internal override ByteBuffer GetByteBuffer(TransferSyntax syntax, String specificCharacterSet) { ByteBuffer bb = new ByteBuffer(syntax.Endian); if (Tag.VR.SpecificCharacterSet) bb.SpecificCharacterSet = specificCharacterSet; //if (_value == null) //{ // return bb; // return empty buffer if the value is not set //} bb.SetString(_value, (byte) ' '); return bb; }