+#include <iostream>
+#include <list>
+#include <map>
+
+namespace gdcm
+{
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+typedef std::map<TagKey, DictEntry> TagKeyHT;
+typedef std::map<TagName, DictEntry> TagNameHT;
+typedef std::list<std::string> EntryNamesList;
+typedef std::map<std::string, std::list<std::string> > EntryNamesByCatMap;
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/*
+ * \defgroup Dict
+ * \brief Dict acts a memory representation of a dicom dictionary i.e.
+ * it is a container for a collection of dictionary entries. The
+ * dictionary is loaded from in an ascii file.
+ * There should be a single public dictionary (THE dictionary of
+ * the actual DICOM v3) but as many shadow dictionaries as imagers
+ * combined with all software versions...
+ * \see DictSet
+ */
+class GDCM_EXPORT Dict
+{
+public:
+ Dict(std::string const & filename);
+ ~Dict();
+
+// Print
+ void Print(std::ostream &os = std::cout);
+ void PrintByKey(std::ostream &os = std::cout);
+ void PrintByName(std::ostream &os = std::cout);
+
+// Entries
+ bool AddNewEntry (DictEntry const & newEntry);
+ bool ReplaceEntry(DictEntry const & newEntry);
+ bool RemoveEntry (TagKey const & key);
+ bool RemoveEntry (uint16_t group, uint16_t element);
+
+// Tag
+ DictEntry *GetDictEntryByName(TagName const & name);
+ DictEntry *GetDictEntryByNumber(uint16_t group, uint16_t element);
+
+ EntryNamesList *GetDictEntryNames();
+ EntryNamesByCatMap *GetDictEntryNamesByCategory();
+
+ /// \brief Returns a ref to the Dicom Dictionary H table (map)
+ /// @return the Dicom Dictionary H table
+ const TagKeyHT & GetEntriesByKey() const { return KeyHt; }
+
+ /// \brief Returns a ref to the Dicom Dictionary H table (map)
+ /// @return the Dicom Dictionary H table
+ const TagNameHT & GetEntriesByName() const { return NameHt; }
+
+private:
+ /// ASCII file holding the Dictionnary
+ std::string Filename;