com.pixelmed.dicom
Class OtherAttributeOnDisk

java.lang.Object
  com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute
      com.pixelmed.dicom.OtherAttributeOnDisk

Direct Known Subclasses:

OtherByteAttributeOnDisk, OtherWordAttributeOnDisk

public abstract class OtherAttributeOnDisk
extends Attribute

An abstract class specializing Attribute for Other (OB or OW) attributes whose values are not memory resident.

Used as a base class for OtherByteAttributeOnDisk and OtherWordAttributeOnDisk.

See Also:

Attribute, AttributeFactory, AttributeList, OtherByteAttributeOnDisk, OtherWordAttributeOnDisk

Field Summary

protected long	byteOffset
protected File	file

Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

valueLength, valueMultiplicity

Constructor Summary

OtherAttributeOnDisk(AttributeTag t)
Construct an (empty) attribute.

OtherAttributeOnDisk(AttributeTag t, long vl, DicomInputStream i, long byteOffset)
Read an attribute from an input stream.

OtherAttributeOnDisk(AttributeTag t, Long vl, DicomInputStream i, Long byteOffset)
Read an attribute from an input stream.

Method Summary

long	getByteOffset()
File	getFile()
void	removeValues() Remove any existing values, making the attribute empty (zero length).
void	setFile(File file) Change the file containing the data, for example if it has been renamed.
String	toString(DicomDictionary dictionary) Dump the contents of the attribute as a human-readable string.

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, getByteValues, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDoubleValues, getDoubleValues, getDoubleValues, getElement, getFloatValues, getFloatValues, getFloatValues, getGroup, getIntegerValues, getIntegerValues, getIntegerValues, getLongValues, getLongValues, getLongValues, getOriginalStringValues, getPaddedVL, getShortValues, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getTag, getVL, getVM, getVR, getVRAsString, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValues, setValues, setValues, setValues, toString, write, writeBase

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

byteOffset

protected long byteOffset

file

protected File file

Constructor Detail

OtherAttributeOnDisk

public OtherAttributeOnDisk(AttributeTag t)

Construct an (empty) attribute.

Parameters:

t - the tag of the attribute

OtherAttributeOnDisk

public OtherAttributeOnDisk(AttributeTag t,
                            long vl,
                            DicomInputStream i,
                            long byteOffset)
                     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

byteOffset - the byte offset in the input stream of the start of the data

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

OtherAttributeOnDisk

public OtherAttributeOnDisk(AttributeTag t,
                            Long vl,
                            DicomInputStream i,
                            Long byteOffset)
                     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

byteOffset - the byte offset in the input stream of the start of the data

Throws:

IOException

DicomException

Method Detail

toString

public String toString(DicomDictionary dictionary)

Description copied from class: Attribute

Dump the contents of the attribute as a human-readable string.

No new line is appended.

The result is of the form:

 (0xgggg,0xeeee) Name VR=<XX> VL=<0xnnnn> <...>
 

For example:

 (0x0018,0x0020) ScanningSequence VR=<CS> VL=<0x2> <GR>
 

Overrides:

toString in class Attribute

Parameters:

dictionary - the dictionary to use to look up the name

Returns:

a single String value

getByteOffset

public long getByteOffset()

Returns:

the offset from the start of the object in bytes

getFile

public File getFile()

Returns:

the file containing the data

setFile

public void setFile(File file)

Change the file containing the data, for example if it has been renamed.

Parameters:

file - the new file containing the data

removeValues

public void removeValues()

Description copied from class: Attribute

Remove any existing values, making the attribute empty (zero length).

Specified by:

removeValues in class Attribute

Throws:

DicomException