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package cdac.medinfo.sdk.dcm30_04.services.association;

import java.io.IOException;

import cdac.medinfo.sdk.dcm30_04.commoninterface.IDicomStream;
import cdac.medinfo.sdk.dcm30_04.exceptions.ParseException;
import cdac.medinfo.sdk.dcm30_04.exceptions.SerializeException;

/**
 * The Interface DIMSEAssociation which is implemented by all Association service classes.
 */
public interface DIMSEAssociation 
{
	
	/**
	 * This method writes the Data Value to the given Stream.
	 * @param objIDicomStream object of the stream onto which the DataTypeString is to be written.
	 * @throws IOException If Input/Output operation fails.
	 * @throws SerializeException If serialization fails
	 */
	public void serialize(IDicomStream objIDicomStream) throws IOException,SerializeException;
	
	/**
	 * This method reads the Data Value from given Stream.
	 * @param objIDicomStream object of the stream from which the Data is to be read.
	 * @throws IOException Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
	 * @throws ParseException Signals that an parse exception has occurred.
	 */
	public void parse(IDicomStream objIDicomStream)throws IOException,ParseException;
	
	/**
	 * Implementation of this method retrieves length of the Association Items.
	 * @return short - the length
	 */
	public short getLength();
}