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8
9 The Original Code is "ReceivingApplication.java". Description:
10 "From an HL7 messaging perspective, a consumer of a messages"
11
12 The Initial Developer of the Original Code is University Health Network. Copyright (C)
13 2002, 2005. All Rights Reserved.
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25 */
26 package ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol;
27
28 import java.util.Map;
29
30 import ca.uhn.hl7v2.HL7Exception;
31 import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message;
32
33 /**
34 * <p>From an HL7 messaging perspective, a ReceivingApplication is a consumer of a messages.
35 * Once a parser parses an incoming message, the message would normally be forwarded
36 * to an application of some sort (e.g. a lab system) which would process the
37 * message in some way meaningful for it, and then return a response.</p>
38 *
39 * <p>If you are wondering how to integrate HAPI into an existing server application,
40 * this is probably the place. Create a class that implements ReceivingApplication, then look
41 * at HL7Server and ApplicationRouter to see how to get HAPI to listen for messages on
42 * a socket and pass them to your ReceivingApplication.</p>
43 *
44 * Note that this interface replaces ca.uhn.hl7v2.app.Application in HAPI 0.5.
45 *
46 * @author <a href="mailto:bryan.tripp@uhn.on.ca">Bryan Tripp</a>
47 */
48 public interface ReceivingApplication<T extends Message> {
49
50 /**
51 * Uses the contents of the message for whatever purpose the application
52 * has for this message, and returns an appropriate response message.
53 *
54 * @param theMessage an inbound HL7 message
55 * @param theMetadata message metadata (which may include information about where the message comes
56 * from, etc). This is the same metadata as in {@link ca.uhn.hl7v2.protocol.Transportable#getMetadata()}.
57 *
58 * @return an appropriate application response (for example an application ACK or query response).
59 * Appropriate responses to different types of incoming messages are defined by HL7.
60 *
61 * @throws ReceivingApplicationException if there is a problem internal to the application (for example
62 * a database problem)
63 * @throws HL7Exception if there is a problem with the message
64 */
65 Message processMessage(T theMessage, Map<String, Object> theMetadata)
66 throws ReceivingApplicationException, HL7Exception;
67
68 /**
69 * @param theMessage an inbound HL7 message
70 * @return true if this ReceivingApplication wishes to accept the message. By returning
71 * true, this Application declares itself the recipient of the message, accepts
72 * responsibility for it, and must be able to respond appropriately to the sending system.
73 */
74 boolean canProcess(T theMessage);
75
76 }