+ static std::string GetCurrentDate();
+ static std::string GetCurrentTime();
+ static std::string GetCurrentDateTime();
+ /// Provides a simple static GetVersion() function
+ static std::string GetVersion()
+ { return GDCM_VERSION;}
+ static unsigned int GetCurrentThreadID();
+ static unsigned int GetCurrentProcessID();
+ static bool IsCurrentProcessorBigEndian();
+
+ static std::string DicomString(const char *s, size_t l);
+ static std::string DicomString(const char *s);
+ static bool DicomStringEqual(const std::string &s1, const char *s2);
+ static bool CompareDicomString(const std::string &s1,
+ const char *s2, int op);
+ static std::string GetMACAddress();
+
+ static std::string CreateUniqueUID(const std::string &root = "");
+ static void SetRootUID(const std::string &root = "");
+ static const std::string &GetRootUID();