+/**
+ * \ingroup gdcmHeader
+ * \brief Small utility function that creates a new manually crafted
+ * (as opposed as read from the file) gdcmElValue with user
+ * specified name and adds it to the public tag hash table.
+ * Refer to gdcmHeader::AddAndDefaultElements for a typical usage.
+ * \note A fake TagKey is generated so the PubDict can keep it's coherence.
+ * @param NewTagName The name to be given to this new tag.
+ * @param VR The Value Representation to be given to this new tag.
+ * @ return The newly hand crafted Element Value.
+ */
+gdcmElValue* gdcmHeader::NewManualElValToPubDict(string NewTagName, string VR) {
+ gdcmElValue* NewElVal = (gdcmElValue*)0;
+ guint32 StuffGroup = 0xffff; // Group to be stuffed with additional info
+ guint32 FreeElem = 0;
+ gdcmDictEntry* NewEntry = (gdcmDictEntry*)0;
+
+ FreeElem = PubElVals.GenerateFreeTagKeyInGroup(StuffGroup);
+ if (FreeElem == UINT32_MAX) {
+ dbg.Verbose(1, "gdcmHeader::NewManualElValToPubDict",
+ "Group 0xffff in Public Dict is full");
+ return (gdcmElValue*)0;
+ }
+ NewEntry = new gdcmDictEntry(StuffGroup, FreeElem,
+ VR, "GDCM", NewTagName);
+ NewElVal = new gdcmElValue(NewEntry);
+ PubElVals.Add(NewElVal);
+ return NewElVal;