com.pixelmed.dicom

Class ShortStringAttribute

java.lang.Object

com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttributeAffectedBySpecificCharacterSet

com.pixelmed.dicom.ShortStringAttribute

public class ShortStringAttribute
extends StringAttributeAffectedBySpecificCharacterSet

A concrete class specializing Attribute for Short String (SH) 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
ShortStringAttribute(AttributeTag t) Construct an (empty) attribute.
ShortStringAttribute(AttributeTag t, long vl, DicomInputStream i, SpecificCharacterSet specificCharacterSet) Read an attribute from an input stream.
ShortStringAttribute(AttributeTag t, java.lang.Long vl, DicomInputStream i, SpecificCharacterSet specificCharacterSet) Read an attribute from an input stream.
ShortStringAttribute(AttributeTag t, SpecificCharacterSet specificCharacterSet) Construct an (empty) attribute.

Method Summary

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

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, getPadByte, getPaddedVL, getShortValues, getSpecificCharacterSet, getStringValues, isCharacterInValueValid, 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

ShortStringAttribute

public ShortStringAttribute(AttributeTag t)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

ShortStringAttribute

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

specificCharacterSet - the character set to be used for the text

Throws:

java.io.IOException

DicomException

ShortStringAttribute

public ShortStringAttribute(AttributeTag t,
                            java.lang.Long vl,
                            DicomInputStream i,
                            SpecificCharacterSet specificCharacterSet)
                     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

specificCharacterSet - the character set to be used for the text

Throws:

java.io.IOException

DicomException

ShortStringAttribute

public ShortStringAttribute(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

getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue

public final int getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue()

Specified by:

getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue in class StringAttribute

getVR

public byte[] getVR()

Get the value representation of this attribute (SH).

Overrides:

getVR in class Attribute

Returns:

'S','H' in ASCII as a two byte array; see ValueRepresentation