com.pixelmed.dicom

Class UniqueIdentifierAttribute

java.lang.Object

com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

com.pixelmed.dicom.UniqueIdentifierAttribute

public class UniqueIdentifierAttribute
extends StringAttribute

A concrete class specializing Attribute for Unique Identifier (UI) attributes.

Though an instance of this class may be created using its constructors, there is also a factory class, AttributeFactory.

See Also:

Attribute, AttributeFactory, AttributeList

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

specificCharacterSet

Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

valueLength, valueMultiplicity

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UniqueIdentifierAttribute(AttributeTag t) Construct an (empty) attribute.
UniqueIdentifierAttribute(AttributeTag t, long vl, DicomInputStream i) Read an attribute from an input stream.
UniqueIdentifierAttribute(AttributeTag t, java.lang.Long vl, DicomInputStream i) Read an attribute from an input stream.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected byte	getPadByte() Get the appropriate (0X00) byte for padding UIDS to an even length.
byte[]	getVR() Get the value representation of this attribute (UI).
static boolean	isCodingSchemeRelated(AttributeTag t)
static boolean	isPrivateRelated(AttributeTag t)
static boolean	isSOPClassRelated(AttributeTag t)
static boolean	isTransferSyntaxRelated(AttributeTag t)
static boolean	isTransient(AttributeTag t)

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, getByteValues, getDoubleValues, getFloatValues, getIntegerValues, getLongValues, getOriginalStringValues, getPaddedVL, getShortValues, getSpecificCharacterSet, getStringValues, removeValues, setSpecificCharacterSet, toString, translateByteArrayToString, translateStringToByteArray, write

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDoubleValues, getDoubleValues, getElement, getFloatValues, getFloatValues, getGroup, getIntegerValues, getIntegerValues, getLongValues, getLongValues, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getTag, getVL, getVM, getVRAsString, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValues, setValues, setValues, setValues, toString, writeBase

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UniqueIdentifierAttribute

public UniqueIdentifierAttribute(AttributeTag t)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

UniqueIdentifierAttribute

public UniqueIdentifierAttribute(AttributeTag t,
                         long vl,
                         DicomInputStream i)
                          throws java.io.IOException,
                                 DicomException

Read an attribute from an input stream.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

vl - the value length of the attribute

i - the input stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException

DicomException

UniqueIdentifierAttribute

public UniqueIdentifierAttribute(AttributeTag t,
                         java.lang.Long vl,
                         DicomInputStream i)
                          throws java.io.IOException,
                                 DicomException

Read an attribute from an input stream.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

vl - the value length of the attribute

i - the input stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException

DicomException

Method Detail

getVR

public byte[] getVR()

Get the value representation of this attribute (UI).

Overrides:

getVR in class Attribute

Returns:

'U','I' in ASCII as a two byte array; see ValueRepresentation

getPadByte

protected byte getPadByte()

Get the appropriate (0X00) byte for padding UIDS to an even length.

Overrides:

getPadByte in class StringAttribute

Returns:

the byte pad value appropriate to the VR

isSOPClassRelated

public static boolean isSOPClassRelated(AttributeTag t)

isTransferSyntaxRelated

public static boolean isTransferSyntaxRelated(AttributeTag t)

isCodingSchemeRelated

public static boolean isCodingSchemeRelated(AttributeTag t)

isPrivateRelated

public static boolean isPrivateRelated(AttributeTag t)

isTransient

public static boolean isTransient(AttributeTag t)