com.pixelmed.dicom

Class AgeStringAttribute

java.lang.Object

com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

com.pixelmed.dicom.AgeStringAttribute

public class AgeStringAttribute
extends StringAttribute

A concrete class specializing Attribute for Age String (AS) 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
AgeStringAttribute(AttributeTag t) Construct an (empty) attribute.
AgeStringAttribute(AttributeTag t, long vl, DicomInputStream i) Read an attribute from an input stream.
AgeStringAttribute(AttributeTag t, java.lang.Long vl, DicomInputStream i) Read an attribute from an input stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	areValuesWellFormed()
int	getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue()
byte[]	getVR() Get the value representation of this attribute (AS).
boolean	isCharacterInValueValid(int c)
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, flushCachedCopies, getByteValues, getDoubleValues, getFloatValues, getIntegerValues, getInvalidCharacterReplacement, getLongValues, getOriginalStringValues, getPadByte, 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

AgeStringAttribute

public AgeStringAttribute(AttributeTag t)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

AgeStringAttribute

public AgeStringAttribute(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 - if an I/O error occurs

DicomException - if a DICOM parsing error occurs

AgeStringAttribute

public AgeStringAttribute(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 - if an I/O error occurs

DicomException - if a DICOM parsing error occurs

Method Detail

areValuesWellFormed

public boolean areValuesWellFormed()
                            throws DicomException

Overrides:

areValuesWellFormed in class StringAttribute

Throws:

DicomException

getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue

public final int getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue()

Specified by:

getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue in class StringAttribute

getVR

public byte[] getVR()

Get the value representation of this attribute (AS).

Overrides:

getVR in class Attribute

Returns:

'A','S' 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

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