+/// \brief Constructs a DicomDir with a RefCounter
+ static DicomDir *New() {return new DicomDir();}
+
+// GDCM_LEGACY( bool Load(std::string const &filename) )
+ bool Load( );
+ void Print(std::ostream &os = std::cout, std::string const &indent = "" );
+
+ /// Sets the root Directory name to parse, recursively
+ void SetDirectoryName(std::string const &dirName)
+ { ParseDir = true; if (Filename != dirName)
+ Filename = dirName, IsDocumentModified = true;}
+ /// Accessor to Filename
+ virtual void SetFileName(std::string const &fileName)
+ { ParseDir = false; if (Filename != fileName)
+ Filename = fileName, IsDocumentModified = true;}
+
+ // Informations contained in the parser
+ virtual bool IsReadable();
+
+ // Meta
+ DicomDirMeta *NewMeta();
+ /// Returns a pointer to the DicomDirMeta for this DICOMDIR.
+ DicomDirMeta *GetMeta() { return MetaElems; }
+
+ // Patients
+ DicomDirPatient *NewPatient();
+ void ClearPatient();
+
+ DicomDirPatient *GetFirstPatient();
+ DicomDirPatient *GetNextPatient();
+ /// returns the number of Patients currently held in the gdcm::DicomDir
+ int GetNumberOfPatients() { return Patients.size();}