loci.formats.dicom

Class DicomTag

java.lang.Object

loci.formats.dicom.DicomTag

public class DicomTag
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a complete DICOM tag, including the dictionary attribute, actual VR, value, and any "child" tags (in the case of a sequence).

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
DicomAttribute	attribute
private boolean	bigEndianTransferSyntax
java.util.List<DicomTag>	children
int	elementLength
java.lang.String	key
private boolean	oddLocations
DicomTag	parent
private long	start
int	tag
java.lang.Object	value
DicomVR	vr

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DicomTag(DicomAttribute attribute)
DicomTag(DicomAttribute attribute, DicomVR vr)
DicomTag(loci.common.RandomAccessInputStream in, boolean bigEndian, long location, boolean oddLocations) Read a complete tag and value from the given input stream.
DicomTag(loci.common.RandomAccessInputStream in, boolean bigEndian, long location, boolean oddLocations, boolean readValue) Read a complete tag and optionally a value from the given input stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getEndPointer() Get the file pointer at which the value ends (useful for sequences and byte streams).
private int	getLength(loci.common.RandomAccessInputStream in) Get the length of the next value in the given input stream.
private int	getNextTag(loci.common.RandomAccessInputStream in) Get the next 4 byte DICOM tag from the given input stream.
java.lang.Number	getNumberValue() Get a number representation of the current value, or null if not a number.
java.lang.String	getStringValue() Get a string representation of the current value.
long	getValueStartPointer() Get the file pointer at which the value starts (useful for sequences and byte streams).
DicomTag	lookupChild(DicomAttribute attr) Find the first child tag with the given attribute, or null if one does not exist.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

parent

public DicomTag parent

children

public java.util.List<DicomTag> children

tag

public int tag

attribute

public DicomAttribute attribute

vr

public DicomVR vr

key

public java.lang.String key

value

public java.lang.Object value

elementLength

public int elementLength

start

private long start

bigEndianTransferSyntax

private boolean bigEndianTransferSyntax

oddLocations

private boolean oddLocations

Constructor Detail

DicomTag

public DicomTag(DicomAttribute attribute)

DicomTag

public DicomTag(DicomAttribute attribute,
                DicomVR vr)

DicomTag

public DicomTag(loci.common.RandomAccessInputStream in,
                boolean bigEndian,
                long location,
                boolean oddLocations)
         throws FormatException,
                java.io.IOException

Read a complete tag and value from the given input stream.

Throws:

FormatException

java.io.IOException

DicomTag

public DicomTag(loci.common.RandomAccessInputStream in,
                boolean bigEndian,
                long location,
                boolean oddLocations,
                boolean readValue)
         throws FormatException,
                java.io.IOException

Read a complete tag and optionally a value from the given input stream.

Throws:

FormatException

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

getNextTag

private int getNextTag(loci.common.RandomAccessInputStream in)
                throws FormatException,
                       java.io.IOException

Get the next 4 byte DICOM tag from the given input stream.

Throws:

FormatException

java.io.IOException

getLength

private int getLength(loci.common.RandomAccessInputStream in)
               throws java.io.IOException

Get the length of the next value in the given input stream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getStringValue

public java.lang.String getStringValue()

Get a string representation of the current value.

getNumberValue

public java.lang.Number getNumberValue()

Get a number representation of the current value, or null if not a number.

getValueStartPointer

public long getValueStartPointer()

Get the file pointer at which the value starts (useful for sequences and byte streams).

getEndPointer

public long getEndPointer()

Get the file pointer at which the value ends (useful for sequences and byte streams).

lookupChild

public DicomTag lookupChild(DicomAttribute attr)

Find the first child tag with the given attribute, or null if one does not exist.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object