org.dicom4j.data.elements
Class UniqueIdentifier

java.lang.Object
  org.dicom4j.data.elements.support.DataElement
      org.dicom4j.data.elements.support.StringElement
          org.dicom4j.data.elements.UniqueIdentifier

public class UniqueIdentifier
extends StringElement

A concrete class specializing Attribute for Unique Identifier (UI) attributes.

Though an instance of this class may be created using its constructors, there is also a factory class, AttributeFactory.

Author:

dclunie

See Also:

DataElement, DataElementFactory

Constructor Summary

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

UniqueIdentifier(DicomTag t, long vl, DicomInputStream i)
Read an attribute from an input stream.

UniqueIdentifier(DicomTag t, String aValue)

Method Summary

ValueRepresentation	getValueRepresentation() Return the ValueRepresentation of this element
byte[]	getVR() Get the value representation of this attribute (UI).
void	setValue(String aValue)

Methods inherited from class org.dicom4j.data.elements.support.StringElement

addValue, clear, getPaddedVL, getStringValues, getValueLength, getValueMultiplicity, read, toString, write

Methods inherited from class org.dicom4j.data.elements.support.DataElement

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UniqueIdentifier

public UniqueIdentifier(DicomTag t)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

UniqueIdentifier

public UniqueIdentifier(DicomTag 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

UniqueIdentifier

public UniqueIdentifier(DicomTag t,
                        String aValue)

Method Detail

getValueRepresentation

public ValueRepresentation getValueRepresentation()

Description copied from class: DataElement

Return the ValueRepresentation of this element

Specified by:

getValueRepresentation in class DataElement

Returns:

the ValueRepresentation

getVR

public byte[] getVR()

Get the value representation of this attribute (UI).

Returns:

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

setValue

public void setValue(String aValue)

Overrides:

setValue in class StringElement