- * \brief Set a new value if the invoked element exists
- * Seems to be useless !!!
- * @param Value new element value
- * @param Group group number of the Entry
- * @param Elem element number of the Entry
- * \return boolean
- */
-bool gdcmDocument::ReplaceIfExistByNumber(char* Value, guint16 Group, guint16 Elem )
-{
- std::string v = Value;
- SetEntryByNumber(v, Group, Elem);
- return true;
-}
-
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Protected
-
-/**
- * \brief Checks if a given Dicom Element exists within the H table
- * @param group Group number of the searched Dicom Element
- * @param element Element number of the searched Dicom Element
- * @return number of occurences
- */
-int gdcmDocument::CheckIfEntryExistByNumber(guint16 group, guint16 element ) {
- std::string key = gdcmDictEntry::TranslateToKey(group, element );
- return tagHT.count(key);
-}
-
-/**
- * \brief Searches within Header Entries (Dicom Elements) parsed with
- * the public and private dictionaries
- * for the element value of a given tag.
- * \warning Don't use any longer : use GetPubEntryByName
- * @param tagName name of the searched element.
- * @return Corresponding element value when it exists,
- * and the string GDCM_UNFOUND ("gdcm::Unfound") otherwise.
- */
-std::string gdcmDocument::GetEntryByName(std::string tagName) {
- gdcmDictEntry *dictEntry = RefPubDict->GetDictEntryByName(tagName);
- if( dictEntry == NULL)
- return GDCM_UNFOUND;
-
- return GetEntryByNumber(dictEntry->GetGroup(),dictEntry->GetElement());
-}
-
-/**
- * \brief Searches within Header Entries (Dicom Elements) parsed with
- * the public and private dictionaries
- * for the element value representation of a given tag.
- *
- * Obtaining the VR (Value Representation) might be needed by caller
- * to convert the string typed content to caller's native type
- * (think of C++ vs Python). The VR is actually of a higher level
- * of semantics than just the native C++ type.
- * @param tagName name of the searched element.
- * @return Corresponding element value representation when it exists,
- * and the string GDCM_UNFOUND ("gdcm::Unfound") otherwise.
- */
-std::string gdcmDocument::GetEntryVRByName(TagName tagName) {
- gdcmDictEntry *dictEntry = RefPubDict->GetDictEntryByName(tagName);
- if( dictEntry == NULL)
- return GDCM_UNFOUND;
-
- gdcmDocEntry* elem = GetDocEntryByNumber(dictEntry->GetGroup(),
- dictEntry->GetElement());
- return elem->GetVR();
-}
-
-
-/**
- * \brief Searches within Header Entries (Dicom Elements) parsed with
- * the public and private dictionaries
- * for the element value representation of a given tag.
- * @param group Group number of the searched tag.
- * @param element Element number of the searched tag.
- * @return Corresponding element value representation when it exists,
- * and the string GDCM_UNFOUND ("gdcm::Unfound") otherwise.
- */
-std::string gdcmDocument::GetEntryByNumber(guint16 group, guint16 element){
- TagKey key = gdcmDictEntry::TranslateToKey(group, element);
- if ( ! tagHT.count(key))
- return GDCM_UNFOUND;
- return ((gdcmValEntry *)tagHT.find(key)->second)->GetValue();
-}
-
-/**
- * \brief Searches within Header Entries (Dicom Elements) parsed with
- * the public and private dictionaries
- * for the element value representation of a given tag..
- *
- * Obtaining the VR (Value Representation) might be needed by caller
- * to convert the string typed content to caller's native type
- * (think of C++ vs Python). The VR is actually of a higher level
- * of semantics than just the native C++ type.
- * @param group Group number of the searched tag.
- * @param element Element number of the searched tag.
- * @return Corresponding element value representation when it exists,
- * and the string GDCM_UNFOUND ("gdcm::Unfound") otherwise.
- */
-std::string gdcmDocument::GetEntryVRByNumber(guint16 group, guint16 element) {
- gdcmDocEntry* elem = GetDocEntryByNumber(group, element);
- if ( !elem )
- return GDCM_UNFOUND;
- return elem->GetVR();
-}
-
-/**
- * \brief Searches within Header Entries (Dicom Elements) parsed with
- * the public and private dictionaries
- * for the value length of a given tag..
- * @param group Group number of the searched tag.
- * @param element Element number of the searched tag.
- * @return Corresponding element length; -2 if not found
- */
-int gdcmDocument::GetEntryLengthByNumber(guint16 group, guint16 element) {
- gdcmDocEntry* elem = GetDocEntryByNumber(group, element);
- if ( !elem )
- return -2;
- return elem->GetLength();
-}
-/**
- * \brief Sets the value (string) of the Header Entry (Dicom Element)
- * @param content string value of the Dicom Element
- * @param tagName name of the searched Dicom Element.
- * @return true when found
- */
-bool gdcmDocument::SetEntryByName(std::string content,std::string tagName) {
- gdcmDictEntry *dictEntry = RefPubDict->GetDictEntryByName(tagName);
- if( dictEntry == NULL)
- return false;
-
- return SetEntryByNumber(content,dictEntry->GetGroup(),
- dictEntry->GetElement());
-}
-
-/**
- * \brief Accesses an existing gdcmDocEntry (i.e. a Dicom Element)
- * through it's (group, element) and modifies it's content with
- * the given value.
- * @param content new value (string) to substitute with
- * @param group group number of the Dicom Element to modify
- * @param element element number of the Dicom Element to modify