- * \brief Loads the element while preserving the current
- * underlying file position indicator as opposed to
- * to LoadDocEntry that modifies it.
- * @param entry Header Entry whose value shall be loaded.
+ * \brief Same as \ref Document::GetDocEntry except it only
+ * returns a result when the corresponding entry is of type
+ * SeqEntry.
+ * @param group Group number of the searched Dicom Element
+ * @param elem Element number of the searched Dicom Element
+ * @return When present, the corresponding SeqEntry.
+ */
+SeqEntry *Document::GetSeqEntry(uint16_t group, uint16_t elem)
+{
+ DocEntry *currentEntry = GetDocEntry(group, elem);
+ if ( !currentEntry )
+ {
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if ( SeqEntry *entry = dynamic_cast<SeqEntry*>(currentEntry) )
+ {
+ return entry;
+ }
+ gdcmVerboseMacro( "Unfound SeqEntry.");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Loads the element while preserving the current
+ * underlying file position indicator as opposed to
+ * LoadDocEntry that modifies it.
+ * @param entry Header Entry whose value will be loaded.