Package org.dcm4che.typeddicom.dataelements

Class ValueType

java.lang.Object

org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AbstractAttributesWrapper

org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AbstractDataElementWrapper

org.dcm4che.typeddicom.dataelements.ValueType

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributesWrapper, DataElementWrapper, BytesDataElementWrapper, CodeStringWrapper, StringDataElementWrapper

public class ValueType
extends AbstractDataElementWrapper
implements CodeStringWrapper

Name: Value Type
Keyword: ValueType
Tag: (0040,A040)
Value Representation: CS
Value Multiplicity: 1

• Described in the contexts:
  • Encapsulated Document Module > Value Type
  as follows:
  Attribute Name: Value Type
  Type: 1C
  Attribute Description:

  The type of the value encoded in this Content Item.

  Enumerated Values:

  CONTAINER

  Required if Content Sequence (0040,A730) is present

  
  
• Described in the contexts:
  • Document Content Macro > Value Type
  as follows:
  Attribute Name: Value Type
  Type: 1
  Attribute Description:

  The type of the value encoded in this Content Item.

  Enumerated Values:

  TEXT

  NUM

  CODE

  DATE

  TIME

  DATETIME

  UIDREF

  PNAME

  COMPOSITE

  IMAGE

  WAVEFORM

  SCOORD

  SCOORD3D

  TCOORD

  CONTAINER

  TABLE

  See DICOM Standard Part 3 - Section C.17.3.2.1 for further explanation.

  
  
• Described in the contexts:
  • Content Item Macro Description > Value Type
  as follows:
  Attribute Name: Value Type
  Type: 1
  Attribute Description:

  The type of the value encoded in this name-value Item.

  Enumerated Values:

  DATE

  TIME

  DATETIME

  PNAME

  UIDREF

  TEXT

  CODE

  NUMERIC

  COMPOSITE

  IMAGE

  WAVEFORM

  
  

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static interface	ValueType.Builder<SELF extends ValueType.Builder<SELF,T>,T extends ValueType.Holder>
static interface	ValueType.Holder	A class implementing this interface can hold attributes which contain the DICOM tag "Value Type" (see ValueType)

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.dcm4che.typeddicom.valuerepresentations.CodeStringWrapper

CodeStringWrapper.Setter<B extends Builder<B,? extends AttributesWrapper>,D extends CodeStringWrapper>

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final int	TAG	The DICOM Tag associated with this class.
static final org.dcm4che3.data.VR	VALUE_REPRESENTATION	The DICOM Value Representation (VR) associated with this class.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ValueType()	Creates a new Value Type object which wraps a new and empty Attributes object.
ValueType(org.dcm4che3.data.Attributes attributes)	Creates a new Value Type object which wraps the provided attributes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ValueType	copy()	Returns a new Value Type which wraps a copy of the Attributes wrapped in this Value Type.
int	getTag()
org.dcm4che3.data.VR	getValueRepresentation()

Methods inherited from class org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AbstractDataElementWrapper

equals, exists, getValue, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AbstractAttributesWrapper

getAttributes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

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, getValue

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

getString, setString

Field Details

TAG

public static final int TAG

The DICOM Tag associated with this class.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

VALUE_REPRESENTATION

public static final org.dcm4che3.data.VR VALUE_REPRESENTATION

The DICOM Value Representation (VR) associated with this class.

Constructor Details

ValueType

public ValueType(org.dcm4che3.data.Attributes attributes)

Creates a new Value Type object which wraps the provided attributes.

Parameters:

attributes - The Attributes object to be wrapped.

ValueType

public ValueType()

Creates a new Value Type object which wraps a new and empty Attributes object.

Method Details

copy

public ValueType copy()

Returns a new Value Type which wraps a copy of the Attributes wrapped in this Value Type. (see Attributes(Attributes)

Returns:

a new Value Type which wraps a copy of the Attributes wrapped in this Value Type.

getValueRepresentation

public org.dcm4che3.data.VR getValueRepresentation()

Specified by:

getValueRepresentation in interface DataElementWrapper

Returns:

The DICOM Value Representation (VR) of the wrapped DICOM sequence.

getTag

public int getTag()

Specified by:

getTag in interface DataElementWrapper

Returns:

The DICOM Tag of the wrapped DICOM sequence.