+/**
+ * \brief Gets a Dicom Element inside a SQ Item Entry, by name
+ * @param name of the element to be found.
+ * @return
+ */
+DocEntry* DocEntrySet::GetDocEntryByName( TagName const & name )
+{
+ Dict *pubDict = Global::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ DictEntry *dictEntry = pubDict->GetDictEntryByName(name);
+ if( !dictEntry )
+ {
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return GetDocEntryByNumber(dictEntry->GetGroup(),dictEntry->GetElement());
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Get the value of a Dicom Element inside a SQ Item Entry, by name
+ * @param name : name of the searched element.
+ * @return
+ */
+
+std::string DocEntrySet::GetEntryByName(TagName const & name)
+{
+ Dict *pubDict = Global::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ DictEntry *dictEntry = pubDict->GetDictEntryByName(name);
+
+ if( !dictEntry )
+ {
+ return GDCM_UNFOUND;
+ }
+
+ return GetEntryByNumber(dictEntry->GetGroup(), dictEntry->GetElement());
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Request a new virtual dict entry to the dict set
+ * @param group group number of the underlying DictEntry
+ * @param element element number of the underlying DictEntry
+ * @param vr VR of the underlying DictEntry
+ * @param fourth owner group
+ * @param name english name
+ */
+DictEntry* DocEntrySet::NewVirtualDictEntry( uint16_t group,
+ uint16_t element,
+ TagName const & vr,
+ TagName const & fourth,
+ TagName const & name )
+{
+ return Global::GetDicts()->NewVirtualDictEntry(group,element,vr,fourth,name);
+}
+
+/** \brief
+ * Creates a new DocEntry (without any 'value' ...)
+ * @param group group number of the underlying DictEntry
+ * @param elem elem number of the underlying DictEntry
+ */
+DocEntry* DocEntrySet::NewDocEntryByNumber(uint16_t group,
+ uint16_t elem)
+{
+ // Find out if the tag we encountered is in the dictionaries:
+ Dict *pubDict = Global::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ DictEntry *dictEntry = pubDict->GetDictEntryByNumber(group, elem);
+ if (!dictEntry)
+ {
+ dictEntry = NewVirtualDictEntry(group, elem);
+ }
+
+ DocEntry *newEntry = new DocEntry(dictEntry);
+ if (!newEntry)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(1, "SQItem::NewDocEntryByNumber",
+ "failed to allocate DocEntry");
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return newEntry;
+}
+
+
+/** \brief
+ * Creates a new DocEntry (without any 'value' ...)
+ * @param group group number of the underlying DictEntry
+ * @param elem elem number of the underlying DictEntry
+ * @param vr V(alue) R(epresentation) of the Entry -if private Entry-
+ */
+DocEntry* DocEntrySet::NewDocEntryByNumber(uint16_t group, uint16_t elem,
+ TagName const & vr)
+{
+ // Find out if the tag we encountered is in the dictionaries:
+ Dict *pubDict = Global::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ DictEntry *dictEntry = pubDict->GetDictEntryByNumber(group, elem);
+ if (!dictEntry)
+ {
+ dictEntry = NewVirtualDictEntry(group, elem, vr);
+ }
+
+ DocEntry *newEntry = new DocEntry(dictEntry);
+ if (!newEntry)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(1, "SQItem::NewDocEntryByNumber",
+ "failed to allocate DocEntry");
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return newEntry;
+}
+/* \brief
+ * Probabely move, as is, to DocEntrySet, as a non virtual method
+ * and remove Document::NewDocEntryByName
+ */
+DocEntry *DocEntrySet::NewDocEntryByName(TagName const & name)
+{
+ Dict *pubDict = Global::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ DictEntry *newTag = pubDict->GetDictEntryByName(name);
+ if (!newTag)
+ {
+ newTag = NewVirtualDictEntry(0xffff, 0xffff, "LO", "unkn", name);
+ }
+
+ DocEntry* newEntry = new DocEntry(newTag);
+ if (!newEntry)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(1, "SQItem::ObtainDocEntryByName",
+ "failed to allocate DocEntry");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return newEntry;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Searches both the public and the shadow dictionary (when they
+ * exist) for the presence of the DictEntry with given name.
+ * The public dictionary has precedence on the shadow one.
+ * @param name Name of the searched DictEntry
+ * @return Corresponding DictEntry when it exists, NULL otherwise.
+ */
+DictEntry *DocEntrySet::GetDictEntryByName(TagName const & name)
+{
+ DictEntry *found = 0;
+ Dict *pubDict = Global::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ if (!pubDict)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(0, "Document::GetDictEntry",
+ "we SHOULD have a default dictionary");
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ found = pubDict->GetDictEntryByName(name);
+ }
+ return found;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \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 element element number of the searched DictEntry
+ * @return Corresponding DictEntry when it exists, NULL otherwise.
+ */
+DictEntry *DocEntrySet::GetDictEntryByNumber(uint16_t group,
+ uint16_t element)
+{
+ DictEntry *found = 0;
+ Dict *pubDict = Global::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ if (!pubDict)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(0, "Document::GetDictEntry",
+ "we SHOULD have a default dictionary");
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ found = pubDict->GetDictEntryByNumber(group, element);
+ }
+ return found;
+}
+