com.archimed.dicom

Class UID

java.lang.Object

com.archimed.dicom.UID

Direct Known Subclasses:

MetaSOPClass, SOPClass, SOPInstance, TransferSyntax

public class UID
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains a repository of all registered DICOM uids. The different constants included can be found in TransferSyntax, SOPClass, MetaSOPClass and SOPInstance (depending on their type). DICOMApplicationContextName is found here.

See Also:

UIDEntry

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	DICOMApplicationContextName
static int	DICOMControlledTerminology
static int	UnknownUID

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UID()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static UIDEntry	getUIDEntry(int i) Returns a UIDEntry for a given constant.
static UIDEntry	getUIDEntry(java.lang.String value) Returns a UIDEntry for a given UID value.
static UIDEntry	getUIDEntryForShortName(java.lang.String shortName) Returns a UIDEntry for a given short code.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

UnknownUID

public static final int UnknownUID

See Also:

Constant Field Values

DICOMApplicationContextName

public static final int DICOMApplicationContextName

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Constant Field Values

DICOMControlledTerminology

public static final int DICOMControlledTerminology

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

UID

public UID()

Method Detail

getUIDEntry

public static UIDEntry getUIDEntry(int i)
                            throws IllegalValueException

Returns a UIDEntry for a given constant.

Throws:

IllegalValueException

getUIDEntry

public static UIDEntry getUIDEntry(java.lang.String value)
                            throws UnknownUIDException

Returns a UIDEntry for a given UID value. Example: getUIDEntry("1.2.840.10008.1.2") returns the UIDEntry for Implicit VR Little Endian TransferSyntax.

Throws:

UnknownUIDException

getUIDEntryForShortName

public static UIDEntry getUIDEntryForShortName(java.lang.String shortName)
                                        throws UnknownUIDException

Returns a UIDEntry for a given short code. Example: getUIDEntry("SC") returns the UIDEntry for Secondary Capture Image Storage SOP Class.
Use this method with caution, because not all short codes are unique.

Parameters:

shortName - the shortName

Throws:

UnknownUIDException - when no UIDEntry is found for the specified shortname