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+++ b/PalantirServer/FromDcmtkBridge.h	Thu Jul 19 14:32:22 2012 +0200
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+/**
+ * Palantir - A Lightweight, RESTful DICOM Store
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Medical Physics Department, CHU of Liege,
+ * Belgium
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../Core/DicomFormat/DicomMap.h"
+#include <dcmtk/dcmdata/dcdatset.h>
+#include <json/json.h>
+
+namespace Palantir
+{
+  class FromDcmtkBridge
+  {
+  public:
+    static void Convert(DicomMap& target, DcmDataset& dataset);
+
+    static DicomTag GetTag(const DcmElement& element);
+
+    static DicomValue* ConvertLeafElement(DcmElement& element);
+
+    static void ToJson(Json::Value& target, 
+                       DcmDataset& dataset,
+                       unsigned int maxStringLength = 256);       
+
+    static void ToJson(Json::Value& target, 
+                       const std::string& path,
+                       unsigned int maxStringLength = 256);
+
+    static void ExtractNormalizedImage(std::string& result,
+                                       DcmDataset& dataset);
+
+    static void ExtractNormalizedImage(std::string& result,
+                                       const std::string& dicomContent);
+
+    static std::string GetName(const DicomTag& tag);
+
+    static DicomTag FindTag(const char* name);
+
+    static DicomTag FindTag(const std::string& name)
+    {
+      return FindTag(name.c_str());
+    }
+
+    static bool HasTag(const DicomMap& fields,
+                       const std::string& tagName)
+    {
+      return fields.HasTag(FindTag(tagName));
+    }
+
+    static const DicomValue& GetValue(const DicomMap& fields,
+                                      const std::string& tagName)
+    {
+      return fields.GetValue(FindTag(tagName));
+    }
+
+    static void SetValue(DicomMap& target,
+                         const std::string& tagName,
+                         DicomValue* value)
+    {
+      target.SetValue(FindTag(tagName), value);
+    }
+
+    static void Print(FILE* fp, 
+                      const DicomMap& m);
+
+    static void ToJson(Json::Value& result,
+                       const DicomMap& values);
+  };
+}