com.pixelmed.dicom

Class UnlimitedTextAttribute

java.lang.Object

com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

com.pixelmed.dicom.TextAttribute

com.pixelmed.dicom.UnlimitedTextAttribute

public class UnlimitedTextAttribute
extends TextAttribute

A concrete class specializing Attribute for Unlimited Text (UT) 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_ENTIRE_VALUE

Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.TextAttribute

specificCharacterSet

Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

valueLength, valueMultiplicity

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UnlimitedTextAttribute(AttributeTag t) Construct an (empty) attribute.
UnlimitedTextAttribute(AttributeTag t, long vl, DicomInputStream i, SpecificCharacterSet specificCharacterSet) Read an attribute from an input stream.
UnlimitedTextAttribute(AttributeTag t, Long vl, DicomInputStream i, SpecificCharacterSet specificCharacterSet) Read an attribute from an input stream.
UnlimitedTextAttribute(AttributeTag t, SpecificCharacterSet specificCharacterSet) Construct an (empty) attribute.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getMaximumLengthOfEntireValue()
byte[]	getVR() Get the value representation of this attribute (UT).

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.TextAttribute

addValue, getByteValues, getPaddedVL, getStringValues, isValid, removeValues, repairValues, toString, translateByteArrayToString, translateStringToByteArray, write

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, getByteValues, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDoubleValues, getDoubleValues, getDoubleValues, getElement, getFloatValues, getFloatValues, getFloatValues, getGroup, getIntegerValues, getIntegerValues, getIntegerValues, getLengthOfEncodedValue, getLongValues, getLongValues, getLongValues, getOriginalStringValues, getShortValues, 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_ENTIRE_VALUE

protected static final int MAX_LENGTH_ENTIRE_VALUE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

UnlimitedTextAttribute

public UnlimitedTextAttribute(AttributeTag t)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

UnlimitedTextAttribute

public UnlimitedTextAttribute(AttributeTag t,
                              long vl,
                              DicomInputStream i,
                              SpecificCharacterSet specificCharacterSet)
                       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

specificCharacterSet - the character set to be used for the text

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

UnlimitedTextAttribute

public UnlimitedTextAttribute(AttributeTag t,
                              Long vl,
                              DicomInputStream i,
                              SpecificCharacterSet specificCharacterSet)
                       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

specificCharacterSet - the character set to be used for the text

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

UnlimitedTextAttribute

public UnlimitedTextAttribute(AttributeTag t,
                              SpecificCharacterSet specificCharacterSet)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

specificCharacterSet - the character set to be used for the text

Method Detail

getMaximumLengthOfEntireValue

public final int getMaximumLengthOfEntireValue()

Specified by:

getMaximumLengthOfEntireValue in class TextAttribute

getVR

public byte[] getVR()

Get the value representation of this attribute (UT).

Overrides:

getVR in class Attribute

Returns:

'U','T' in ASCII as a two byte array; see ValueRepresentation