org.dicom4j.io.file
Class DicomFileReader

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

public class DicomFileReader
extends DicomReader

A specialized DicomReader to read DICOM Files.

This class add specialized methods to manage theFileMetaInformation

Since:

0.0.0

Author:

Laurent Lecomte

Constructor Summary

DicomFileReader(byte[] aBytes)
Creates a new DicomReader

DicomFileReader(File aFile)
Creates a new DicomFileReader

DicomFileReader(InputStream aInputStream)
Creates a new DicomReader

DicomFileReader(String aPathName)
Creates a new DicomFileReader

Method Summary

TransferSyntaxFactory	getTsFactory()
boolean	hasFileMetaInformation() return true if the stream contains FileMetaInformation
void	readFile(FileMetaInformation aFileMetaInformation, DataSet aDataSet) Read the FileMetaInformation and the DataSet of a DICOM File.
void	readFileMetaInformation(FileMetaInformation aFileMetaInformation) Read the FileMetaInformation of a DICOM File.
void	setTsFactory(TransferSyntaxFactory tsFactory)

Methods inherited from class org.dicom4j.io.DicomReader

close, getDictionary, getVrFactory, read, read, setDictionary, setInputStream, setVrFactory

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DicomFileReader

public DicomFileReader(byte[] aBytes)

Creates a new DicomReader

Parameters:

aBytes - the bytes to read from

DicomFileReader

public DicomFileReader(File aFile)
                throws FileNotFoundException

Creates a new DicomFileReader

Parameters:

File - the file to read

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

DicomFileReader

public DicomFileReader(InputStream aInputStream)

Creates a new DicomReader

Parameters:

aInputStream - the stream to read from

DicomFileReader

public DicomFileReader(String aPathName)
                throws FileNotFoundException

Creates a new DicomFileReader

Parameters:

aPathName - the pathname of the file to read

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

Method Detail

hasFileMetaInformation

public boolean hasFileMetaInformation()
                               throws IOException,
                                      DicomException

return true if the stream contains FileMetaInformation

Returns:

true if have FileMetaInformation

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

readFile

public void readFile(FileMetaInformation aFileMetaInformation,
                     DataSet aDataSet)
              throws IOException,
                     DicomException,
                     Exception

Read the FileMetaInformation and the DataSet of a DICOM File.
The TransferSyntax to use for the DataSet will depend of the FileMetaInformation. before reading FileMetaInformation and DataSet are cleared

Parameters:

aFileMetaInformation - the FileMetaInformation where to add read data (can be null)

aDataSet - the DataSet where to add read data

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

Exception

readFileMetaInformation

public void readFileMetaInformation(FileMetaInformation aFileMetaInformation)
                             throws IOException,
                                    DicomException,
                                    Exception

Read the FileMetaInformation of a DICOM File.
the Stream is always rewinded after the reading

Parameters:

aFileMetaInformation - the FileMetaInformation where to add read data

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

Exception

getTsFactory

public TransferSyntaxFactory getTsFactory()

setTsFactory

public void setTsFactory(TransferSyntaxFactory tsFactory)