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038
039package org.dcm4che3.data;
040
041import java.util.Date;
042import java.util.TimeZone;
043
044/**
045 * @author Gunter Zeilinger <gunterze@gmail.com>
046 */
047interface ValueType {
048
049    boolean isStringValue();
050
051    boolean useSpecificCharacterSet();
052
053    boolean isIntValue();
054
055    boolean isTemporalType();
056
057    int numEndianBytes();
058
059    byte[] toggleEndian(byte[] b, boolean preserve);
060
061    byte[] toBytes(Object val, SpecificCharacterSet cs);
062
063    String toString(Object val, boolean bigEndian, int valueIndex, String defVal);
064
065    Object toStrings(Object val, boolean bigEndian, SpecificCharacterSet cs);
066
067    int toInt(Object val, boolean bigEndian, int valueIndex, int defVal);
068
069    int[] toInts(Object val, boolean bigEndian);
070
071    float toFloat(Object val, boolean bigEndian, int valueIndex, float defVal);
072
073    float[] toFloats(Object val, boolean bigEndian);
074
075    double toDouble(Object val, boolean bigEndian, int valueIndex,
076            double defVal);
077
078    double[] toDoubles(Object val, boolean bigEndian);
079
080    Date toDate(Object val, TimeZone tz, int valueIndex, boolean ceil,
081            Date defVal, DatePrecision precision);
082
083    Date[] toDate(Object val, TimeZone tz, boolean ceil,
084            DatePrecisions precisions);
085
086    Object toValue(byte[] b);
087
088    Object toValue(String s, boolean bigEndian);
089
090    Object toValue(String[] ss, boolean bigEndian);
091
092    Object toValue(int[] is, boolean bigEndian);
093
094    Object toValue(float[] fs, boolean bigEndian);
095
096    Object toValue(double[] ds, boolean bigEndian);
097
098    Object toValue(Date[] ds, TimeZone tz, DatePrecision precision);
099
100    boolean prompt(Object val, boolean bigEndian, SpecificCharacterSet cs,
101            int maxChars, StringBuilder sb);
102
103    int vmOf(Object val);
104}