Package org.dcm4che.typeddicom.dataelements

Class PatientComments

java.lang.Object

org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AbstractAttributesWrapper

org.dcm4che.typeddicom.AbstractDataElementWrapper

org.dcm4che.typeddicom.dataelements.PatientComments

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributesWrapper, DataElementWrapper, BytesDataElementWrapper, LongTextWrapper, StringDataElementWrapper

public class PatientComments
extends AbstractDataElementWrapper
implements LongTextWrapper

Name: Patient Comments
Keyword: PatientComments
Tag: (0010,4000)
Value Representation: LT
Value Multiplicity: 1

• Described in the contexts:
  • Patient Module > Patient Comments
  as follows:
  Attribute Name: Patient Comments
  Type: 3
  Attribute Description:

  User-defined additional information about the Patient.

  
  
• Described in the contexts:
  • Patient Demographic Module > Patient Comments
  as follows:
  Attribute Name: Patient Comments
  Type:
  Attribute Description:

  User-defined comments about the Patient

  
  

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

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

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

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

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final int	TAG	The DICOM Tag associated with this class.

Fields inherited from interface org.dcm4che.typeddicom.valuerepresentations.LongTextWrapper

VALUE_REPRESENTATION

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PatientComments()	Creates a new Patient Comments object which wraps a new and empty Attributes object.
PatientComments(org.dcm4che3.data.Attributes attributes)	Creates a new Patient Comments object which wraps the provided attributes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PatientComments	copy()	Returns a new Patient Comments which wraps a copy of the Attributes wrapped in this Patient Comments.
int	getTag()

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, getPrivateCreator, getValue

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

getValueRepresentation

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

Constructor Details

PatientComments

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

Creates a new Patient Comments object which wraps the provided attributes.

Parameters:

attributes - The Attributes object to be wrapped.

PatientComments

public PatientComments()

Creates a new Patient Comments object which wraps a new and empty Attributes object.

Method Details

copy

public PatientComments copy()

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

Returns:

a new Patient Comments which wraps a copy of the Attributes wrapped in this Patient Comments.

getTag

public int getTag()

Specified by:

getTag in interface DataElementWrapper

Returns:

The DICOM Tag of the wrapped DICOM attributes.