DcmCharString Class Reference

base class for DICOM elements with value representation LO, LT, PN, SH, ST, UT More...

Inheritance diagram for DcmCharString:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	DcmCharString (const DcmTag &tag, const Uint32 len)
	constructor.
	DcmCharString (const DcmCharString &old)
	copy constructor
virtual	~DcmCharString ()
	destructor
DcmCharString &	operator= (const DcmCharString &obj)
	assignment operator
virtual DcmObject *	clone () const
	clone method
virtual OFCondition	copyFrom (const DcmObject &rhs)
	Virtual object copying.
virtual OFBool	containsExtendedCharacters (const OFBool checkAllStrings=OFFalse)
	check if this element contains non-ASCII characters
virtual OFBool	isAffectedBySpecificCharacterSet () const
	check if this element is affected by SpecificCharacterSet

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Detailed Description

base class for DICOM elements with value representation LO, LT, PN, SH, ST, UT

Definition at line 53 of file dcchrstr.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

DcmCharString::DcmCharString	(	const DcmTag &	tag,
		const Uint32	len
	)

constructor.

Create new element from given tag and length.

Parameters:

	tag	DICOM tag for the new element
	len	value length for the new element

Referenced by clone().

DcmCharString::DcmCharString

(

const DcmCharString &

old

)

copy constructor

Parameters:

old

element to be copied

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Member Function Documentation

DcmCharString& DcmCharString::operator=

(

const DcmCharString &

obj

)

assignment operator

Parameters:

obj

element to be assigned/copied

Returns:

reference to this object

virtual DcmObject* DcmCharString::clone

(

)

const [inline, virtual]

clone method

Returns:

deep copy of this object

Reimplemented from DcmByteString.

Reimplemented in DcmLongString, DcmLongText, DcmPersonName, DcmShortString, DcmShortText, and DcmUnlimitedText.

Definition at line 85 of file dcchrstr.h.

References DcmCharString().

virtual OFCondition DcmCharString::copyFrom

(

const DcmObject &

rhs

)

[virtual]

Virtual object copying.

This method can be used for DcmObject and derived classes to get a deep copy of an object. Internally the assignment operator is called if the given DcmObject parameter is of the same type as "this" object instance. If not, an error is returned. This function permits copying an object by value in a virtual way which therefore is different to just calling the assignment operator of DcmElement which could result in slicing the object.

Parameters:

rhs

- [in] The instance to copy from. Has to be of the same class type as "this" object

Returns:

EC_Normal if copying was successful, error otherwise

Reimplemented from DcmByteString.

Reimplemented in DcmLongString, DcmLongText, DcmPersonName, DcmShortString, DcmShortText, and DcmUnlimitedText.

virtual OFBool DcmCharString::containsExtendedCharacters

(

const OFBool

checkAllStrings = OFFalse

)

[virtual]

check if this element contains non-ASCII characters

Parameters:

checkAllStrings

not used in this class

Returns:

true if element contains non-ASCII characters, false otherwise

Reimplemented from DcmByteString.

virtual OFBool DcmCharString::isAffectedBySpecificCharacterSet

(

)

const [virtual]

check if this element is affected by SpecificCharacterSet

Returns:

always returns true

Reimplemented from DcmByteString.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• dcmdata/include/dcmtk/dcmdata/dcchrstr.h

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