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fhir-codegen

A .Net Core library and utility to generate various computer language outputs from FHIR specifications.

Usage (CLI)

Usage:
  fhir-codegen-cli [options]

Options:
  --fhir-spec-directory <fhir-spec-directory>    The full path to the directory where FHIR 
                                                   specifications are downloaded and cached.
  --output-path <output-path>                    File or directory to write output.
  --verbose                                      Show verbose output.
  --offline-mode                                 Offline mode.
                                                   (will not download missing specs).
  --language <language>                          Name of the language to export.
                                                   (default: Info|TypeScript|CSharpBasic).
  --export-keys <export-keys>                    '|' separated list of items to export.
                                                   (not present to export everything)
  --load-r2 <load-r2>                            If FHIR R2 should be loaded, which version.
                                                   (e.g., 1.0.2 or latest)
  --load-r3 <load-r3>                            If FHIR R3 should be loaded, which version.
                                                   (e.g., 3.0.2 or latest)
  --load-r4 <load-r4>                            If FHIR R4 should be loaded, which version.
                                                   (e.g., 4.0.1 or latest)
  --load-r5 <load-r5>                            If FHIR R5 should be loaded, which version.
                                                   (e.g., 4.4.0 or latest)
  --language-options <language-options>          Language specific options, see documentation
                                                   for more details.
                                                   (e.g., CSharpBasic|namespace=myorg.fhir)
  --version                                      Show version information.
  -?, -h, --help                                 Show help and usage information.

Examples

  • Download and parse FHIR R4 (latest published version) into ./fhir, then build a TypeScript file in the current directory

    • fhir-codegen-cli --load-r4 latest --fhir-spec-directory ./fhir --language TypeScript --output-path ./R4.ts
  • Download and parse FHIR R4 (latest published version) into ./fhir, then build a TypeScript file in the current directory, restricted to just the Resources: Patient, Encounter, and Observation

    • fhir-codegen-cli --load-r4 latest --fhir-spec-directory ./fhir --language TypeScript --output-path ./R4.ts --export-keys Patient|Encounter|Observation
  • Download and parse the latest published version of each FHIR release into ./fhir, then build a C# file for each in ./cs

    • fhir-codegen-cli --load-r2 latest --load-r3 latest --load-r4 latest --load-r5 latest --fhir-spec-directory ./fhir --language CSharpBasic --output-path ./cs
  • Download and parse FHIR R4 (latest published version) into ./fhir, then build a C# file in the current directory using the namespace: MyOrg.MyProject.Fhir

    • fhir-codegen-cli --load-r4 latest --fhir-spec-directory ./fhir --language CSharpBasic --output-path ./cs/R4.cs --language-options CSharpBasic|namespace=MyOrg.MyProject.Fhir

Langauge Information

  • Info

    Basic text output of a version of FHIR for information and testing.

  • CSharpBasic

    Basic C# language bindings, useful for prototyping and small projects. Exported classes are able to serialize to and parse from FHIR JSON.

  • TypeScript

    Basic TypeScript bindings, useful for prototyping and small projects. Exported classes are able to serialize to and parse from FHIR JSON.

  • CSharpFirely EXPERIMENTAL

    Export base C# classes needed for the Firely-maintained C# API (FHIR-Net-API).

Testing

Running dotnet run -p src/fhir-codegen-test-cli/fhir-codegen-test-cli.csproj launches a full build and test.

It will generate updated CSharpBasic and TypeScript files for FHIR Versions DSTU2, STU3, R4, and R5 (May 2020). It will then run each through a build process (requires dotnet for C# and tsc for TypeScript) to validate there are no syntax errors in any of the generated files.

Note that this test takes several minutes to run.

Usage

fhir-codegen-test-cli:
  The FHIR CodeGen Test CLI.

Usage:
  fhir-codegen-test-cli [options]

Options:
  --repo-root-path <repo-root-path>    The path to the repository root (if not CWD).
  --verbose                            True to display all output
                                         (default: false)
  --fixed-format-statistics            True to output *only* test run statistics:
                                         #run[tab]#passed[tab]#failed[tab]#skipped
                                         (default: false)
  --errors-to-std-error                True to write errors to stderr instead of stdout.
                                         (default: False)
  --version                            Show version information
  -?, -h, --help                       Show help and usage information

Pre-Generated Files

The generated directory has static outputs for each of the supported versions of FHIR, in each of the supported languages.

Additional Documentation

The system is designed to allow developers to add additional languages to be exported. For more information, please see the documentation.

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com.

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This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact [email protected] with any additional questions or comments.

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