+ // else
+ // A root was specified use it to forge our new UID:
+ radical += "147.144.143.155"; // gdcm
+ radical += ".";
+ radical += Util::GetIPAddress();
+ radical += ".";
+ radical += Util::GetCurrentDate();
+ radical += ".";
+ radical += Util::GetCurrentTime();
+
+ return radical;
+}
+
+template <class T>
+std::ostream& binary_write(std::ostream& os, const T& val)
+{
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&val), sizeof val);
+}
+
+std::ostream& binary_write(std::ostream& os, const uint16_t& val)
+{
+#ifdef GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+ uint16_t swap;
+ swap = ((( val << 8 ) & 0x0ff00 ) | (( val >> 8 ) & 0x00ff ) );
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&swap), 2);
+#else
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&val), 2);
+#endif //GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+}
+
+std::ostream& binary_write(std::ostream& os, const uint32_t& val)
+{
+#ifdef GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+ uint32_t swap;
+ swap = ( ((val<<24) & 0xff000000) | ((val<<8) & 0x00ff0000) |
+ ((val>>8) & 0x0000ff00) | ((val>>24) & 0x000000ff) );
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&swap), 4);
+#else
+ return os.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&val), 4);
+#endif //GDCM_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+}
+
+std::ostream& binary_write(std::ostream& os, const char* val)
+{
+ return os.write(val, strlen(val));
+}
+
+std::ostream& binary_write(std::ostream& os, std::string const & val)
+{
+ return os.write(val.c_str(), val.size());
+}
+
+} // end namespace gdcm
+