fields in the message do not permit encoding
601 	 *             (e.g. required fields are null)
602 	 * @throws EncodingNotSupportedException
603 	 *             if the requested encoding is not supported by this parser.
604 	 */
605 	protected String doEncode(Message source, String encoding) throws HL7Exception {
606 		if (!this.supportsEncoding(encoding))
607 			throw new EncodingNotSupportedException("This parser does not support the " + encoding + " encoding");
608 
609 		return encode(source);
610 	}
611 
612 	/**
613 	 * Formats a Message object into an HL7 message string using this parser's
614 	 * default encoding ("VB").
615 	 * 
616 	 * @throws HL7Exception
617 	 *             if the data fields in the message do not permit encoding
618 	 *             (e.g. required fields are null)
619 	 */
620 	protected String doEncode(Message source) throws HL7Exception {
621 		// get encoding characters ...
622 		Segment msh = (Segment) source.get("MSH");
623 		String fieldSepString = Terser.get(msh, 1, 0, 1, 1);
624 
625 		if (fieldSepString == null)
626 			throw new HL7Exception("Can't encode message: MSH-1 (field separator) is missing");
627 
628 		char fieldSep = '|';
629 		if (fieldSepString.length() > 0) fieldSep = fieldSepString.charAt(0);
630 
631 		EncodingCharacters en = getValidEncodingCharacters(fieldSep, msh);
632 
633 		// pass down to group encoding method which will operate recursively on
634 		// children ...
635 		return encode(source, en, getParserConfiguration(), "");
636 	}
637 
638 	private EncodingCharacters getValidEncodingCharacters(char fieldSep, Segment msh) throws HL7Exception {
639 		String encCharString = Terser.get(msh, 2, 0, 1, 1);
640 
641 		if (encCharString == null) {
642 			throw new HL7Exception("Can't encode message: MSH-2 (encoding characters) is missing");
643 		}
644 
645 		if (Version.V27.isGreaterThan(Version.versionOf(msh.getMessage().getVersion())) && encCharString.length() != 4) {
646 			throw new HL7Exception("Encoding characters (MSH-2) value '" + encCharString + "' invalid -- must be 4 characters", ErrorCode.DATA_TYPE_ERROR);
647 		} else if (encCharString.length() != 4 && encCharString.length() != 5) {
648 			throw new HL7Exception("Encoding characters (MSH-2) value '" + encCharString + "' invalid -- must be 4 or 5 characters", ErrorCode.DATA_TYPE_ERROR);
649 		}
650 
651 		return new EncodingCharacters(fieldSep, encCharString);
652 	}
653 
654 	/**
655 	 * Returns given group serialized as a pipe-encoded string - this method is
656 	 * called by encode(Message source, String encoding).
657      *
658      * @param source group to be encoded
659      * @param encodingChars encoding characters to be used
660      * @throws HL7Exception if an error occurred while encoding
661      * @return encoded group
662 	 */
663 	public static String encode(Group source, EncodingCharacters encodingChars) throws HL7Exception {
664 		return encode(source, encodingChars, source.getMessage().getParser().getParserConfiguration(), "");
665 	}
666 
667 	/**
668 	 * Returns given group serialized as a pipe-encoded string - this method is
669 	 * called by encode(Message source, String encoding).
670 	 */
671 	private static String encode(Group source, EncodingCharacters encodingChars, ParserConfiguration parserConfiguration, String currentTerserPath) throws HL7Exception {
672 		StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
673 
674 		String[] names = source.getNames();
675 
676 		String firstMandatorySegmentName = null;
677 		boolean haveEncounteredMandatorySegment = false;
678 		boolean haveEncounteredContent = false;
679 		boolean haveHadMandatorySegment = false;
680 		boolean haveHadSegmentBeforeMandatorySegment = false;
681 
682 		for (String nextName : names) {
683 
684 			// source.get(nextName, 0);
685 			Structure[] reps = source.getAll(nextName);
686 			boolean nextNameIsRequired = source.isRequired(nextName);
687 
688 			boolean havePreviouslyEncounteredMandatorySegment = haveEncounteredMandatorySegment;
689 			haveEncounteredMandatorySegment |= nextNameIsRequired;
690 			if (nextNameIsRequired && !haveHadMandatorySegment) {
691 				if (!source.isGroup(nextName)) {
692 					firstMandatorySegmentName = nextName;
693 				}
694 			}
695 
696 			String nextTerserPath = currentTerserPath.length() > 0 ? currentTerserPath + "/" + nextName : nextName;
697 
698 			// Add all reps of the next segment/group
699 			for (Structure rep : reps) {
700 
701 				if (rep instanceof Group) {
702 
703 					String encodedGroup = encode((Group) rep, encodingChars, parserConfiguration, nextTerserPath);
704 					result.append(encodedGroup);
705 
706 					if (encodedGroup.length() > 0) {
707 						if (!haveHadMandatorySegment && !haveEncounteredMandatorySegment) {
708 							haveHadSegmentBeforeMandatorySegment = true;
709 						}
710 						if (nextNameIsRequired && !haveHadMandatorySegment && !havePreviouslyEncounteredMandatorySegment) {
711 							haveHadMandatorySegment = true;
712 						}
713 						haveEncounteredContent = true;
714 					}
715 
716 				} else {
717 
718 					// Check if we are configured to force the encoding of this
719 					// segment
720 					boolean encodeEmptySegments = parserConfiguration.determineForcedEncodeIncludesTerserPath(nextTerserPath);
721 					String segString = encode((Segment) rep, encodingChars, parserConfiguration, nextTerserPath);
722 					if (segString.length() >= 4 || encodeEmptySegments) {
723 						result.append(segString);
724 
725 						if (segString.length() == 3) {
726 							result.append(encodingChars.getFieldSeparator());
727 						}
728 
729 						result.append(SEGMENT_DELIMITER);
730 
731 						haveEncounteredContent = true;
732 
733 						if (nextNameIsRequired) {
734 							haveHadMandatorySegment = true;
735 						}
736 
737 						if (!haveHadMandatorySegment && !haveEncounteredMandatorySegment) {
738 							haveHadSegmentBeforeMandatorySegment = true;
739 						}
740 
741 					}
742 
743 				}
744 
745 			}
746 
747 		}
748 
749 		if (firstMandatorySegmentName != null && !haveHadMandatorySegment && !haveHadSegmentBeforeMandatorySegment && haveEncounteredContent && parserConfiguration.isEncodeEmptyMandatorySegments()) {
750 			return firstMandatorySegmentName.substring(0, 3) + encodingChars.getFieldSeparator() + SEGMENT_DELIMITER + result;
751 		} else {
752 			return result.toString();
753 		}
754 	}
755 
756 	/**
757 	 * Convenience factory method which returns an instance that has a new
758 	 * {@link DefaultHapiContext} initialized with a {@link NoValidation
759 	 * NoValidation validation context}.
760      *
761      * @return PipeParser with disabled validation
762 	 */
763 	public static PipeParser getInstanceWithNoValidation() {
764 		HapiContext context = new DefaultHapiContext();
765 		context.setValidationContext(ValidationContextFactory.noValidation());
766 		return new PipeParser(context);
767 	}
768 
769     /**
770      * Returns given segment serialized as a pipe-encoded string.
771      *
772      * @param source segment to be encoded
773      * @param encodingChars encoding characters to be used
774      * @return encoded group
775      */
776 	public static String encode(Segment source, EncodingCharacters encodingChars) {
777 		return encode(source, encodingChars, source.getMessage().getParser().getParserConfiguration(), null);
778 	}
779 
780 	private static String encode(Segment source, EncodingCharacters encodingChars, ParserConfiguration parserConfig, String currentTerserPath) {
781 		StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
782 		result.append(source.getName());
783 		result.append(encodingChars.getFieldSeparator());
784 
785 		// start at field 2 for MSH segment because field 1 is the field
786 		// delimiter
787 		int startAt = 1;
788 		if (isDelimDefSegment(source.getName()))
789 			startAt = 2;
790 
791 		// loop through fields; for every field delimit any repetitions and add
792 		// field delimiter after ...
793 		int numFields = source.numFields();
794 
795 		int forceUpToFieldNum = 0;
796 		if (parserConfig != null && currentTerserPath != null) {
797 			forceUpToFieldNum = parserConfig.determineForcedFieldNumForTerserPath(currentTerserPath);
798 		}
799 		numFields = Math.max(numFields, forceUpToFieldNum);
800 
801 		for (int i = startAt; i <= numFields; i++) {
802 
803 			String nextFieldTerserPath = currentTerserPath + "-" + i;
804 			if (parserConfig != null && currentTerserPath != null) {
805 				for (String nextPath : parserConfig.getForcedEncode()) {
806 					if (nextPath.startsWith(nextFieldTerserPath + "-")) {
807 						try {
808 							source.getField(i, 0);
809 						} catch (HL7Exception e) {
810 							log.error("Error while encoding segment: ", e);
811 						}
812 					}
813 				}
814 			}
815 
816 			try {
817 				Type[] reps = source.getField(i);
818 				for (int j = 0; j < reps.length; j++) {
819 					String fieldText = encode(reps[j], encodingChars, parserConfig, nextFieldTerserPath);
820 					// if this is MSH-2, then it shouldn't be escaped, so
821 					// unescape it again
822 					if (isDelimDefSegment(source.getName()) && i == 2)
823 						fieldText = parserConfig.getEscaping().unescape(fieldText, encodingChars);
824 					result.append(fieldText);
825 					if (j < reps.length - 1)
826 						result.append(encodingChars.getRepetitionSeparator());
827 				}
828 			} catch (HL7Exception e) {
829 				log.error("Error while encoding segment: ", e);
830 			}
831 			result.append(encodingChars.getFieldSeparator());
832 		}
833 
834 		// strip trailing delimiters ...
835 		char fieldSeparator = encodingChars.getFieldSeparator();
836 		String retVal = stripExtraDelimiters(result.toString(), fieldSeparator);
837 
838 		int offset = isDelimDefSegment(source.getName()) ? 1 : 0;
839 		while (forceUpToFieldNum > 0 && (countInstancesOf(retVal, fieldSeparator) + offset) < forceUpToFieldNum) {
840 			retVal = retVal + fieldSeparator;
841 		}
842 
843 		return retVal;
844 	}
845 
846 	private static int countInstancesOf(String theString, char theCharToSearchFor) {
847 		int retVal = 0;
848 		for (int i = 0; i < theString.length(); i++) {
849 			if (theString.charAt(i) == theCharToSearchFor) {
850 				retVal++;
851 			}
852 		}
853 		return retVal;
854 	}
855 
856 	/**
857 	 * Removes leading whitespace from the given string. This method was created
858 	 * to deal with frequent problems parsing messages that have been
859 	 * hand-written in windows. The intuitive way to delimit segments is to hit
860 	 * <ENTER> at the end of each segment, but this creates both a carriage
861 	 * return and a line feed, so to the parser, the first character of the next
862 	 * segment is the line feed.
863      *
864      * @param in input string
865      * @return string with leading whitespaces removed
866 	 */
867 	public static String stripLeadingWhitespace(String in) {
868 		StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
869 		char[] chars = in.toCharArray();
870 		int c = 0;
871 		while (c < chars.length) {
872 			if (!Character.isWhitespace(chars[c]))
873 				break;
874 			c++;
875 		}
876 		for (int i = c; i < chars.length; i++) {
877 			out.append(chars[i]);
878 		}
879 		return out.toString();
880 	}
881 
882 	/**
883 	 * <p>
884 	 * Returns a minimal amount of data from a message string, including only
885 	 * the data needed to send a response to the remote system. This includes
886 	 * the following fields:
887 	 * <ul>
888 	 * <li>field separator</li>
889 	 * <li>encoding characters</li>
890 	 * <li>processing ID</li>
891 	 * <li>message control ID</li>
892 	 * </ul>
893 	 * This method is intended for use when there is an error parsing a message,
894 	 * (so the Message object is unavailable) but an error message must be sent
895 	 * back to the remote system including some of the information in the
896 	 * inbound message. This method parses only that required information,
897 	 * hopefully avoiding the condition that caused the original error. The
898 	 * other fields in the returned MSH segment are empty.
899 	 * </p>
900 	 */
901 	public Segment getCriticalResponseData(String message) throws HL7Exception {
902 		// try to get MSH segment
903 		int locStartMSH = message.indexOf("MSH");
904 		if (locStartMSH < 0)
905 			throw new HL7Exception("Couldn't find MSH segment in message: " + message, ErrorCode.SEGMENT_SEQUENCE_ERROR);
906 		int locEndMSH = message.indexOf('\r', locStartMSH + 1);
907 		if (locEndMSH < 0)
908 			locEndMSH = message.length();
909 		String mshString = message.substring(locStartMSH, locEndMSH);
910 
911 		// find out what the field separator is
912 		char fieldSep = mshString.charAt(3);
913 
914 		// get field array
915 		String[] fields = split(mshString, String.valueOf(fieldSep));
916 
917 		try {
918 			// parse required fields
919 			String encChars = fields[1];
920 			char compSep = encChars.charAt(0);
921 			String messControlID = fields[9];
922 			String[] procIDComps = split(fields[10], String.valueOf(compSep));
923 
924 			// fill MSH segment
925 			String version = null;
926 			try {
927 				version = getVersion(message);
928 			} catch (Exception e) { /* use the default */
929 			}
930 
931 			if (version == null) {
932 				Version availableVersion = Version.highestAvailableVersionOrDefault();
933 				version = availableVersion.getVersion();
934 			}
935 
936 			Segment msh = Parser.makeControlMSH(version, getFactory());
937 			Terser.set(msh, 1, 0, 1, 1, String.valueOf(fieldSep));
938 			Terser.set(msh, 2, 0, 1, 1, encChars);
939 			Terser.set(msh, 10, 0, 1, 1, messControlID);
940 			Terser.set(msh, 11, 0, 1, 1, procIDComps[0]);
941 			Terser.set(msh, 12, 0, 1, 1, version);
942 			return msh;
943 
944 		} catch (Exception e) {
945 			throw new HL7Exception("Can't parse critical fields from MSH segment (" + e.getClass().getName() + ": " + e.getMessage() + "): " + mshString, ErrorCode.REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING, e);
946 		}
947 
948 	}
949 
950 	/**
951 	 * For response messages, returns the value of MSA-2 (the message ID of the
952 	 * message sent by the sending system). This value may be needed prior to
953 	 * main message parsing, so that (particularly in a multi-threaded scenario)
954 	 * the message can be routed to the thread that sent the request. We need
955 	 * this information first so that any parse exceptions are thrown to the
956 	 * correct thread. Returns null if MSA-2 can not be found (e.g. if the
957 	 * message is not a response message).
958 	 */
959 	public String getAckID(String message) {
960 		String ackID = null;
961 		int startMSA = message.indexOf("\rMSA");
962 		if (startMSA >= 0) {
963 			int startFieldOne = startMSA + 5;
964 			char fieldDelim = message.charAt(startFieldOne - 1);
965 			int start = message.indexOf(fieldDelim, startFieldOne) + 1;
966 			int end = message.indexOf(fieldDelim, start);
967 			int segEnd = message.indexOf(SEGMENT_DELIMITER, start);
968 			if (segEnd > start && segEnd < end)
969 				end = segEnd;
970 
971 			// if there is no field delim after MSH-2, need to go to end of
972 			// message, but not including end seg delim if it exists
973 			if (end < 0) {
974 				if (message.charAt(message.length() - 1) == '\r') {
975 					end = message.length() - 1;
976 				} else {
977 					end = message.length();
978 				}
979 			}
980 			if (start > 0 && end > start) {
981 				ackID = message.substring(start, end);
982 			}
983 		}
984 		log.trace("ACK ID: {}", ackID);
985 		return ackID;
986 	}
987 
988 	/**
989 	 * Defaults to <code>false</code>
990 	 * 
991 	 * @see #isLegacyMode()
992 	 * @deprecated This will be removed in HAPI 3.0
993 	 */
994 	public void setLegacyMode(boolean legacyMode) {
995 		this.myLegacyMode = legacyMode;
996 	}
997 
998 	/**
999 	 * {@inheritDoc }
1000 	 */
1001 	@Override
1002 	public String encode(Message source) throws HL7Exception {
1003 		if (myLegacyMode != null && myLegacyMode) {
1004 
1005 			@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
1006 			OldPipeParser oldPipeParser = new OldPipeParser(getFactory());
1007 
1008 			return oldPipeParser.encode(source);
1009 		}
1010 		return super.encode(source);
1011 	}
1012 
1013 	/**
1014 	 * {@inheritDoc }
1015 	 */
1016 	@Override
1017 	public Message parse(String message) throws HL7Exception {
1018 		if (myLegacyMode != null && myLegacyMode) {
1019 
1020 			@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
1021 			OldPipeParser oldPipeParser = new OldPipeParser(getFactory());
1022 
1023 			return oldPipeParser.parse(message);
1024 		}
1025 		return super.parse(message);
1026 	}
1027 
1028 	/**
1029 	 * <p>
1030 	 * Returns <code>true</code> if legacy mode is on.
1031 	 * </p>
1032 	 * <p>
1033 	 * Prior to release 1.0, when an unexpected segment was encountered in a
1034 	 * message, HAPI would recurse to the deepest nesting in the last group it
1035 	 * encountered after the current position in the message, and deposit the
1036 	 * segment there. This could lead to unusual behaviour where all segments
1037 	 * afterward would not be in an expected spot within the message.
1038 	 * </p>
1039 	 * <p>
1040 	 * This should normally be set to false, but any code written before the
1041 	 * release of HAPI 1.0 which depended on this behaviour might need legacy
1042 	 * mode to be set to true.
1043 	 * </p>
1044 	 * <p>
1045 	 * Defaults to <code>false</code>. Note that this method only overrides
1046 	 * behaviour of the {@link #parse(java.lang.String)} and
1047 	 * {@link #encode(ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message) } methods
1048 	 * </p>
1049 	 * 
1050 	 * @deprecated This will be removed in HAPI 3.0
1051 	 */
1052 	public boolean isLegacyMode() {
1053 		if (myLegacyMode == null)
1054 			return (Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty(DEFAULT_LEGACY_MODE_PROPERTY)));
1055 		return this.myLegacyMode;
1056 	}
1057 
1058 	/**
1059 	 * Returns the version ID (MSH-12) from the given message, without fully
1060 	 * parsing the message. The version is needed prior to parsing in order to
1061 	 * determine the message class into which the text of the message should be
1062 	 * parsed.
1063 	 * 
1064 	 * @throws HL7Exception
1065 	 *             if the version field can not be found.
1066 	 */
1067 	public String getVersion(String message) throws HL7Exception {
1068 		int startMSH = message.indexOf("MSH");
1069 		int endMSH = message.indexOf(PipeParser.SEGMENT_DELIMITER, startMSH);
1070 		if (endMSH < 0)
1071 			endMSH = message.length();
1072 		String msh = message.substring(startMSH, endMSH);
1073 		String fieldSep;
1074 		if (msh.length() > 3) {
1075 			fieldSep = String.valueOf(msh.charAt(3));
1076 		} else {
1077 			throw new HL7Exception("Can't find field separator in MSH: " + msh, ErrorCode.UNSUPPORTED_VERSION_ID);
1078 		}
1079 
1080 		String[] fields = split(msh, fieldSep);
1081 
1082 		String compSep;
1083 		if (fields.length >= 2 && fields[1] != null && (fields[1].length() == 4 || fields[1].length() == 5)) {
1084 			compSep = String.valueOf(fields[1].charAt(0)); // get component separator as 1st encoding char
1085 		} else {
1086 			throw new HL7Exception("Invalid or incomplete encoding characters - MSH-2 is " + fields[1], ErrorCode.REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING);
1087 		}
1088 
1089 		String version;
1090 		if (fields.length >= 12) {
1091 			String[] comp = split(fields[11], compSep);
1092 			if (comp.length >= 1) {
1093 				version = comp[0];
1094 			} else {
1095 				throw new HL7Exception("Can't find version ID - MSH.12 is " + fields[11], ErrorCode.REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING);
1096 			}
1097 		} else if (getParserConfiguration().isAllowUnknownVersions()) {
1098 			return Version.highestAvailableVersionOrDefault().getVersion();
1099 		} else {
1100 			throw new HL7Exception("Can't find version ID - MSH has only " + fields.length + " fields.", ErrorCode.REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING);
1101 		}
1102 		return version;
1103 	}
1104 
1105 	@Override
1106 	public void parse(Message message, String string) throws HL7Exception {
1107 		if (message instanceof AbstractSuperMessage && message.getName() == null) {
1108 			String structure = getStructure(string).messageStructure;
1109 			((AbstractSuperMessage) message).setName(structure);
1110 		}
1111 
1112 		message.setParser(this);
1113 
1114 		IStructureDefinition structureDef = getStructureDefinition(message);
1115 		MessageIterator messageIter = new MessageIterator(message, structureDef, "MSH", true);
1116 
1117 		String[] segments = split(string, SEGMENT_DELIMITER);
1118 
1119 		if (segments.length == 0) {
1120 			throw new HL7Exception("Invalid message content: \"" + string + "\"");
1121 		}
1122 
1123 		if (segments[0] == null || segments[0].length() < 4) {
1124 			throw new HL7Exception("Invalid message content: \"" + string + "\"");
1125 		}
1126 
1127 		char delim = '|';
1128 		String prevName = null;
1129 		int repNum = 1;
1130 		for (int i = 0; i < segments.length; i++) {
1131 
1132 			// get rid of any leading whitespace characters ...
1133 			if (segments[i] != null && segments[i].length() > 0 && Character.isWhitespace(segments[i].charAt(0)))
1134 				segments[i] = stripLeadingWhitespace(segments[i]);
1135 
1136 			// sometimes people put extra segment delimiters at end of msg ...
1137 			if (segments[i] != null && segments[i].length() >= 3) {
1138 
1139 				final String name;
1140 				if (i == 0) {
1141 					if (segments[i].length() < 4) {
1142 						throw new HL7Exception("Invalid message content: \"" + string + "\"");
1143 					}
1144 					name = segments[i].substring(0, 3);
1145 					delim = segments[i].charAt(3);
1146 				} else {
1147 					if (segments[i].indexOf(delim) >= 0) {
1148 						name = segments[i].substring(0, segments[i].indexOf(delim));
1149 					} else {
1150 						name = segments[i];
1151 					}
1152 				}
1153 
1154 				log.trace("Parsing segment {}", name);
1155 
1156 				if (name.equals(prevName)) {
1157 					repNum++;
1158 				} else {
1159 					repNum = 1;
1160 					prevName = name;
1161 				}
1162 
1163 				messageIter.setDirection(name);
1164 
1165 				try {
1166 					if (messageIter.hasNext()) {
1167 						Segment next = (Segment) messageIter.next();
1168 						parse(next, segments[i], getEncodingChars(string), repNum);
1169 					}
1170 				} catch (Error e) {
1171 					if (e.getCause() instanceof HL7Exception) {
1172 						throw (HL7Exception)e.getCause();
1173 					}
1174 					throw e;
1175 				}
1176 			}
1177 		}
1178 		
1179 		applySuperStructureName(message);
1180 	}
1181 
1182 	/**
1183 	 * A struct for holding a message class string and a boolean indicating
1184 	 * whether it was defined explicitly.
1185 	 */
1186 	private static class MessageStructure {
1187 		public final String messageStructure;
1188 		public final boolean explicitlyDefined;
1189 
1190 		public MessageStructure(String theMessageStructure, boolean isExplicitlyDefined) {
1191 			messageStructure = theMessageStructure;
1192 			explicitlyDefined = isExplicitlyDefined;
1193 		}
1194 	}
1195 
1196 	private static class Holder<T> {
1197 		private T myObject;
1198 
1199 		public T getObject() {
1200 			return myObject;
1201 		}
1202 
1203 		public void setObject(T theObject) {
1204 			myObject = theObject;
1205 		}
1206 	}
1207 
1208 }