+ * \brief Creates a new UID. As stipulate in the DICOM ref
+ * each time a DICOM image is create it should have
+ * a unique identifier (URI)
+ * @param root is the DICOM prefix assigned by IOS group
+ */
+std::string Util::CreateUniqueUID(const std::string &root)
+{
+ std::string prefix;
+ std::string append;
+ if ( root.empty() )
+ {
+ // gdcm UID prefix, as supplied by http://www.medicalconnections.co.uk
+ prefix = RootUID;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ prefix = root;
+ }
+
+ // A root was specified use it to forge our new UID:
+ append += ".";
+ //append += Util::GetMACAddress(); // to save CPU time
+ append += Util::GDCM_MAC_ADRESS;
+ append += ".";
+ append += Util::GetCurrentDateTime();
+
+ //Also add a mini random number just in case:
+ char tmp[10];
+ int r = (int) (100.0*rand()/RAND_MAX);
+ // Don't use Util::Format to accelerate the execution
+ sprintf(tmp,"%02d", r);
+ append += tmp;
+
+ // If append is too long we need to rehash it
+ if ( (prefix + append).size() > 64 )
+ {
+ gdcmErrorMacro( "Size of UID is too long." );
+ // we need a hash function to truncate this number
+ // if only md5 was cross plateform
+ // MD5(append);
+ }
+
+ return prefix + append;
+}
+
+void Util::SetRootUID(const std::string &root)
+{
+ if ( root.empty() )
+ RootUID = GDCM_UID;
+ else
+ RootUID = root;
+}
+
+const std::string &Util::GetRootUID()
+{
+ return RootUID;
+}
+
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/**
+ * \brief binary_write binary_write
+ * @param os ostream to write to
+ * @param val val
+ */
+std::ostream &binary_write(std::ostream &os, const uint16_t &val)
+{
+#if defined(GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) || defined(GDCM_FORCE_BIGENDIAN_EMULATION)
+ uint16_t swap;
+ //swap = ((( val << 8 ) & 0xff00 ) | (( val >> 8 ) & 0x00ff ) );
+ //save CPU time
+ swap = ( val << 8 | val >> 8 );
+
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&swap), 2);
+#else
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&val), 2);
+#endif //GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief binary_write binary_write
+ * @param os ostream to write to
+ * @param val val
+ */
+std::ostream &binary_write(std::ostream &os, const uint32_t &val)
+{
+#if defined(GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) || defined(GDCM_FORCE_BIGENDIAN_EMULATION)
+ uint32_t swap;
+// swap = ( ((val<<24) & 0xff000000) | ((val<<8) & 0x00ff0000) |
+// ((val>>8) & 0x0000ff00) | ((val>>24) & 0x000000ff) );
+// save CPU time
+ swap = ( (val<<24) | ((val<<8) & 0x00ff0000) |
+ ((val>>8) & 0x0000ff00) | (val>>24) );
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&swap), 4);
+#else
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&val), 4);
+#endif //GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief binary_write binary_write
+ * @param os ostream to write to
+ * @param val val
+ */
+std::ostream &binary_write(std::ostream &os, const char *val)
+{
+ return os.write(val, strlen(val));
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief
+ * @param os ostream to write to
+ * @param val val
+ */
+std::ostream &binary_write(std::ostream &os, std::string const &val)
+{
+ return os.write(val.c_str(), val.size());
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief binary_write binary_write
+ * @param os ostream to write to
+ * @param val value
+ * @param len length of the 'value' to be written
+ */
+std::ostream &binary_write(std::ostream &os, const uint8_t *val, size_t len)
+{
+ // We are writting sizeof(char) thus no need to swap bytes
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(val), len);
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief binary_write binary_write
+ * @param os ostream to write to
+ * @param val val
+ * @param len length of the 'value' to be written
+ */
+std::ostream &binary_write(std::ostream &os, const uint16_t *val, size_t len)
+{
+// This is tricky since we are writting two bytes buffer.
+// Be carefull with little endian vs big endian.
+// Also this other trick is to allocate a small (efficient) buffer that store
+// intermediate result before writting it.
+#if defined(GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) || defined(GDCM_FORCE_BIGENDIAN_EMULATION)
+ const int BUFFER_SIZE = 4096;
+ static char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
+ uint16_t *binArea16 = (uint16_t*)val; //for the const
+
+ // how many BUFFER_SIZE long pieces in binArea ?
+ int nbPieces = len/BUFFER_SIZE; //(16 bits = 2 Bytes)
+ int remainingSize = len%BUFFER_SIZE;
+
+ for (int j=0;j<nbPieces;j++)
+ {
+ uint16_t *pbuffer = (uint16_t*)buffer; //reinitialize pbuffer
+ for (int i = 0; i < BUFFER_SIZE/2; i++)
+ {
+ *pbuffer = *binArea16 >> 8 | *binArea16 << 8;
+ pbuffer++;
+ binArea16++;
+ }
+ os.write ( buffer, BUFFER_SIZE );
+ }
+ if ( remainingSize > 0)
+ {
+ uint16_t *pbuffer = (uint16_t*)buffer; //reinitialize pbuffer
+ for (int i = 0; i < remainingSize/2; i++)
+ {
+ *pbuffer = *binArea16 >> 8 | *binArea16 << 8;
+ pbuffer++;
+ binArea16++;
+ }
+ os.write ( buffer, remainingSize );
+ }
+ return os;
+#else
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(val), len);
+#endif
+}
+
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Protected
+
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Private
+/**