From f6ae22c59c0de5429c8e44da390c35bffccc9aa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Lawley <michael.lawley@csiro.au>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:05:59 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] #517 Add fallback for for pre-CapabilityStatement STU3 client

---
 .../uhn/fhir/rest/client/RestfulClientFactory.java   | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/client/RestfulClientFactory.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/client/RestfulClientFactory.java
index d33cacc4f55..88ffbdb748a 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/client/RestfulClientFactory.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/client/RestfulClientFactory.java
@@ -287,7 +287,17 @@ public abstract class RestfulClientFactory implements IRestfulClientFactory {
 			}
 			
 			@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
-			Class implementingClass = myContext.getResourceDefinition(capabilityStatementResourceName).getImplementingClass();
+			Class implementingClass;
+			try {
+				implementingClass = myContext.getResourceDefinition(capabilityStatementResourceName).getImplementingClass();
+			} catch (DataFormatException e) {
+				if (!myContext.getVersion().getVersion().isOlderThan(FhirVersionEnum.DSTU3) {
+					capabilityStatementResourceName = "Conformance";
+					implementingClass = myContext.getResourceDefinition(capabilityStatementResourceName).getImplementingClass();
+				} else {
+					throw e;
+				}
+			}
 			try {
 				conformance = (IBaseResource) client.fetchConformance().ofType(implementingClass).execute();
 			} catch (FhirClientConnectionException e) {