... or there's ca.uhn.hl7v2.util.EncodedMessageComparator, which provides a
couple of methods that help standardizing and comparing messages.
cheers
Christian
rahul somasunderam-2 wrote:
>
> I wrote up a method using LightHL7Lib:
>
> public void assertMessagesEqual(Hl7Record expected, Hl7Record actual) {
> List<String> headers = expected.listSegments();
> headers.addAll(actual.listSegments());
> assertEquals(expected.listSegments(), actual.listSegments());
> Set<String> segments = new TreeSet<String>(headers);
>
> for (String segmentName : segments) {
> if (segmentName.contains("|")) {
> break;
> }
> int i = 0;
> while (true) {
> i++;
> Hl7Segment expectedSeg = expected.getSegment(segmentName, i);
> Hl7Segment actualSeg = actual.getSegment(segmentName, i);
>
> if (expectedSeg == null && actualSeg == null) {
> break;
> }
> if (expectedSeg == null || actualSeg == null) {
> assertEquals("Comparing " + segmentName + "[" + i +
> "].",expectedSeg, actualSeg);
> }
>
> assertNotNull("Comparing " + segmentName + "[" + i + "].",
> actualSeg);
>
> int j ;
> if (segmentName.equals("MSH")) {
> j = 2;
> } else {
> j = 1;
> }
>
> int maxFields = expectedSeg.fieldAll().length;
> if (maxFields < actualSeg.fieldAll().length) {
> maxFields = actualSeg.fieldAll().length;
> }
> for ( /*Use j as is*/; j <= maxFields ; j++) {
> if (expectedSeg.field(j) == null /*||
> expectedSeg.field(j).toString().length() == 0*/) {
> continue;
> }
>
> /* Check if field exists */
> assertNotNull("Comparing " + segmentName + "[" + i + "]." + j,
> actualSeg.field(j));
>
> if (expectedSeg.field(j).getCompCount() > 1) {
> /* Check components */
> for (int k = 0; k < expectedSeg.field(j).getCompCount(); k++)
> {
> if (expectedSeg.field(j)
> .getComp(k + 1) == null /*||
> expectedSeg.field(j).getComp(k+1).toString().length() == 0*/) {
> continue;
> }
> assertNotNull("Comparing " + segmentName + "[" + i + "]." +
> j + "." + k,
> actualSeg.field(j).getComp(k + 1));
> if (expectedSeg.field(j).getComp(k + 1).getSubcompCount() >
> 1) {
> /* Check subcomponents */
> for (int l = 0; l < expectedSeg.field(j).getComp(k +
> 1).getSubcompCount(); l++) {
> if (expectedSeg.field(j).getComp(k + 1).getSubcomp(l +
> 1) == null
> /*||
> expectedSeg.field(j).getComp(k+1).getSubcomp(l+1).toString().length() ==
> 0*/) {
> continue;
> }
> assertNotNull("Comparing " + segmentName + "[" + i +
> "]." + j + "." + k + "." + l,
> actualSeg.field(j).getComp(k + 1).getSubcomp(l +
> 1));
> assertEquals("Comparing " + segmentName + "[" + i + "]."
> + j + "." + k + "." + l,
> expectedSeg.field(j).getComp(k + 1).getSubcomp(l +
> 1).toString(),
> actualSeg.field(j).getComp(k + 1).getSubcomp(l +
> 1).toString());
>
> }
> } else {
> assertEquals("Comparing " + segmentName + "[" + i + "]." +
> j + "." + (k + 1),
> expectedSeg.field(j).getComp(k + 1).toString().trim(),
> actualSeg.field(j).getComp(k + 1).toString().trim());
> }
> }
> } else {
> assertEquals("Comparing " + segmentName + "[" + i + "]." + j,
> expectedSeg.field(j).toString().trim(),
> actualSeg.field(j).toString().trim());
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> It gives detailed information on which segment and which field are
> different. Better than plain diff, but not using HAPI.
>
> R,
> rahul
>
> On Aug 8, 2012, at 8:58 AM, Derek Mahar wrote:
>
>> Is comparing the string representation of a HAPI message the only way to
>> compare messages? We noticed that HAPI messages don't redefine method
>> equals(), so comparisons using JUnit assertions or Mockito verify() calls
>> must use Object.equals() which compares object identity, not contents.
>> Are there any plans to implement methods equals() and hashCode() in
>> messages and segments?
>
>
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