com.pixelmed.dicom
Class UnknownAttribute

java.lang.Object
  com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute
      com.pixelmed.dicom.UnknownAttribute

public class UnknownAttribute
extends Attribute

A concrete class specializing Attribute for Unknown (UN) 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.Attribute

valueLength, valueMultiplicity

Constructor Summary

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

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

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

Method Summary

byte[]	getVR() Get the value representation of this attribute (UN).
void	removeValues() Remove any existing values, making the attribute empty (zero length).
String	toString(DicomDictionary dictionary) Dump the contents of the attribute as a human-readable string.
void	write(DicomOutputStream o) Write the entire attribute (including values) to the output stream.

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, getByteValues, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDoubleValues, getDoubleValues, getElement, getFloatValues, getGroup, getIntegerValues, getIntegerValues, getLongValues, getLongValues, getOriginalStringValues, getPaddedVL, getShortValues, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getStringValues, 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

UnknownAttribute

public UnknownAttribute(AttributeTag t)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

UnknownAttribute

public UnknownAttribute(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

UnknownAttribute

public UnknownAttribute(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

write

public void write(DicomOutputStream o)
           throws DicomException,
                  IOException

Description copied from class: Attribute

Write the entire attribute (including values) to the output stream.

Specified by:

write in class Attribute

Parameters:

o -

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

toString

public String toString(DicomDictionary dictionary)

Description copied from class: Attribute

Dump the contents of the attribute as a human-readable string.

No new line is appended.

The result is of the form:

 (0xgggg,0xeeee) Name VR=<XX> VL=<0xnnnn> <...>
 

For example:

 (0x0018,0x0020) ScanningSequence VR=<CS> VL=<0x2> <GR>
 

Overrides:

toString in class Attribute

Parameters:

dictionary - the dictionary to use to look up the name

Returns:

a single String value

removeValues

public void removeValues()

Description copied from class: Attribute

Remove any existing values, making the attribute empty (zero length).

Specified by:

removeValues in class Attribute

Throws:

DicomException

getVR

public byte[] getVR()

Get the value representation of this attribute (UN).

Overrides:

getVR in class Attribute

Returns:

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