// Work around HAPI #224: TSComponentOne implementation of isEmpty is buggy
private static boolean isEmpty(Visitable v) throws HL7Exception {
if (v == null) return true;
if (v instanceof TSComponentOne) {
TSComponentOne tsc1 = (TSComponentOne) v;
return tsc1.getValue() == null || tsc1.getValue().isEmpty();
}
if (v instanceof Composite && v.getClass().getName().endsWith(".TS")) {
Composite ts = (Composite) v;
return isEmpty(ts.getComponent(0));
}
return v.isEmpty();
}
