com.pixelmed.dicom

Class DateAttribute

java.lang.Object

com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

com.pixelmed.dicom.DateAttribute

public class DateAttribute
extends StringAttribute

A concrete class specializing Attribute for Date (DT) 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
DateAttribute(AttributeTag t) Construct an (empty) attribute.
DateAttribute(AttributeTag t, long vl, DicomInputStream i) Read an attribute from an input stream.
DateAttribute(AttributeTag t, java.lang.Long vl, DicomInputStream i) Read an attribute from an input stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected boolean	allowRepairOfIncorrectLength()
protected boolean	allowRepairOfInvalidCharacterReplacement()
boolean	areValuesWellFormed()
protected char	getInvalidCharacterReplacement()
int	getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue()
byte[]	getVR() Get the value representation of this attribute (DA).
boolean	isCharacterInValueValid(int c)

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, areCharactersInValuesValid, areLengthsOfValuesValid, flushCachedCopies, getByteValues, getDoubleValues, getFloatValues, getIntegerValues, getLongValues, getOriginalStringValues, getPadByte, getPaddedVL, getShortValues, getSpecificCharacterSet, getStringValues, isValid, removeValues, repairValues, 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

DateAttribute

public DateAttribute(AttributeTag t)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

DateAttribute

public DateAttribute(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 error in DICOM encoding

DateAttribute

public DateAttribute(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 error in DICOM encoding

Method Detail

allowRepairOfIncorrectLength

protected final boolean allowRepairOfIncorrectLength()

Overrides:

allowRepairOfIncorrectLength in class StringAttribute

allowRepairOfInvalidCharacterReplacement

protected final boolean allowRepairOfInvalidCharacterReplacement()

Overrides:

allowRepairOfInvalidCharacterReplacement in class StringAttribute

areValuesWellFormed

public boolean areValuesWellFormed()
                            throws DicomException

Overrides:

areValuesWellFormed in class StringAttribute

Throws:

DicomException

getInvalidCharacterReplacement

protected char getInvalidCharacterReplacement()

Overrides:

getInvalidCharacterReplacement in class StringAttribute

getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue

public final int getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue()

Specified by:

getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue in class StringAttribute

getVR

public byte[] getVR()

Get the value representation of this attribute (DA).

Overrides:

getVR in class Attribute

Returns:

'D','A' 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