[HAPI-devel] InitQuickStart and number format exception

[Mike M. <mi...@th...>]

Hi,

we have had an interface in production fail when we try to create a new
message and call .initQuickstart().

What is happening is the id_file is read and the value is coerced into a
number. Unfortunately the code uses an Int (10 chars long, max
value 2147483647) so once the value in the id_file is increased beyond that
limit this error occurs.

Is this a known limitation with using initQuickstart?

We have fixed it by resetting the value in the id_file to 1 (not ideal as
it no longer guarantees uniqueness)

As the MSH-10 is a string up to 20 chars surely this would work with Long
values (19 chars max value: 9223372036854775807)?

To replicate this issue create an id_file in your working dir with value:
2147483600

Then run this code:

Message msg = new ADT_A01();
msg.initQuickstart("ADT","A01", "X");

// throws NumberFormatException

-Mike