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The Original Code is "LowerLayerProtocol.java".  Description: 
"Represents a particular "lower layer protocol" over which HL7 messages can be 
  sent" 

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package ca.uhn.hl7v2.llp;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * Represents a particular "lower layer protocol" over which HL7 messages can be 
 * sent.  An example is the "minimal lower layer protocol" defines in the HL7
 * implementation guide (appendix C) - this is implemented by the class 
 * MinLowerLayerProtocol.  Implementations should call the static method 
 * logCharacterReceived() when a character is read from a remote system.  
 * This method may or may not log receipt, as configured (see docs for this method).  
 * @author  Bryan Tripp
 */
public abstract class LowerLayerProtocol {

    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LowerLayerProtocol.class);
    
    /** 
     * Returns a particular implementation of LowerLayerProtocol.
     * 
     *  @deprecated as there is now the choice between {@link MinLowerLayerProtocol}
     *  and {@link ExtendedMinLowerLayerProtocol}.
     */
    public static LowerLayerProtocol makeLLP() {
        return new MinLowerLayerProtocol();
    }
    
    /** 
     * Returns an HL7Reader that implements message reading according to 
     * this protocol.  
     */ 
    public abstract HL7Reader getReader(InputStream in) throws LLPException;
          
    /** 
     * Returns an HL7Writer that implements message writing according to 
     * this protocol.  
     */ 
    public abstract HL7Writer getWriter(OutputStream out) throws LLPException;
    
    /**
     * 
     * Logs the fact that a character has been received, if configured to do so.  This is a 
     * debugging feature.  This is enabled by setting the system property 
     * ca.uhn.hl7v2.llp.logBytesRead=TRUE (before LowerLayerProtocol is instantiated).  
     * A message is logged for each character.  THIS IS VERY SLOW and should
     * normally be turned off. 
     * 

     * Note that as of HAPI 1.3, this will be logged using commons-logging at
     * a level of "info" instead of being printed to System.out
     * 
     */
    public static void logCharacterReceived(int c) {
        log.trace("Char received: {} ({})", c, (char) c);
    }
    
}