-TagKey gdcmDictEntry::TranslateToKey(guint16 group, guint16 element) {
- char trash[10];
- TagKey key;
- // CLEAN ME: better call the iostream<< with the hex manipulator on.
- // This requires some reading of the stdlibC++ sources to make the
- // proper call (or copy).
- sprintf(trash, "%04x|%04x", group , element);
- key = trash; // Convertion through assignement
- return key;
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Public
+/**
+ * \brief Class allocator
+ * @param group DICOM-Group Number
+ * @param elem DICOM-Element Number
+ * @param vr Value Representation
+ * @param vm Value Multiplicity
+ * @param name description of the element
+*/
+DictEntry *DictEntry::New(uint16_t group, uint16_t elem,
+ VRKey const &vr,
+ TagName const &vm,
+ TagName const &name)
+{
+ return new DictEntry(group,elem,vr,vm,name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief If-and only if-the V(alue) R(epresentation)
+ * \ is unset then overwrite it.
+ * @param vr New V(alue) R(epresentation) to be set.
+ */
+void DictEntry::SetVR(VRKey const &vr)
+{
+ if ( IsVRUnknown() )
+ {
+ DicomEntry::SetVR(vr);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ gdcmErrorMacro( "Overwriting VR might compromise a dictionary");
+ }