From: jpr <jpr>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:04:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: gdcmObject:SetEntryByNumber now creates a VirtualDictEntry if the (group,elem)
X-Git-Tag: Version0.5.bp~295
X-Git-Url: https://git.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/pubgit/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8c5d11e469d0c09fa518a2b81ad0d13b279c33f2;p=gdcm.git

gdcmObject:SetEntryByNumber now creates a VirtualDictEntry if the (group,elem)
supplied doesn't correspond to an already existing DictEntry
---

diff --git a/src/gdcmObject.cxx b/src/gdcmObject.cxx
index 3f4b5101..a91aec1f 100644
--- a/src/gdcmObject.cxx
+++ b/src/gdcmObject.cxx
@@ -112,13 +112,16 @@ std::string gdcmObject::GetEntryByName(TagName name)  {
          gdcmHeaderEntry *Entry;
          TagKey key = gdcmDictEntry::TranslateToKey(group, element);
          if ( ! ptagHT->count(key)) {
-	   // we assume the element is a belongs to a Public Group (not a shadow one)
+	   // we assume the element belongs to a Public Group (not a shadow one)
 	   // we assume a Public Dictionnary *is* loaded
            gdcmDict *PubDict         = gdcmGlobal::GetDicts()->GetDefaultPubDict();
-           // we assume the invoqued (group,elem) exists
-	   // inside the Public Dictionary
-           gdcmDictEntry *DictEntry  = PubDict->GetDictEntryByNumber(group, element); 
-           // we assume the constuctor didn't fail
+           // if the invoqued (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 gdcmHeaderEntry(DictEntry);
 	   // ----
 	   // TODO
diff --git a/src/gdcmParser.cxx b/src/gdcmParser.cxx
index cea36d4e..e2df1e28 100644
--- a/src/gdcmParser.cxx
+++ b/src/gdcmParser.cxx
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ bool gdcmParser::SetEntryVoidAreaByNumber(void * area,
 /**
  * \ingroup gdcmParser
  * \brief   Update the entries with the shadow dictionary. 
- *          Only non even entries are  analyzed       
+ *          Only non even entries are analyzed       
  */
 void gdcmParser::UpdateShaEntries(void) {
    gdcmDictEntry *entry;