org.dicom4j.data.elements
Class OtherWordString

java.lang.Object
  org.dicom4j.data.elements.support.DataElement
      org.dicom4j.data.elements.OtherWordString

public class OtherWordString
extends DataElement

Other Word String (OW) DataElement

Since:

0.0.0

Author:

Laurent Lecomte

Constructor Summary

OtherWordString(DicomTag t)
Construct an (empty) attribute.

Method Summary

short[]	getShortValues() Get the values of this attribute as a short array.
ValueRepresentation	getValueRepresentation() Return the value representation of this data element
byte[]	getVR() Deprecated. Get the value representation of this attribute (OW).
boolean	isAvailableAsString() used to check if the element's value can be available as a string.
void	read(DicomInputStream aStream, long aLength, SpecificCharacterSet aCharacterSet)
void	setValues(short[] v) Replace any existing values with the supplied array of short.
String	toString() 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 org.dicom4j.data.elements.support.DataElement

addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, clear, getByteValues, getDelimitedStringValues, getDelimitedStringValues, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDoubleValues, getDoubleValues, getFloatValues, getIntegerValues, getIntegerValues, getLongValues, getLongValues, getName, getOriginalStringValues, getPaddedVL, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValue, getSingleIntegerValue, getSingleIntegerValue, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValue, getSingleStringValue, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getTag, getValueLength, getValueMultiplicity, isGroupLength, isValid, read, removeValues, setValues, setValues

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OtherWordString

public OtherWordString(DicomTag t)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

Method Detail

getShortValues

public short[] getShortValues()
                       throws DicomException

Description copied from class: DataElement

Get the values of this attribute as a short array.

Overrides:

getShortValues in class DataElement

Returns:

the values as an array of short

Throws:

DicomException

getValueRepresentation

public ValueRepresentation getValueRepresentation()

Return the value representation of this data element

Specified by:

getValueRepresentation in class DataElement

Returns:

the value representation (OW)

getVR

public byte[] getVR()

Deprecated. Get the value representation of this attribute (OW).

Returns:

'O','W' in ASCII as a two byte array; see

isAvailableAsString

public boolean isAvailableAsString()

Description copied from class: DataElement

used to check if the element's value can be available as a string.
must be check before getSrtingxxx methods

Overrides:

isAvailableAsString in class DataElement

Returns:

true if value is available as a string

read

public void read(DicomInputStream aStream,
                 long aLength,
                 SpecificCharacterSet aCharacterSet)
          throws IOException,
                 DataElementException

Specified by:

read in class DataElement

Parameters:

vl -

i -

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

DataElementException

write

public void write(DicomOutputStream o)
           throws IOException,
                  DataElementException

Description copied from class: DataElement

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

Specified by:

write in class DataElement

Parameters:

o -

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

DataElementException

setValues

public void setValues(short[] v)
               throws DataElementException

Description copied from class: DataElement

Replace any existing values with the supplied array of short.

Overrides:

setValues in class DataElement

Parameters:

v -

Throws:

DicomException

DataElementException

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: DataElement

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

No new line is appended.

The result is of the form:

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

For example:

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

Overrides:

toString in class DataElement

Returns:

a single String value