/*=========================================================================
                                                                                
  Program:   gdcm
  Module:    $RCSfile: gdcmSerieHeader.h,v $
  Language:  C++
  Date:      $Date: 2005/01/21 11:40:56 $
  Version:   $Revision: 1.7 $
                                                                                
  Copyright (c) CREATIS (Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de
  l'Image). All rights reserved. See Doc/License.txt or
  http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/Public/Gdcm/License.html for details.
                                                                                
     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
                                                                                
=========================================================================*/

#ifndef GDCMSERIEHEADER_H
#define GDCMSERIEHEADER_H

#include "gdcmCommon.h"
#include <list>

namespace gdcm 
{
class File;
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
 * \brief  
 * - This class should be used for a stack of 2D dicom images.
 */
class GDCM_EXPORT SerieHeader 
{
public:
   typedef std::list<File* > GdcmFileList;

    SerieHeader();
    ~SerieHeader();

   /// \todo should return bool or throw error ?
   void AddFileName(std::string const &filename);
   void SetDirectory(std::string const &dir);
   void OrderGdcmFileList();
   
   /// \brief Gets the *coherent* File List
   /// @return the *coherent* File List
   /// Caller must call OrderGdcmFileList first
   const GdcmFileList &GetGdcmFileList() { return CoherentGdcmFileList; }

private:
   bool ImagePositionPatientOrdering();
   bool ImageNumberOrdering();
   bool FileNameOrdering();
   
   GdcmFileList CoherentGdcmFileList;
   /// Ref to the current Serie Instance UID to avoid mixing two series
   /// within the same directory
   std::string    CurrentSerieUID;
};

} // end namespace gdcm

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endif