Class OtherByteAttribute

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

public class OtherByteAttribute extends Attribute

A concrete class specializing Attribute for Other Byte (OB) attributes.

Though an instance of this class may be created using its constructors, there is also a factory class, AttributeFactory.

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  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • getPaddedVL

      public long getPaddedVL()
      Description copied from class: Attribute

      Get the value length of this attribute, accounting for the need for even-length padding.

      Overrides:
      getPaddedVL in class Attribute
      Returns:
      the value length (padded to an even length)
    • write

      public void write(DicomOutputStream o) throws DicomException, IOException
      Description copied from class: Attribute

      Write the entire attribute (including values) to the output stream.

      Specified by:
      write in class Attribute
      Parameters:
      o - the output stream
      Throws:
      DicomException - if error in DICOM encoding
      IOException - if an I/O error occurs
    • 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
    • addValue

      public void addValue(String v) throws DicomException
      Description copied from class: Attribute
      Add a(nother) String value after any existing values of this attribute.
      Overrides:
      addValue in class Attribute
      Parameters:
      v -
      Throws:
      DicomException
    • setValues

      public void setValues(byte[] v) throws DicomException
      Description copied from class: Attribute
      Replace any existing values with the supplied array of byte.
      Overrides:
      setValues in class Attribute
      Parameters:
      v -
      Throws:
      DicomException
    • setValues

      public void setValues(byte[] v, boolean big) throws DicomException
      Description copied from class: Attribute
      Replace any existing values with the supplied array of byte, accounting for byte ordering of values that are larger than one byte.
      Overrides:
      setValues in class Attribute
      Parameters:
      v -
      big -
      Throws:
      DicomException
    • getByteValues

      public byte[] getByteValues() throws DicomException
      Description copied from class: Attribute

      Get the values of this attribute as a byte array, if the values are byte order insensitive.

      Overrides:
      getByteValues in class Attribute
      Returns:
      the values as an array of bytes
      Throws:
      DicomException
    • getByteValues

      public byte[] getByteValues(boolean big) throws DicomException
      Description copied from class: Attribute

      Get the values of this attribute as a byte array, accounting for byte ordering of values that are larger than one byte.

      Overrides:
      getByteValues in class Attribute
      Parameters:
      big - whether or not to intepret the values larger than bytes as big endian or not
      Returns:
      the values as an array of bytes
      Throws:
      DicomException
    • 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
    • getVR

      public byte[] getVR()

      Get the value representation of this attribute (OB).

      Overrides:
      getVR in class Attribute
      Returns:
      'O','B' in ASCII as a two byte array; see ValueRepresentation