/*
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2000-2015, OFFIS e.V.
 *  All rights reserved.  See COPYRIGHT file for details.
 *
 *  This software and supporting documentation were developed by
 *
 *    OFFIS e.V.
 *    R&D Division Health
 *    Escherweg 2
 *    D-26121 Oldenburg, Germany
 *
 *
 *  Module: dcmsr
 *
 *  Author: Joerg Riesmeier
 *
 *  Purpose:
 *    classes: DSRReferencedDateTimeList
 *
 */


#ifndef DSRTCODT_H
#define DSRTCODT_H

#include "dcmtk/config/osconfig.h"   /* make sure OS specific configuration is included first */

#include "dcmtk/dcmsr/dsrtypes.h"
#include "dcmtk/dcmsr/dsrtlist.h"


/*---------------------*
 *  class declaration  *
 *---------------------*/

/** Class for referenced date/time list
 */
class DCMTK_DCMSR_EXPORT DSRReferencedDateTimeList
  : public DSRListOfItems<OFString>
{

  public:

    /** default constructor
     */
    DSRReferencedDateTimeList();

    /** copy constructor
     ** @param  lst  list to be copied
     */
    DSRReferencedDateTimeList(const DSRReferencedDateTimeList &lst);

    /** destructor
     */
    virtual ~DSRReferencedDateTimeList();

    /** assignment operator
     ** @param  lst  list to be copied
     ** @return reference to this list after 'lst' has been copied
     */
    DSRReferencedDateTimeList &operator=(const DSRReferencedDateTimeList &lst);

    /** print list of referenced date/time.
     *  The output of a typical list looks like this: 20001010120000, ...
     ** @param  stream     output stream to which the list should be printed
     *  @param  flags      flag used to customize the output (see DSRTypes::PF_xxx)
     *  @param  separator  character specifying the separator between the list items
     ** @return status, EC_Normal if successful, an error code otherwise
     */
    OFCondition print(STD_NAMESPACE ostream &stream,
                      const size_t flags = 0,
                      const char separator = ',') const;

    /** read list of referenced date/time
     ** @param  dataset  DICOM dataset from which the list should be read
     *  @param  flags    flag used to customize the reading process (see DSRTypes::RF_xxx)
     ** @return status, EC_Normal if successful, an error code otherwise
     */
    OFCondition read(DcmItem &dataset,
                     const size_t flags);

    /** write list of referenced date/time
     ** @param  dataset  DICOM dataset to which the list should be written
     ** @return status, EC_Normal if successful, an error code otherwise
     */
    OFCondition write(DcmItem &dataset) const;

    /** put list of referenced date/time as a string.
     *  This function expects the same input format as created by print(), i.e. a comma
     *  separated list of date/time values.  The conformance of each value to the Date Time
     *  (DT) value representation is not checked.
     ** @param  stringValue  string value to be set
     ** @return status, EC_Normal if successful, an error code otherwise
     */
    OFCondition putString(const char *stringValue);
};


#endif