+
+/**
+ * \brief Add all the entries held in a source dictionary
+ * \note it concerns only Private Dictionnary
+ * @param filename from which to build the dictionary.
+ */
+bool Dict::AddDict(std::string const &filename)
+{
+ std::ifstream from( filename.c_str() );
+ if ( !from )
+ {
+ gdcmWarningMacro( "Can't open dictionary" << filename.c_str());
+ return false;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ DoTheLoadingJob(from);
+ return true;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Removes from the current Dicom Dict all the entries held in a source dictionary
+ * \note it concerns only Private Dictionnary
+ * @param filename from which we read the entries to remove.
+ */
+bool Dict::RemoveDict(std::string const &filename)
+{
+ std::ifstream from( filename.c_str() );
+ if ( !from )
+ {
+ gdcmWarningMacro( "Can't open dictionary" << filename.c_str());
+ return false;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ uint16_t group;
+ uint16_t elem;
+ TagName vr;
+ TagName vm;
+ TagName name;
+
+ while ( true )
+ {
+ from >> std::hex;
+ from >> group;
+
+ if (from.eof())
+ break;
+
+ from >> elem;
+ from >> vr;
+ from >> vm;
+ // from >> std::ws; //remove white space
+ std::getline(from, name);
+
+ RemoveEntry(group,elem);
+ }
+ from.close();
+ return true;
+ }
+}
+