+
+/**
+ * \brief Sets Entry (Dicom Element) value of an element,
+ * specified by it's tag (Group, Number)
+ * and the length, too ... inside a SQ Item
+ * If the Element is not found, it's just created !
+ * \warning we suppose, right now, the element belongs to a Public Group
+ * (NOT a shadow one)
+ * @param val string value to set
+ * @param group Group number of the searched tag.
+ * @param element Element number of the searched tag.
+ * @return true if element was found or created successfully
+ */
+
+bool gdcmSQItem::SetEntryByNumber(std::string val,uint16_t group,
+ uint16_t element)
+{
+ for(ListDocEntry::iterator i = docEntries.begin(); i != docEntries.end(); ++i)
+ {
+ if ( (*i)->GetGroup() == 0xfffe && (*i)->GetElement() == 0xe000 )
+ {
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if ( ( group < (*i)->GetGroup() )
+ ||( group == (*i)->GetGroup() && element < (*i)->GetElement()) )
+ {
+ // instead of ReplaceOrCreateByNumber
+ // that is a method of gdcmDocument :-(
+ gdcmValEntry* entry = 0;
+ gdcmTagKey key = gdcmDictEntry::TranslateToKey(group, element);
+
+ if ( ! PtagHT->count(key))
+ {
+ // we assume a Public Dictionnary *is* loaded
+ gdcmDict *pubDict = gdcmGlobal::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
+ // if the invoked (group,elem) doesn't exist inside the Dictionary
+ // we create a VirtualDictEntry
+ gdcmDictEntry *dictEntry = pubDict->GetDictEntryByNumber(group,
+ element);
+ if (dictEntry == NULL)
+ {
+ dictEntry =
+ gdcmGlobal::GetDicts()->NewVirtualDictEntry(group, element,
+ "UN", "??", "??");
+ }
+ // we assume the constructor didn't fail
+ entry = new gdcmValEntry(dictEntry);
+ /// \todo
+ /// ----
+ /// better we don't assume too much !
+ /// gdcmSQItem is now used to describe any DICOMDIR related object
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ gdcmDocEntry* foundEntry = PtagHT->find(key)->second;
+ entry = dynamic_cast<gdcmValEntry*>(foundEntry);
+ if (!entry)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(0, "gdcmSQItem::SetEntryByNumber: docEntries"
+ " contains non gdcmValEntry occurences");
+ }
+ }
+ if (entry)
+ {
+ entry->SetValue(val);
+ }
+ entry->SetLength(val.length());
+ docEntries.insert(i,entry);
+
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (group == (*i)->GetGroup() && element == (*i)->GetElement() )
+ {
+ if ( gdcmValEntry* entry = dynamic_cast<gdcmValEntry*>(*i) )
+ {
+ entry->SetValue(val);
+ }
+ (*i)->SetLength(val.length());
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+ return false;
+}