+ return true;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ gdcmWarningMacro( "Unfound entry" << key );
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief removes an already existing Dicom Dictionary Entry,
+ * identified by its group,element number
+ * @param group Dicom group number of the Dicom Element
+ * @param elem Dicom element number of the Dicom Element
+ * @return false if Dicom Dictionary Entry doesn't exist
+ */
+bool Dict::RemoveEntry(uint16_t group, uint16_t elem)
+{
+ return RemoveEntry(DictEntry::TranslateToKey(group, elem));
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Remove all Dicom Dictionary Entries
+ */
+void Dict::ClearEntry()
+{
+ // we assume all the pointed DictEntries are already cleaned-up
+ // when we clean KeyHt.
+ KeyHt.clear();
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Get the dictionary entry identified by a given tag ("group|element")
+ * @param key tag of the entry to be found
+ * @return the corresponding dictionary entry when existing, NULL otherwise
+ */
+DictEntry *Dict::GetEntry(TagKey const &key)
+{
+ TagKeyHT::iterator it = KeyHt.find(key);
+ if ( it == KeyHt.end() )
+ {
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return &(it->second);
+}
+
+DictEntry *Dict::GetEntry(uint16_t group, uint16_t elem)
+{
+ TagKey key = DictEntry::TranslateToKey(group, elem);
+ TagKeyHT::iterator it = KeyHt.find(key);
+ if ( it == KeyHt.end() )
+ {
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return &(it->second);
+}