InformationEntity

java.lang.Object
- com.pixelmed.dicom.InformationEntity

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable
```
public class InformationEntity
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable
```
A class to provide enumerated constants for the entities of the DICOM Information Model.

Used to categorize attributes in the DicomDictionary and in the com.pixelmed.database package.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static InformationEntity`	`CONCATENATION`
`static InformationEntity`	`FRAME`
`static InformationEntity`	`INSTANCE`
`static InformationEntity`	`PATIENT`
`static InformationEntity`	`PROCEDURESTEP`
`static InformationEntity`	`SERIES`
`static InformationEntity`	`STUDY`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`compareTo(java.lang.Object ie)`	Is this information entity higher in the model than the specified information entity ?
`static InformationEntity`	`fromString(java.lang.String name)`	Get the information entity corresponding to the string name
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`

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

- Field Detail
  - PATIENT
```
public static InformationEntity PATIENT
```
  - STUDY
```
public static InformationEntity STUDY
```
  - PROCEDURESTEP
```
public static InformationEntity PROCEDURESTEP
```
  - SERIES
```
public static InformationEntity SERIES
```
  - CONCATENATION
```
public static InformationEntity CONCATENATION
```
  - INSTANCE
```
public static InformationEntity INSTANCE
```
  - FRAME
```
public static InformationEntity FRAME
```
- Method Detail
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
  - fromString
```
public static InformationEntity fromString(java.lang.String name)
```
    Get the information entity corresponding to the string name
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - a String name, whose case is ignored
    
    Returns:
    
    the information entity if any, otherwise null
  - compareTo
```
public int compareTo(java.lang.Object ie)
```
    Is this information entity higher in the model than the specified information entity ?
    
    Specified by:
    
    compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable
    
    Parameters:
    
    ie - the information entity with which to compare
    
    Returns:
    
    a -ve value if this information entity higher in the model than the specified information entity