+/**
+ * \brief Searches both the public and the shadow dictionary (when they
+ * exist) for the presence of the DictEntry with given
+ * group and element. The public dictionary has precedence on the
+ * shadow one.
+ * @param group group number of the searched DictEntry
+ * @param elem element number of the searched DictEntry
+ * @return Corresponding DictEntry when it exists, NULL otherwise.
+ */
+DictEntry *DocEntrySet::GetDictEntry(uint16_t group,uint16_t elem)
+{
+ DictEntry *found = 0;
+ Dict *pubDict = Global::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ if (!pubDict)
+ {
+ gdcmVerboseMacro( "We SHOULD have a default dictionary");
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ found = pubDict->GetDictEntry(group, elem);
+ }
+ return found;
+}
+
+DictEntry *DocEntrySet::GetDictEntry(uint16_t group, uint16_t elem,
+ TagName const & vr)
+{
+ DictEntry *dictEntry = GetDictEntry(group,elem);
+ DictEntry *goodEntry = dictEntry;
+ std::string goodVR = vr;
+
+ if (elem == 0x0000) goodVR="UL";
+
+ if ( goodEntry )
+ {
+ if ( goodVR != goodEntry->GetVR()
+ && goodVR != GDCM_UNKNOWN )
+ {
+ goodEntry = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Create a new virtual DictEntry if necessary
+ if (!goodEntry)
+ {
+ if (dictEntry)
+ {
+ goodEntry = NewVirtualDictEntry(group, elem, goodVR, "FIXME",
+ dictEntry->GetName() );
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ goodEntry = NewVirtualDictEntry(group, elem, goodVR);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return goodEntry;
+}