java.lang.Object
- com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute
- - com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute
  - - com.pixelmed.dicom.DateAttribute

```
public class DateAttribute
extends StringAttribute
```
A concrete class specializing Attribute for Date (DT) attributes.

Though an instance of this class may be created using its constructors, there is also a factory class, AttributeFactory.

See Also:

Attribute, AttributeFactory, AttributeList

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected static int MAX_LENGTH_SINGLE_VALUE
- Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute
  specificCharacterSet
- Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute
  valueLength, valueMultiplicity

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`DateAttribute(AttributeTag t)`	Construct an (empty) attribute.
`DateAttribute(AttributeTag t, long vl, DicomInputStream i)`	Read an attribute from an input stream.
`DateAttribute(AttributeTag t, java.lang.Long vl, DicomInputStream i)`	Read an attribute from an input stream.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected boolean`	`allowRepairOfIncorrectLength()`
`protected boolean`	`allowRepairOfInvalidCharacterReplacement()`
`boolean`	`areValuesWellFormed()`
`protected char`	`getInvalidCharacterReplacement()`
`int`	`getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue()`
`byte[]`	`getVR()`	Get the value representation of this attribute (DA).
`boolean`	`isCharacterInValueValid(int c)`

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute
addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, addValue, areCharactersInValuesValid, areLengthsOfValuesValid, flushCachedCopies, getByteValues, getDoubleValues, getFloatValues, getIntegerValues, getLongValues, getOriginalStringValues, getPadByte, getPaddedVL, getShortValues, getSpecificCharacterSet, getStringValues, isValid, removeValues, repairValues, setSpecificCharacterSet, toString, translateByteArrayToString, translateStringToByteArray, write

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute
getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrDefault, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrEmptyString, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDelimitedStringValuesOrNull, getDoubleValues, getDoubleValues, getElement, getFloatValues, getFloatValues, getGroup, getIntegerValues, getIntegerValues, getLongValues, getLongValues, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleDoubleValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleFloatValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleIntegerValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleLongValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrDefault, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrEmptyString, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getSingleStringValueOrNull, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getStringValues, getTag, getVL, getVM, getVRAsString, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValue, setValues, setValues, setValues, setValues, toString, writeBase

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - MAX_LENGTH_SINGLE_VALUE
```
protected static final int MAX_LENGTH_SINGLE_VALUE
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - DateAttribute
```
public DateAttribute(AttributeTag t)
```
    Construct an (empty) attribute.
    
    Parameters:
    
    t - the tag of the attribute
  - DateAttribute
```
public DateAttribute(AttributeTag t,
                     long vl,
                     DicomInputStream i)
              throws java.io.IOException,
                     DicomException
```
    Read an attribute from an input stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    t - the tag of the attribute
    
    vl - the value length of the attribute
    
    i - the input stream
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs
    
    DicomException - if error in DICOM encoding
  - DateAttribute
```
public DateAttribute(AttributeTag t,
                     java.lang.Long vl,
                     DicomInputStream i)
              throws java.io.IOException,
                     DicomException
```
    Read an attribute from an input stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    t - the tag of the attribute
    
    vl - the value length of the attribute
    
    i - the input stream
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs
    
    DicomException - if error in DICOM encoding
- Method Detail
  - getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue
```
public final int getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue in class StringAttribute
  - getVR
```
public byte[] getVR()
```
    Get the value representation of this attribute (DA).
    
    Overrides:
    
    getVR in class Attribute
    
    Returns:
    
    'D','A' in ASCII as a two byte array; see ValueRepresentation
  - allowRepairOfIncorrectLength
```
protected final boolean allowRepairOfIncorrectLength()
```
    Overrides:
    
    allowRepairOfIncorrectLength in class StringAttribute
  - allowRepairOfInvalidCharacterReplacement
```
protected final boolean allowRepairOfInvalidCharacterReplacement()
```
    Overrides:
    
    allowRepairOfInvalidCharacterReplacement in class StringAttribute
  - getInvalidCharacterReplacement
```
protected char getInvalidCharacterReplacement()
```
    Overrides:
    
    getInvalidCharacterReplacement in class StringAttribute
  - isCharacterInValueValid
```
public final boolean isCharacterInValueValid(int c)
                                      throws DicomException
```
    Overrides:
    
    isCharacterInValueValid in class StringAttribute
    
    Throws:
    
    DicomException
  - areValuesWellFormed
```
public boolean areValuesWellFormed()
                            throws DicomException
```
    Overrides:
    
    areValuesWellFormed in class StringAttribute
    
    Throws:
    
    DicomException

Class DateAttribute

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

Fields inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.StringAttribute

Methods inherited from class com.pixelmed.dicom.Attribute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

MAX_LENGTH_SINGLE_VALUE

Constructor Detail

DateAttribute

DateAttribute

DateAttribute

Method Detail

getMaximumLengthOfSingleValue

getVR

allowRepairOfIncorrectLength

allowRepairOfInvalidCharacterReplacement

getInvalidCharacterReplacement

isCharacterInValueValid

areValuesWellFormed