[HAPI-devel] HAPI 2.1 and overriding validation

[Andrew B. <And...@rc...>]

Hi there,

I have recently started using HAPI and am impressed by the amount of function in the toolkit.  I have been struggling for about a week with the correct way to override the validation and am hoping that someone on this list can help me.

I have a segment that fails validation for an XTN type (as I am out of the US), I would like to keep validation on but change the validation for this segment.  I realize that I can turn off validation for the message but am curious as to the best way to approach this problem.

I have tried the HAPI by example method of extending the DefaultValidationBuilder and overriding the configure method, however the first call to super overrides the rule that I have provided to the method.  I have also seen an example of extending the ValidationContextImpl (http://osdir.com/ml/medical.hl7/2008-07/msg00003.html), but this appears to be an older approach to the problem.

I would appreciate any help that can be provided to point me in the right direction.

Andrew