FHIR Chat · JAVA, OperationOutcome.issue.code · implementers

Stream: implementers

Topic: JAVA, OperationOutcome.issue.code

Zak Guler (Aug 17 2018 at 19:42):

first timer, I am new to HAPI/FHIR and to this forum. hope some one will be kind to answer a simple How-To question:
I am trying to generate the following Java Rest response:

http://hapi.fhir.org/baseDstu3/MAMA?given=Ruth&_pretty=true

***Unknown resource type MAMA
        {
          "resourceType": "OperationOutcome",
          "text": {
            "status": "generated",
            "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><h1>Operation Outcome</h1><table border=\"0\"><tr><td style=\"font-weight: bold;\">ERROR</td><td>[]</td><td><pre>Unknown resource type 'MAMA' - Server knows how to handle: [Appointment, Account,...]</pre></td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t</tr>\n\t\t</table>\n\t</div>"
          },
          "issue": [
            {
              "severity": "error",
              "code": "processing",
              "diagnostics": "Unknown resource type 'MAMA' - Server knows how to handle: [Appointment, Account, ..."
            }
          ]
        }

*** I was unable to generate 'OperationOutcome.issue.code'.

the following is the sample code I used:
OperationOutcome outcome = new OperationOutcome();

        outcome.getText().setStatusAsString("generated");
        outcome.getText().setDivAsString("<div>Unknown resource type 'MAMA' - Server knows how to handle: [Appointment, Account,...]</div>");

        outcome.addIssue()
                .setSeverity(OperationOutcome.IssueSeverity.ERROR)
                .setDiagnostics("Unknown resource type 'MAMA' - Server knows how to handle: [Appointment, Account, ...]");

        FhirContext ctx = config.getCtx();          
        String outFhirString = ""; 
        outFhirString = ctx.newJsonParser().setPrettyPrint(true).encodeResourceToString(outcome);   
        return outFhirString;

I couldn't find a way to do the following 'outcome.addIssue().setCode("xyz..");'

this may be a basic question but I couldn't find a way to implement it. any help would be appreciated.
thanx
Zak zguler@utah.gov

Lloyd McKenzie (Aug 17 2018 at 19:48):

@James Agnew ?

Zak Guler (Aug 17 2018 at 19:48):

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Grahame Grieve (Aug 17 2018 at 20:26):

you are better to use the enumeration

Grahame Grieve (Aug 17 2018 at 20:26):

.addIssue().setCode(IssueType.xxx)

Grahame Grieve (Aug 17 2018 at 20:27):

if you really want to use a string:
.addIssue().getCodeAsElement().setValueAsString("....")- but you still must use one of the valid enumeration strings

Zak Guler (Aug 20 2018 at 15:32):

but, there is no .addIssue().addCode() in the api that I am using. that is why I was unable to set the code. I wonder if I need to use different jars?

the jar files I am using is for STU3:
<dependency>
<groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
<artifactId>hapi-fhir-base</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/ca.uhn.hapi.fhir/hapi-fhir-structures-dstu3 -->
<dependency>
<groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
<artifactId>hapi-fhir-structures-dstu3</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/ca.uhn.hapi.fhir/hapi-fhir-client -->
<dependency>
<groupId>ca.uhn.hapi.fhir</groupId>
<artifactId>hapi-fhir-client</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0</version>
</dependency>

Grahame Grieve (Aug 20 2018 at 15:53):

@James Agnew

James Agnew (Aug 20 2018 at 17:58):

Up until HAPI FHIR 3.4.0, the response error for trying to access an unknown resource was pretty much hardcoded into HAPI.

By coincidence, this just changed a few weeks ago. If you are ok with using the current pre-release version (3.5.0-SNAPSHOT) you can override throwUnknownResourceTypeException(String) on RestfulServer. In your method, you throw ResourceNotFoundException, and you can pass in an OperationOutcome if you want.

Zak Guler (Aug 20 2018 at 18:34):

in my case, I am not using a RestfulServer. I am getting the Patient data from our server and use "ctx = FhirContext.forDstu3()" to build a client response. the challenge now is the api I am using OperationOutcome does not have a method called .addCode() in it. so how can I add the Code to the Issue element like:
operationOutcome .addIssue().addCode(IssueType.xxx); ???
Am I using the wrong jar file? or am I using the wrong version 3.0.0??? this is the kind of help that I need. where can I find method "addIssue().addCode()"???
thank you for your help.

Zak Guler (Aug 20 2018 at 18:35):

Or getIssue().SetCode()!!!

Zak Guler (Aug 20 2018 at 20:03):

ooh, so Sorry, silly me.
I was looking for addCode() and when I looked more closely to Grahame Grieve's response it was setCode() and not addCode() like the others.

James Agnew (Aug 20 2018 at 21:34):

Yup, it's setCode. If you're curious, the reason for that is that we use addFoo for repeating things, but not for 1..1 things.

Zak Guler (Aug 20 2018 at 22:18):

thank you for clarifying some things for me. I am new to FHIR and I am trying to learn it as soon as I can. so much to explore but it is getting easier as I go.

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