org.dicom4j.io
Class DicomReader

java.lang.Object
  org.dicom4j.io.DicomReader

Direct Known Subclasses:

CommandSetReader, DicomFileReader

public class DicomReader
extends Object

Class to read a DataSet from a stream or bytes

Since:

0.0.0

Author:

Laurent Lecomte

Constructor Summary

DicomReader(byte[] aBytes)
Creates a new DicomReader

DicomReader(InputStream aInputStream)
Creates a new DicomReader

Method Summary

void	close()
DicomDictionary	getDictionary()
ValueRepresentationFactory	getVrFactory()
void	read(DataSet dataSet, TransferSyntax transferSyntax) Read all data from the stream
void	read(DataSet dataSet, TransferSyntax aTransferSyntax, DicomTag aDataElementTag) Read all data from the stream until the specified tag is encountered.
void	setDictionary(DicomDictionary dictionary) to set the DicomDictionary to used when reading a file.
InputStream	setInputStream(InputStream stream)
void	setVrFactory(ValueRepresentationFactory vrFactory)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DicomReader

public DicomReader(byte[] aBytes)

Creates a new DicomReader

Parameters:

aBytes - the bytes to read from

DicomReader

public DicomReader(InputStream aInputStream)

Creates a new DicomReader

Parameters:

aInputStream - the stream to read from

Method Detail

close

public void close()

setInputStream

public InputStream setInputStream(InputStream stream)

read

public void read(DataSet dataSet,
                 TransferSyntax transferSyntax)
          throws IOException,
                 DicomException,
                 Exception

Read all data from the stream

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

Exception

read

public void read(DataSet dataSet,
                 TransferSyntax aTransferSyntax,
                 DicomTag aDataElementTag)
          throws IOException,
                 DicomException,
                 Exception

Read all data from the stream until the specified tag is encountered.

Parameters:

i - the stream to read from

aDataElementTag - the DataElementTag at which to stop

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

Exception

getDictionary

public DicomDictionary getDictionary()

Returns:

Since:

0.0.6

setDictionary

public void setDictionary(DicomDictionary dictionary)

to set the DicomDictionary to used when reading a file. Null can be provided is no dictionary should be used

Parameters:

dictionary -

Since:

0.0.6

getVrFactory

public ValueRepresentationFactory getVrFactory()

setVrFactory

public void setVrFactory(ValueRepresentationFactory vrFactory)