All Known Implementing Classes:

JsonParser, JsonParserBase, ParserBase, RdfParser, RdfParserBase, XmlParser, XmlParserBase
```
public interface IParser
```
General interface - either an XML or JSON parser: read or write instances Defined to allow a factory to create a parser of the right type

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class IParser.OutputStyle

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`compose(OutputStream stream, Resource resource)`	Compose a resource to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production)
`void`	`compose(OutputStream stream, Type type, String rootName)`	Compose a type to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production) Not supported by all implementations.
`byte[]`	`composeBytes(Resource resource)`	Compose a resource to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production)
`byte[]`	`composeBytes(Type type, String rootName)`	Compose a type to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production) Not supported by all implementations.
`String`	`composeString(Resource resource)`	Compose a resource to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production)
`String`	`composeString(Type type, String rootName)`	Compose a type to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production) Not supported by all implementations.
`boolean`	`getHandleComments()`	Whether to parse or ignore comments - either reading or writing
`IParser.OutputStyle`	`getOutputStyle()`	Writing:
`ParserType`	`getType()`	check what kind of parser this is
`boolean`	`isAllowUnknownContent()`
`Resource`	`parse(byte[] bytes)`	parse content that is known to be a resource
`Resource`	`parse(InputStream input)`	parse content that is known to be a resource
`Resource`	`parse(String input)`	parse content that is known to be a resource
`Type`	`parseAnyType(InputStream input, String knownType)`
`Type`	`parseType(byte[] bytes, String knownType)`	This is used to parse a type - a fragment of a resource.
`Type`	`parseType(InputStream input, String knownType)`	This is used to parse a type - a fragment of a resource.
`Type`	`parseType(String input, String knownType)`	This is used to parse a type - a fragment of a resource.
`IParser`	`setAllowUnknownContent(boolean value)`
`IParser`	`setHandleComments(boolean value)`
`IParser`	`setOutputStyle(IParser.OutputStyle value)`
`IParser`	`setSuppressXhtml(String message)`	This method is used by the publication tooling to stop the xhrtml narrative being generated.

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
ParserType getType()
```
    check what kind of parser this is
    
    Returns:
    
    what kind of parser this is
  - getHandleComments
```
boolean getHandleComments()
```
    Whether to parse or ignore comments - either reading or writing
  - setHandleComments
```
IParser setHandleComments(boolean value)
```
  - isAllowUnknownContent
```
boolean isAllowUnknownContent()
```
    Parameters:
    
    allowUnknownContent - Whether to throw an exception if unknown content is found (or just skip it) when parsing
  - setAllowUnknownContent
```
IParser setAllowUnknownContent(boolean value)
```
  - getOutputStyle
```
IParser.OutputStyle getOutputStyle()
```
    Writing:
  - setOutputStyle
```
IParser setOutputStyle(IParser.OutputStyle value)
```
  - setSuppressXhtml
```
IParser setSuppressXhtml(String message)
```
    This method is used by the publication tooling to stop the xhrtml narrative being generated. It is not valid to use in production use. The tooling uses it to generate json/xml representations in html that are not cluttered by escaped html representations of the html representation
  - parse
```
Resource parse(InputStream input)
        throws IOException,
               org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError
```
    parse content that is known to be a resource
    
    Throws:
    
    org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException
    
    org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError
    
    IOException
  - parse
```
Resource parse(String input)
        throws UnsupportedEncodingException,
               org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError,
               IOException
```
    parse content that is known to be a resource
    
    Throws:
    
    UnsupportedEncodingException
    
    IOException
    
    org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError
  - parse
```
Resource parse(byte[] bytes)
        throws org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError,
               IOException
```
    parse content that is known to be a resource
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
    
    org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError
  - parseType
```
Type parseType(InputStream input,
               String knownType)
        throws IOException,
               org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError
```
    This is used to parse a type - a fragment of a resource. There's no reason to use this in production - it's used in the build tools Not supported by all implementations
    
    Parameters:
    
    input -
    
    knownType - . if this is blank, the parser may try to infer the type (xml only)
    
    Returns:
    
    Throws:
    
    org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException
    
    org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError
    
    IOException
  - parseAnyType
```
Type parseAnyType(InputStream input,
                  String knownType)
           throws IOException,
                  org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError
```
    Throws:
    
    IOException
    
    org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError
  - parseType
```
Type parseType(String input,
               String knownType)
        throws UnsupportedEncodingException,
               org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError,
               IOException
```
    This is used to parse a type - a fragment of a resource. There's no reason to use this in production - it's used in the build tools Not supported by all implementations
    
    Parameters:
    
    input -
    
    knownType - . if this is blank, the parser may try to infer the type (xml only)
    
    Returns:
    
    Throws:
    
    UnsupportedEncodingException
    
    IOException
    
    org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError
  - parseType
```
Type parseType(byte[] bytes,
               String knownType)
        throws org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError,
               IOException
```
    This is used to parse a type - a fragment of a resource. There's no reason to use this in production - it's used in the build tools Not supported by all implementations
    
    Parameters:
    
    input -
    
    knownType - . if this is blank, the parser may try to infer the type (xml only)
    
    Returns:
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
    
    org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError
  - compose
```
void compose(OutputStream stream,
             Resource resource)
      throws IOException
```
    Compose a resource to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production)
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - composeString
```
String composeString(Resource resource)
              throws IOException
```
    Compose a resource to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production)
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - composeBytes
```
byte[] composeBytes(Resource resource)
             throws IOException
```
    Compose a resource to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production)
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - compose
```
void compose(OutputStream stream,
             Type type,
             String rootName)
      throws IOException
```
    Compose a type to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production) Not supported by all implementations. rootName is ignored in the JSON format
    
    Throws:
    
    org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException
    
    org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRFormatError
    
    IOException
  - composeString
```
String composeString(Type type,
                     String rootName)
              throws IOException
```
    Compose a type to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production) Not supported by all implementations. rootName is ignored in the JSON format
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - composeBytes
```
byte[] composeBytes(Type type,
                    String rootName)
             throws IOException
```
    Compose a type to a stream, possibly using pretty presentation for a human reader (used in the spec, for example, but not normally in production) Not supported by all implementations. rootName is ignored in the JSON format
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException

Interface IParser

Nested Class Summary

Method Summary

Method Detail

getType

getHandleComments

setHandleComments

isAllowUnknownContent

setAllowUnknownContent

getOutputStyle

setOutputStyle

setSuppressXhtml

parse

parse

parse

parseType

parseAnyType

parseType

parseType

compose

composeString

composeBytes

compose

composeString

composeBytes