+private:
+ /// Public dictionary used to parse this header
+ gdcmDict *RefPubDict;
+
+ /// Optional "shadow dictionary" (private elements) used to parse
+ /// this header
+ gdcmDict *RefShaDict;
+
+ /// Equals 1 if a gdcmHeaderEntry was added post parsing
+ int wasUpdated;
+
+ /// Equals =1 if user wants to skip shadow groups while parsing
+ /// (to save space)
+ int ignoreShadow;
+
+ /// Size threshold above which an element value will NOT be loaded in
+ /// memory (to avoid loading the image/volume itself). By default,
+ /// this upper bound is fixed to 1024 bytes (which might look reasonable
+ /// when one considers the definition of the various VR contents).
+ guint32 MaxSizeLoadEntry;
+
+ /// Size threshold above which an element value will NOT be *printed* in
+ /// order no to polute the screen output. By default, this upper bound
+ /// is fixed to 64 bytes.
+ guint32 MaxSizePrintEntry;
+
+protected:
+ /// Refering underlying filename.
+ std::string filename;
+
+ /// SWap code (e.g. Big Endian, Little Endian, Bad Big Endian,
+ /// Bad Little Endian) according to the processor Endianity and
+ /// what is written on disc.
+ int sw;
+
+ /// File Pointer, opened during Header parsing.
+ FILE *fp;
+
+ /// ACR, ACR_LIBIDO, ExplicitVR, ImplicitVR, Unknown
+ FileType filetype;
+
+ /// After opening the file, we read HEADER_LENGTH_TO_READ bytes.
+ static const unsigned int HEADER_LENGTH_TO_READ;
+
+ /// Elements whose value is longer than MAX_SIZE_LOAD_ELEMENT_VALUE
+ /// are NOT loaded.
+ static const unsigned int MAX_SIZE_LOAD_ELEMENT_VALUE;
+
+ /// Elements whose value is longer than MAX_SIZE_PRINT_ELEMENT_VALUE
+ /// are NOT printed.
+ static const unsigned int MAX_SIZE_PRINT_ELEMENT_VALUE;
+
+ /// Hash Table (multimap), to provide fast access
+ TagHeaderEntryHT tagHT;
+
+ /// Chained list, to keep the 'spacial' ordering
+ ListTag listEntries;
+
+ /// will be set 1 if user asks to 'go inside' the 'sequences' (VR = "SQ")
+ int enableSequences;
+
+ /// Amount of printed details for each Header Entry (Dicom Element):
+ /// 0 : stands for the least detail level.
+ int printLevel;
+