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package org.apache.camel.component.hl7;

import ca.uhn.hl7v2.HL7Exception;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser.Parser;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser.PipeParser;

import org.apache.camel.Converter;

/**
 * HL7 converters.
 */
@Converter
public final class HL7Converter {

    private HL7Converter() {
        // Helper class
    }

    @Converter
    public static String toString(Message message) throws HL7Exception {
        return encode(message, new PipeParser());
    }

    @Converter
    public static Message toMessage(String body) throws HL7Exception {
        return parse(body, new PipeParser());
    }
    
    static Message parse(String body, Parser parser) throws HL7Exception {
        return parser.parse(body);
    }    
    
    static String encode(Message message, Parser parser) throws HL7Exception {
        return parser.encode(message);
    }    

}
