+/**
+ * \brief Gets a Dicom Element inside a SQ Item Entry, by name
+ * @return
+ */
+ gdcmDocEntry *gdcmDocEntrySet::GetDocEntryByName(std::string name) {
+ gdcmDict *PubDict=gdcmGlobal::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ gdcmDictEntry *dictEntry = (*PubDict).GetDictEntryByName(name);
+ if( dictEntry == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ 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 gdcmDocEntrySet::GetEntryByName(TagName name) {
+ gdcmDict *PubDict=gdcmGlobal::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ gdcmDictEntry *dictEntry = (*PubDict).GetDictEntryByName(name);
+
+ if( dictEntry == NULL)
+ 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
+ */
+gdcmDictEntry *gdcmDocEntrySet::NewVirtualDictEntry(guint16 group, guint16 element,
+ std::string vr,
+ std::string fourth,
+ std::string name)
+{
+ return gdcmGlobal::GetDicts()->NewVirtualDictEntry(group,element,vr,fourth,name);
+}
+
+/// \brief
+
+//
+// Probabely move, as is, to gdcmDocEntrySet, as a non virtual method
+// an remove gdcmDocument::NewDocEntryByNumber
+gdcmDocEntry *gdcmDocEntrySet::NewDocEntryByNumber(guint16 group,
+ guint16 elem) {
+
+ // Find out if the tag we encountered is in the dictionaries:
+ gdcmDict *PubDict=gdcmGlobal::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ gdcmDictEntry *DictEntry = (*PubDict).GetDictEntryByNumber(group, elem);
+ if (!DictEntry)
+ DictEntry = NewVirtualDictEntry(group, elem);
+
+ gdcmDocEntry *NewEntry = new gdcmDocEntry(DictEntry);
+ if (!NewEntry)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(1, "gdcmSQItem::NewDocEntryByNumber",
+ "failed to allocate gdcmDocEntry");
+ return (gdcmDocEntry*)0;
+ }
+ return NewEntry;
+}
+
+/// \brief
+gdcmDocEntry *gdcmDocEntrySet::NewDocEntryByName (std::string Name) {
+
+ gdcmDict *PubDict=gdcmGlobal::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ gdcmDictEntry *NewTag = (*PubDict).GetDictEntryByName(Name);
+ if (!NewTag)
+ NewTag = NewVirtualDictEntry(0xffff, 0xffff, "LO", "unkn", Name);
+
+ gdcmDocEntry* NewEntry = new gdcmDocEntry(NewTag);
+ if (!NewEntry)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(1, "gdcmSQItem::ObtainDocEntryByName",
+ "failed to allocate gdcmDocEntry");
+ return (gdcmDocEntry *)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.
+ */
+gdcmDictEntry *gdcmDocEntrySet::GetDictEntryByName(std::string Name)
+{
+ gdcmDictEntry *found = (gdcmDictEntry *)0;
+ gdcmDict *PubDict=gdcmGlobal::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ if (!PubDict)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(0, "gdcmDocument::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.
+ */
+gdcmDictEntry *gdcmDocEntrySet::GetDictEntryByNumber(guint16 group,guint16 element)
+{
+ gdcmDictEntry *found = (gdcmDictEntry *)0;
+ gdcmDict *PubDict=gdcmGlobal::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ if (!PubDict)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(0, "gdcmDocument::GetDictEntry",
+ "we SHOULD have a default dictionary");
+ }
+ else
+ found = PubDict->GetDictEntryByNumber(group, element);
+ return found;
+}
+