com.pixelmed.dicom
Class DateTimeAttribute

java.lang.Object
  com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute
      com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute
          com.pixelmed.dicom.DateTimeAttribute

public class DateTimeAttribute
extends StringAttribute

A concrete class specializing Attribute for Date Time (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 inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

specificCharacterSet

Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

valueLength, valueMultiplicity

Constructor Summary

DateTimeAttribute(AttributeTag t)
Construct an (empty) attribute.

DateTimeAttribute(AttributeTag t, long vl, DicomInputStream i)
Read an attribute from an input stream.

DateTimeAttribute(AttributeTag t, Long vl, DicomInputStream i)
Read an attribute from an input stream.

Method Summary

static String	getFormattedString(Date date) Get a DICOM format DT String value from a Java Date.
byte[]	getVR() Get the value representation of this attribute (DT).

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

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

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateTimeAttribute

public DateTimeAttribute(AttributeTag t)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

DateTimeAttribute

public DateTimeAttribute(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

DateTimeAttribute

public DateTimeAttribute(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

getVR

public byte[] getVR()

Get the value representation of this attribute (DT).

Overrides:

getVR in class Attribute

Returns:

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

getFormattedString

public static String getFormattedString(Date date)

Get a DICOM format DT String value from a Java Date.

Parameters:

date - the date to format

Returns:

a DICOM formatted DT value