- gdcmDict(const char* FileName); // Reads Dict from ascii file
- int AddNewEntry (gdcmDictEntry* NewEntry);
- int ReplaceEntry(gdcmDictEntry* NewEntry);
- int RemoveEntry (TagKey key);
- int RemoveEntry (guint16 group, guint16 element);
- gdcmDictEntry * GetTagByKey(guint16 group, guint16 element);
- gdcmDictEntry * GetTagByName(TagName name);
- void Print(ostream&);
- void PrintByKey(ostream&);
- void PrintByName(ostream&);
- TagKeyHT & GetEntries(void) { return KeyHt; }
+/// \brief Contructs an empty Dict with a RefCounter
+ static Dict *New() {return new Dict();}
+/// \brief Contructs a Dict with a RefCounter
+ static Dict *New(std::string const &filename) {return new Dict(filename);}
+
+ bool AddDict(std::string const &filename);
+ bool RemoveDict(std::string const &filename);
+// Print
+ void Print(std::ostream &os = std::cout, std::string const &indent = "");
+
+// Entries
+ bool AddEntry(DictEntry *newEntry);
+ // bool ReplaceEntry(DictEntry *newEntry); // useless ?
+ bool RemoveEntry (TagKey const &key);
+ bool RemoveEntry (uint16_t group, uint16_t elem);
+ void ClearEntry();
+
+// Tag
+ DictEntry *GetEntry(uint16_t group, uint16_t elem);
+ DictEntry *GetEntry(TagKey const &key);
+
+ DictEntry *GetFirstEntry();
+ DictEntry *GetNextEntry();
+
+protected:
+ Dict();
+ Dict(std::string const &filename);
+ ~Dict();
+
+private:
+ void DoTheLoadingJob(std::ifstream &ifs);
+
+ /// ASCII file holding the Dictionnary
+ std::string Filename;
+
+ /// Access through TagKey
+ TagKeyHT KeyHt;
+ /// Iterator for the entries
+ TagKeyHT::iterator ItKeyHt;