Package org.dcm4che.typeddicom.valuerepresentations

Interface UnlimitedCharactersWrapper

All Superinterfaces:

AttributesWrapper, BytesDataElementWrapper, DataElementWrapper, StringDataElementWrapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

DeviceAlternateIdentifier, GeneticModificationsDescription, LongCodeValue, PrivateDataElementKeyword, PrivateDataElementName, StrainDescription, XRayDetectorID, XRaySourceID

public interface UnlimitedCharactersWrapper
extends StringDataElementWrapper, BytesDataElementWrapper

Name: Unlimited Characters
Tag: UC
Definition:

A character string that may be of unlimited length that may be padded with trailing spaces. The character code 5CH (the BACKSLASH "\" in ISO-IR 6) shall not be present, as it is used as the delimiter between values in multi-valued data elements. The string shall not have Control Characters except for ESC.

Character Repertoire:

Default Character Repertoire and/or as defined by (0008,0005) excluding character code 5CH (the BACKSLASH "\" in ISO-IR 6), and all Control Characters except ESC when used for DICOM Standard Part 5 - biblio_ISOIEC2022 escape sequences.

Length of Value:

2³²-2 bytes maximum

See DICOM Standard Part 5 - note_6.2-3-2

See Also:

• DICOM Standard Part 5 - Unlimited Characters

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AttributesWrapper

copy, getAttributes, isEmpty

Methods inherited from interface org.dcm4che.typeddicom.valuerepresentations.BytesDataElementWrapper

getBytes, getSafeBytes, setBytes

Methods inherited from interface org.dcm4che.typeddicom.DataElementWrapper

exists, getTag, getValue, getValueRepresentation

Methods inherited from interface org.dcm4che.typeddicom.valuerepresentations.StringDataElementWrapper

getString, setString