com.goldenhammer.dicom
Class UIDPrefixes

java.lang.Object
  com.goldenhammer.dicom.UIDPrefixes

public class UIDPrefixes

extends java.lang.Object

Returns the UID prefix strings for modality vendors.

Method Summary

static UIDPrefixes	getInstance() Returns the unique instance of this class.
java.lang.String	getUIDPrefix(java.lang.String vendor) Returns the appropriate UID Prefix for the specified vendor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getInstance

public static UIDPrefixes getInstance()
                               throws java.io.IOException

Returns the unique instance of this class.

Returns:

the unique instance of this class

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs during creation of the instance

getUIDPrefix

public java.lang.String getUIDPrefix(java.lang.String vendor)

Returns the appropriate UID Prefix for the specified vendor. If no prefix exists for the specified vendor, null is returned.

Parameters:

vendor - the name of the vendor (case-insensitive)

Returns:

the UID prefix for the specified vendor, or null if none is defined