+/// \brief TagKey is made to hold the standard Dicom Tag (Group number, Element
+/// number)
+/// Instead of using the two '16 bits integers' as the Hask Table key, we
+/// converted into a string (e.g. 0x0018,0x0050 converted into "0018|0050")
+/// It appears to be a huge waste of time.
+/// We'll fix the mess up -without any change in the API- as soon as the bench
+/// marks are fully performed.
+
+#if FASTTAGKEY
+typedef union {
+ uint16_t tab[2];
+ uint32_t tagkey;
+ } TagKey;
+/* ostream operator for TagKey */
+inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& _O, TagKey _val)
+{
+ _O.setf( std::ios::right);
+ return (_O << std::hex << std::setw( 4 ) << std::setfill( '0' )
+ << _val.tab[0] << '|' << std::setw( 4 ) << std::setfill( '0' )
+ << _val.tab[1] << std::setfill( ' ' ) << std::dec);
+}
+inline bool operator==(TagKey _self, TagKey _val)
+{
+ return _self.tagkey == _val.tagkey;
+}
+inline bool operator<(TagKey _self, TagKey _val)
+{
+ // This expression is a tad faster but PrintFile output
+ // is more difficult to read
+ //return _self.tagkey < _val.tagkey;
+
+ // More usal order of dicom tags:
+ if( _self.tab[0] == _val.tab[0] )
+ return _self.tab[1] < _val.tab[1];
+ return _self.tab[0] < _val.tab[0];
+}
+#else