+ 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();
+
+ static const uint8_t *GetFileMetaInformationVersion()
+ { return FileMetaInformationVersion;}
+ static void SetFileMetaInformationVersion( uint16_t fmiv )
+ { FileMetaInformationVersion = (uint8_t *)&fmiv; }
+
+// ----------------- to be removed later --------------------------
+//To perform a full check of inline functions on all the platforms,
+// we put here the two 'static' functions
+// hifpswap and hNoifpswap in a .h
+// They will be remove ASAP
+
+ static inline void hifpswap(double *a, double *b)
+ {
+ double tmp;
+ tmp = *a;
+ *a = *b;
+ *b = tmp;
+ }
+ static void hNoifpswap(double *a, double *b)
+ {
+ double tmp;
+ tmp = *a;
+ *a = *b;
+ *b = tmp;
+ }
+// ------------ end of functions to remove --------------------
+private:
+ static std::string GetIPAddress(); //Do not expose this method
+
+ static std::string RootUID;
+ static const std::string GDCM_UID;
+ static uint8_t *FileMetaInformationVersion;
+ static const uint16_t FMIV;
+ static std::string GDCM_MAC_ADRESS;