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package ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser;

import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.GenericComposite;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.GenericGroup;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.GenericMessage;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.GenericSegment;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Group;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Segment;
import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Type;

/**
 * <p>
 * GenericModelClassFactory is a {@link ModelClassFactory} implementation 
 * which always returns generic types:
 * </p>
 * <ul>
 * 	<li>{@link GenericMessage}</li>
 * 	<li>{@link GenericSegment}</li>
 * 	<li>{@link GenericGroup}</li>
 * </ul> 
 * 
 * <p>
 * This can be used to run HAPI without any structure JARs, as the generic MCF
 * has no structure dependencies. See the
 * <a href="http://hl7api.sourceforge.net/xref/ca/uhn/hl7v2/examples/HandlingMultipleVersions.html">using multiple versions</a>
 * example for more information.
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * In combination with {@link ParserConfiguration#setAllowUnknownVersions(boolean)}, the GenericModelClassFactory
 * can be used to parse future versions of HL7 for which HAPI has no support.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author James Agnew
 */
public class GenericModelClassFactory extends AbstractModelClassFactory {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	public Class<? extends Message> getMessageClass(String theName, String theVersion, boolean theIsExplicit) {
		return GenericMessage.getGenericMessageClass(theVersion);
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	public Class<? extends Message> getMessageClassInASpecificPackage(String theName, String theVersion, boolean theIsExplicit, String thePackageName) {
		return GenericMessage.getGenericMessageClass(theVersion);
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	public Class<? extends Group> getGroupClass(String theName, String theVersion) {
		return GenericGroup.class;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	public Class<? extends Segment> getSegmentClass(String theName, String theVersion) {
		return GenericSegment.class;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	public Class<? extends Type> getTypeClass(String theName, String theVersion) {
		return GenericComposite.class;
	}

}
