1 /*=========================================================================
4 Module: $RCSfile: gdcmValEntry.h,v $
6 Date: $Date: 2004/08/16 16:30:32 $
7 Version: $Revision: 1.20 $
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17 =========================================================================*/
19 #ifndef GDCMValEntry_H
20 #define GDCMValEntry_H
25 #include "gdcmDocEntry.h"
27 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
29 * \ingroup gdcmValEntry
30 * \brief The dicom header of a Dicom file contains a set of such entries
31 * (when successfuly parsed against a given Dicom dictionary)
33 class GDCM_EXPORT gdcmValEntry : public gdcmDocEntry
36 gdcmValEntry(gdcmDictEntry* e);
37 gdcmValEntry(gdcmDocEntry* d);
38 virtual ~gdcmValEntry();
40 /// \brief Returns the 'Value' (e.g. "Dupond Marcel") converted into a
41 /// 'string', if it's stored as an integer in the header of the
42 /// current Dicom Document Entry
43 std::string GetValue() { return Value; };
45 /// Sets the value (string) of the current Dicom Document Entry
46 void SetValue(std::string const & val) { Value = val; };
48 /// Sets the value (void *) of the current Dicom Document Entry
49 void SetVoidArea(void * val) { VoidArea = val; };
51 virtual void Print(std::ostream &os = std::cout);
52 virtual void Write(FILE *fp, FileType filetype);
55 /// \brief for 'non string' values. Will be move to gdcmBinEntry, later
56 void* VoidArea; // clean it out later
61 /// \brief Document Entry value, internaly represented as a std::string
62 /// The Value Representation (\ref gdcmVR) is independently used
63 /// in order to interpret (decode) this field.
67 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------