org.dellroad.hl7

Interface HL7Reader

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

HL7FileReader, LLPInputStream

public interface HL7Reader
extends Closeable

Input source for HL7 messages.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
HL7Message	readMessage() Read the next HL7 message.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

Method Detail

readMessage

HL7Message readMessage()
                throws IOException,
                       HL7ContentException

Read the next HL7 message.

Returns:

next message read

Throws:

HL7ContentException - if an invalid HL7 message is received, decoded, etc. by this instance

EOFException - if there is no more input

IOException - if some other I/O error occurs

IOException - if Closeable.close() has already been invoked