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package cdac.medinfo.sdk.dcm30_04.baselibs;

import cdac.medinfo.sdk.dcm30_04.utils.DicomConstants;


/**
 * AS is the  string of characters with one of the following formats -- nnnD, nnnW, nnnM, nnnY; where
 * nnn shall contain the number of days for D,weeks for W, months for M, or years for Y.
 * Example: �018M� would represent an age of 18 months.
 */
public class AS  extends DatatypeString   
{
	
	/**
	 * serialVersionUID
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	/**
	 * Creates an object of AS with default initialization .
	 */
	AS()
	{
		super(DicomConstants.DCM_DT_AS);
		//Max Length allowed for this datatype
		lMaxLength = DicomConstants.DCM_AS_MAXLENGTH;
	}

//	Deleted the validate function since now this class will
//	use the validate function's implementation from DatatypeString Class 	
}