pynetdicom.association.Association¶

class pynetdicom.association.Association(ae, mode, local_socket=None)[source][source]¶

Manage an Association with a peer AE.

acceptor¶

Representation of the association’s acceptor AE.

Type: association.ServiceUser

acse¶

The Association Control Service Element provider.

Type: acse.ACSE

ae¶

The local AE.

Type: ae.ApplicationEntity

dimse¶

The DICOM Message Service Element provider.

Type: dimse.DIMSEServiceProvider

dul¶

The DICOM Upper Layer service provider.

Type: dul.DULServiceProvider

is_aborted¶

True if the association has been aborted, False otherwise.

Type: bool

is_established¶

True if the association has been established, False otherwise.

Type: bool

is_rejected¶

True if the association was rejected, False otherwise.

Type: bool

is_released¶

True if the association has been released, False otherwise.

Type: bool

mode¶

The mode of the local AE, either the association ‘requestor’ or association ‘acceptor’.

Type: str

requestor¶

Representation of the association’s requestor AE.

Type: association.ServiceUser

__init__(ae, mode, local_socket=None)[source][source]¶

Create a new Association instance.

Association negotiation won’t begin until Association.start() is called.

Parameters

ae (ae.ApplicationEntity) – The local AE.
mode (str) – Must be “requestor” or “acceptor”.
local_socket (socket.socket or None) – If mode is ‘acceptor’ then this is the connection to the peer, otherwise will be None.

Methods

`__init__`(ae, mode[, local_socket])	Create a new Association instance.
`abort`()	Sends an A-ABORT to the remote AE and kills the Association.
`debug_association_aborted`([primitive])	Debugging information when an A-ABORT request received.
`debug_association_accepted`(primitive)	Debugging information when an A-ASSOCIATE accept is received.
`debug_association_rejected`(primitive)	Debugging information when an A-ASSOCIATE rejection received.
`debug_association_released`([primitive])	Debugging information when an A-RELEASE request received.
`debug_association_requested`(primitive)	Debugging information when an A-ASSOCIATE request received.
`getName`()
`isAlive`()	Return whether the thread is alive.
`isDaemon`()
`is_alive`()	Return whether the thread is alive.
`join`([timeout])	Wait until the thread terminates.
`kill`()	Kill the main association thread loop.
`release`()	Send an A-RELEASE request and initiate association release.
`run`()	The main Association control.
`send_c_echo`([msg_id])	Send a C-ECHO request to the peer AE.
`send_c_find`(dataset[, msg_id, priority, ...])	Send a C-FIND request to the peer AE.
`send_c_get`(dataset[, msg_id, priority, ...])	Send a C-GET request to the peer AE.
`send_c_move`(dataset, move_aet[, msg_id, ...])	Send a C-MOVE request to the peer AE.
`send_c_store`(dataset[, msg_id, priority, ...])	Send a C-STORE request to the peer AE.
`send_n_action`(dataset, action_type, ...[, ...])	Send an N-ACTION request message to the peer AE.
`send_n_create`(dataset, class_uid, instance_uid)	Send an N-CREATE request message to the peer AE.
`send_n_delete`(class_uid, instance_uid[, msg_id])	Send an N-DELETE request message to the peer AE.
`send_n_event_report`(dataset, event_type, ...)	Send an N-EVENT-REPORT request message to the peer AE.
`send_n_get`(identifier_list, class_uid, ...)	Send an N-GET request message to the peer AE.
`send_n_set`(dataset, class_uid, instance_uid)	Send an N-SET request message to the peer AE.
`setDaemon`(daemonic)
`setName`(name)
`start`()	Start the thread's activity.

Attributes

`accepted_contexts`	Return a list of accepted Presentation Contexts.
`ae`	Return the Association's parent ApplicationEntity.
`daemon`	A boolean value indicating whether this thread is a daemon thread.
`ident`	Thread identifier of this thread or None if it has not been started.
`is_acceptor`	Return True if the local AE is the association acceptor.
`is_requestor`	Return True if the local AE is the association requestor.
`local`	Return a dict with information about the local AE.
`mode`	Return the Association's mode as a str.
`name`	A string used for identification purposes only.
`rejected_contexts`	Return a list of rejected Presentation Contexts.
`remote`	Return a dict with information about the peer AE.