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

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static int	MAX_LENGTH_SINGLE_VALUE

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, Long vl, DicomInputStream i) Read an attribute from an input stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue()
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).
boolean	isCharacterInValueValid(int c)
static boolean	isCodingSchemeRelated(AttributeTag t)
static boolean	isPrivateNonTransient(AttributeTag t, AttributeList list)
static boolean	isPrivateRelated(AttributeTag t)
static boolean	isSOPClassRelated(AttributeTag t)
static boolean	isTransferSyntaxRelated(AttributeTag t)
static boolean	isTransient(AttributeTag t)
static boolean	isTransient(AttributeTag t, AttributeList list)
static boolean	isWellKnownRelated(AttributeTag t)
boolean	repairValues() Repair any existing values of this attribute to make them comply with standard VR requirements.

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, allowRepairOfIncorrectLength, allowRepairOfInvalidCharacterReplacement, areCharactersInValuesValid, areLengthsOfValuesValid, areValuesWellFormed, flushCachedCopies, getByteValues, getDoubleValues, getFloatValues, getIntegerValues, getInvalidCharacterReplacement, getLongValues, getOriginalStringValues, getPaddedVL, getShortValues, getSpecificCharacterSet, getStringValues, isValid, removeValues, setSpecificCharacterSet, toString, translateByteArrayToString, translateStringToByteArray, write

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

getByteValues, 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, getLengthOfEncodedValue, 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, setValues, setValues, setValues, toString, writeBase

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MAX_LENGTH_SINGLE_VALUE

protected static final int MAX_LENGTH_SINGLE_VALUE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

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 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:

IOException

DicomException

UniqueIdentifierAttribute

public UniqueIdentifierAttribute(AttributeTag t,
                                 Long vl,
                                 DicomInputStream i)
                          throws 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:

IOException

DicomException

Method Detail

getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue

public final int getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue()

Specified by:

getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue in class StringAttribute

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

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

isCharacterInValueValid

public final boolean isCharacterInValueValid(int c)
                                      throws DicomException

Overrides:

isCharacterInValueValid in class StringAttribute

Throws:

DicomException

isCodingSchemeRelated

public static boolean isCodingSchemeRelated(AttributeTag t)

isPrivateNonTransient

public static boolean isPrivateNonTransient(AttributeTag t,
                                            AttributeList list)

isPrivateRelated

public static boolean isPrivateRelated(AttributeTag t)

isSOPClassRelated

public static boolean isSOPClassRelated(AttributeTag t)

isTransferSyntaxRelated

public static boolean isTransferSyntaxRelated(AttributeTag t)

isTransient

public static boolean isTransient(AttributeTag t)

isTransient

public static boolean isTransient(AttributeTag t,
                                  AttributeList list)

isWellKnownRelated

public static boolean isWellKnownRelated(AttributeTag t)

repairValues

public boolean repairValues()
                     throws DicomException

Description copied from class: Attribute

Repair any existing values of this attribute to make them comply with standard VR requirements. E.g., truncate them if they are too long. N.B., Not all types of attribute support repair.

Overrides:

repairValues in class StringAttribute

Returns:

true if successfully repaired or was already valid

Throws:

DicomException - if error in DICOM value extraction