001 /** 002 The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 003 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 004 You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ 005 Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, 006 WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 007 specific language governing rights and limitations under the License. 008 009 The Original Code is "HL7Writer.java". Description: 010 "An HL7Writer implements writing to an output stream using a particular lower 011 layer protocol" 012 013 The Initial Developer of the Original Code is University Health Network. Copyright (C) 014 2001. All Rights Reserved. 015 016 Contributor(s): ______________________________________. 017 018 Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of the 019 GNU General Public License (the ?GPL?), in which case the provisions of the GPL are 020 applicable instead of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this 021 file only under the terms of the GPL and not to allow others to use your version 022 of this file under the MPL, indicate your decision by deleting the provisions above 023 and replace them with the notice and other provisions required by the GPL License. 024 If you do not delete the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of 025 this file under either the MPL or the GPL. 026 027 */ 028 029 package ca.uhn.hl7v2.llp; 030 031 import java.io.*; 032 033 /** 034 * An HL7Writer implements writing to an output stream using a particular lower 035 * layer protocol. 036 * @author Bryan Tripp 037 */ 038 public interface HL7Writer { 039 040 /** 041 * Sends a complete message to the underlying output stream using the 042 * lower layer protocol implemented by this HL7Writer. 043 */ 044 public void writeMessage(String message) throws LLPException, IOException; 045 046 /** 047 * Sets the OutputStream to which to write messages. The OutputStream must be set 048 * before any calls to <code>()</code>. 049 */ 050 public void setOutputStream(OutputStream out) throws IOException; 051 052 /** 053 * Closes the underlying stream and any other resources that should be closed. 054 */ 055 public void close() throws java.io.IOException; 056 057 }