ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser

Class Escape

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser.Escape

public class Escape
extends Object

Handles "escaping" and "unescaping" of text according to the HL7 escape sequence rules defined in section 2.10 of the standard (version 2.4). Currently, escape sequences for multiple character sets are unsupported. The highlighting, hexademical, and locally defined escape sequences are also unsupported.

Author:

Bryan Tripp, Mark Lee (Skeva Technologies), Elmar Hinz, Christian Ohr

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Escape() Creates a new instance of Escape

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	escape(String text, EncodingCharacters encChars)
static String	unescape(String text, EncodingCharacters encChars)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Escape

public Escape()

Creates a new instance of Escape

Method Detail

escape

public static String escape(String text,
            EncodingCharacters encChars)

Parameters:

text - string to be escaped

encChars - encoding characters to be used

Returns:

the escaped string

unescape

public static String unescape(String text,
              EncodingCharacters encChars)

Parameters:

text - string to be unescaped

encChars - encoding characters to be used

Returns:

the unescaped string