Great question, I would also like to know if there is a way of doing this. 
Right now I need to check each element for null.



Lansdale Redmond wrote:
> 
> How can I check if a segment is present in a message..when I do the
> following code it always returns a value then if I read a field the vlue
> is null..very similar to if it was there...how do you know the
> difference
> 
>  
> 
> PID seg = (PID) hapiMessage.get("PID");
> 
>         if ( seg == null)
> 
>             return false;
> 
>         else
> 
>         return true;
> 
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