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Operation Definition
<OperationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="MessageHeader-process-message"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>Process Message</h2> <p>OPERATION: Process Message</p> <div> <p>This operation accepts a message, processes it according to the definition of the event in the message header, and returns a one or more response messages. This operation is described in detail <a href="messaging.html#process">on the messaging page</a> </p> </div> <p>URL: [base]/$process-message</p> <p>Parameters</p> <table class="grid"> <tr> <td> <b>Use</b> </td> <td> <b>Name</b> </td> <td> <b>Cardinality</b> </td> <td> <b>Type</b> </td> <td> <b>Binding</b> </td> <td> <b>Documentation</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>IN</td> <td>content</td> <td>1..1</td> <td>Bundle</td> <td/> <td> <div> <p>The message to process (or, if using asynchronous messaging, it may be a response message to accept)</p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>IN</td> <td>async</td> <td>0..1</td> <td>boolean</td> <td/> <td> <div> <p>If 'true' the message is processed using the asynchronous messaging pattern</p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>IN</td> <td>response-url</td> <td>0..1</td> <td>uri</td> <td/> <td> <div> <p>A URL to submit response messages to, if asynchronous messaging is being used, and if the MessageHeader.source.endpoint is not the appropriate place to submit responses</p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>OUT</td> <td>return</td> <td>0..1</td> <td>Bundle</td> <td/> <td> <div> <p>A response message, if synchronous messaging is being used (mandatory in this case). For asynchronous messaging, there is no return value</p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <p>This operation does not use the parameters resource; the parameters "async" and "response-url" always go in the URL, if they are used, and the message parameter is always the body of the HTTP message</p> </div> </div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/MessageHeader-process-message"/> <name value="Process Message"/> <status value="draft"/> <kind value="operation"/> <date value="2016-12-06T12:22:34+11:00"/> <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> <telecom> <system value="email"/> <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value="This operation accepts a message, processes it according to the definition of the event in the message header, and returns a one or more response messages. This operation is described in detail [on the messaging page](messaging.html#process)"/> <code value="process-message"/> <comment value="This operation does not use the parameters resource; the parameters "async" and "response-url" always go in the URL, if they are used, and the message parameter is always the body of the HTTP message"/> <resource value="MessageHeader"/> <system value="true"/> <type value="false"/> <instance value="false"/> <parameter> <name value="content"/> <use value="in"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="The message to process (or, if using asynchronous messaging, it may be a response message to accept)"/> <type value="Bundle"/> </parameter> <parameter> <name value="async"/> <use value="in"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="If 'true' the message is processed using the asynchronous messaging pattern"/> <type value="boolean"/> </parameter> <parameter> <name value="response-url"/> <use value="in"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="A URL to submit response messages to, if asynchronous messaging is being used, and if the MessageHeader.source.endpoint is not the appropriate place to submit responses"/> <type value="uri"/> </parameter> <parameter> <name value="return"/> <use value="out"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <documentation value="A response message, if synchronous messaging is being used (mandatory in this case). For asynchronous messaging, there is no return value"/> <type value="Bundle"/> </parameter> </OperationDefinition>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.