org.dicom4j.network.protocoldataunit.items.support
Class AbstractProtocolDataUnitItem

java.lang.Object
  org.dicom4j.network.protocoldataunit.support.ProtocolDataUnit
      org.dicom4j.network.protocoldataunit.items.support.AbstractProtocolDataUnitItem

All Implemented Interfaces:

ProtocolDataUnitItem, ProtocolDataUnit

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractSyntaxItem, ApplicationContextItem, TransferSyntaxItem

public abstract class AbstractProtocolDataUnitItem
extends ProtocolDataUnit
implements ProtocolDataUnitItem

base class of all ITEMS PDU

Since:

0.0.0

Author:

Laurent Lecomte

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.dicom4j.network.protocoldataunit.support.ProtocolDataUnit

ProtocolDataUnit.Types

Method Summary

int	getLength() Return the number of bytes of the item
String	getValue()
void	read(BinaryInputStream aStream, int aLength) Read the Protocol Data Unit from a stream
void	setValue(String aValue)
String	toString() the ProtocolDataUnit as a string
void	write(BinaryOutputStream aStream) Write the Protocol Data Unit to a stream

Methods inherited from class org.dicom4j.network.protocoldataunit.support.ProtocolDataUnit

checkStream, getName, getSopClassRegistry, getType, setSopClassRegistry, toBytes, typetoString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getLength

public int getLength()

Return the number of bytes of the item

Specified by:

getLength in interface ProtocolDataUnit

Specified by:

getLength in class ProtocolDataUnit

Returns:

Number of bytes

getValue

public String getValue()

read

public void read(BinaryInputStream aStream,
                 int aLength)
          throws DicomException,
                 IOException

Description copied from class: ProtocolDataUnit

Read the Protocol Data Unit from a stream

Specified by:

read in class ProtocolDataUnit

Throws:

DicomException

IOException

setValue

public void setValue(String aValue)

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: ProtocolDataUnit

the ProtocolDataUnit as a string

Specified by:

toString in interface ProtocolDataUnit

Overrides:

toString in class ProtocolDataUnit

Returns:

ProtocolDataUnit as string

write

public void write(BinaryOutputStream aStream)
           throws DicomException,
                  IOException

Description copied from class: ProtocolDataUnit

Write the Protocol Data Unit to a stream

Specified by:

write in class ProtocolDataUnit

Throws:

DicomException

IOException