com.pixelmed.dicom
Class FileMetaInformation

java.lang.Object
  com.pixelmed.dicom.FileMetaInformation

public class FileMetaInformation
extends Object

A class to abstract the contents of a file meta information header as used for a DICOM PS 3.10 file, with additional static methods to add to and extract from an existing list of attributes.

Constructor Summary

FileMetaInformation(String mediaStorageSOPClassUID, String mediaStorageSOPInstanceUID, String transferSyntaxUID, String sourceApplicationEntityTitle)
Construct an instance of the file meta information from the specified parameters.

Method Summary

static void	addFileMetaInformation(AttributeList list, String transferSyntaxUID, String sourceApplicationEntityTitle) Add the file meta information attributes to an existing list, extracting the known UIDs from that list, and adding the additional parameters supplied.
static void	addFileMetaInformation(AttributeList list, String mediaStorageSOPClassUID, String mediaStorageSOPInstanceUID, String transferSyntaxUID, String sourceApplicationEntityTitle) Add the file meta information attributes to an existing list, using only the parameters supplied.
AttributeList	getAttributeList() Get the attribute list in this instance of the file meat information.
static void	main(String[] arg) For testing.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileMetaInformation

public FileMetaInformation(String mediaStorageSOPClassUID,
                           String mediaStorageSOPInstanceUID,
                           String transferSyntaxUID,
                           String sourceApplicationEntityTitle)
                    throws DicomException

Construct an instance of the file meta information from the specified parameters.

Parameters:

mediaStorageSOPClassUID - the SOP Class UID of the dataset to which the file meta information will be prepended

mediaStorageSOPInstanceUID - the SOP Instance UID of the dataset to which the file meta information will be prepended

transferSyntaxUID - the transfer syntax UID that will be used to write the dataset

sourceApplicationEntityTitle - the source AE title of the dataset (may be null)

Throws:

DicomException

Method Detail

addFileMetaInformation

public static void addFileMetaInformation(AttributeList list,
                                          String mediaStorageSOPClassUID,
                                          String mediaStorageSOPInstanceUID,
                                          String transferSyntaxUID,
                                          String sourceApplicationEntityTitle)
                                   throws DicomException

Add the file meta information attributes to an existing list, using only the parameters supplied.

Note that the appropriate (mandatory) file meta information group length tag is also computed and added.

Parameters:

list - the list to be extended with file meta information attributes

mediaStorageSOPClassUID - the SOP Class UID of the dataset to which the file meta information will be prepended

mediaStorageSOPInstanceUID - the SOP Instance UID of the dataset to which the file meta information will be prepended

transferSyntaxUID - the transfer syntax UID that will be used to write the dataset

sourceApplicationEntityTitle - the source AE title of the dataset (may be null)

Throws:

DicomException

addFileMetaInformation

public static void addFileMetaInformation(AttributeList list,
                                          String transferSyntaxUID,
                                          String sourceApplicationEntityTitle)
                                   throws DicomException

Add the file meta information attributes to an existing list, extracting the known UIDs from that list, and adding the additional parameters supplied.

Parameters:

list - the list to be extended with file meta information attributes

transferSyntaxUID - the transfer syntax UID that will be used to write this list

sourceApplicationEntityTitle - the source AE title of the dataset in the list (may be null)

Throws:

DicomException

getAttributeList

public AttributeList getAttributeList()

Get the attribute list in this instance of the file meat information.

Returns:

the attribute list

main

public static void main(String[] arg)

For testing.

Generate a dummy file meta information header and test reading and writing it.

Parameters:

arg - ignored