- * \ingroup gdcmHeader
- * \brief Get the dictionnary entry identified by a given tag (group,element)
- * @param group group of the entry to be found
- * @param element element of the entry to be found
- * @return the corresponding dictionnary entry when existing, NULL otherwise
+ * \ingroup Dict
+ * \brief adds a new Dicom Dictionary Entry
+ * @param newEntry entry to add
+ * @return false if Dicom Element already exists
+ */
+bool Dict::AddNewEntry(DictEntry *newEntry)
+{
+ TagKey key = newEntry->GetKey();
+
+ if(KeyHt.count(key) == 1)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(1, "Dict::AddNewEntry already present", key.c_str());
+ return false;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ KeyHt[newEntry->GetKey()] = newEntry;
+ NameHt[newEntry->GetName()] = newEntry;
+ return true;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup Dict
+ * \brief replaces an already existing Dicom Element by a new one
+ * @param newEntry new entry (overwrites any previous one with same tag)
+ * @return false if Dicom Element doesn't exist
+ */
+bool Dict::ReplaceEntry(DictEntry *newEntry)
+{
+ if ( RemoveEntry(newEntry->DictEntry::GetKey()) )
+ {
+ KeyHt[newEntry->GetKey()] = newEntry;
+ NameHt[newEntry->GetName()] = newEntry;
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup Dict
+ * \brief removes an already existing Dicom Dictionary Entry,
+ * identified by its Tag
+ * @param key (group|element)
+ * @return false if Dicom Dictionary Entry doesn't exist
+ */
+bool Dict::RemoveEntry(TagKey key)
+{
+ if(KeyHt.count(key) == 1)
+ {
+ DictEntry* entryToDelete = KeyHt.find(key)->second;
+
+ if ( entryToDelete )
+ {
+ NameHt.erase(entryToDelete->GetName());
+ delete entryToDelete;
+ }
+
+ KeyHt.erase(key);
+ return true;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(1, "Dict::RemoveEntry unfound entry", key.c_str());
+ 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 element Dicom element number of the Dicom Element
+ * @return false if Dicom Dictionary Entry doesn't exist