-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-gdcmDebug::gdcmDebug(int level) {
- DebugLevel = level;
+#include "gdcmUtil.h"
+#include "gdcmDebug.h"
+
+#include <stdarg.h> //only included in implementation file
+#include <stdio.h> //only included in implementation file
+
+namespace gdcm
+{
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup Globals
+ * \brief Provide a better 'c++' approach for sprintf
+ * For example c code is:
+ * sprintf(trash, "%04x|%04x", group , element);
+ *
+ * c++ is
+ * std::ostringstream buf;
+ * buf << std::right << std::setw(4) << std::setfill('0') << std::hex
+ * << group << "|" << std::right << std::setw(4) << std::setfill('0')
+ * << std::hex << element;
+ * buf.str();
+ */
+
+std::string Util::Format(const char* format, ...)
+{
+ char buffer[2048];
+ va_list args;
+ va_start(args, format);
+ vsprintf(buffer, format, args); //might be a security flaw
+ return buffer;