The QTPlgDicomConverter class is an abstract class that represents the base of a set of plugin classes implemented to provide you with services that allow the conversion of some non–dicom data source (such a QuickTime movies or still images) to data suitable for using with dicom structures.
This class defines properties and methods inherited from its derived classes. The conversion of specific types of data is delegated to the appropriate QTPlgDicomConverter’s subclass.
The class has not constructor at all (you can always use the Realbasic common constructor syntax, of course, but you will obtain an usless object). Its destructor, will be implicitly invoked every time one of its derived classes will be destroyed. The class destructor will also close the connection to the component in use if any.
Anyway, once a new instance of a class derived from QTPlgDicomConverter is returned, it is good practice to check the class property to be sure that the new object can be used. As a rule of thumb, a class derived from QTPlgDicomConverter is valid if a data source has been associated to the class instance in use.