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+/**
+ * Orthanc - A Lightweight, RESTful DICOM Store
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2013 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.
+ *
+ * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders of this
+ * program give permission to link the code of its release with the
+ * OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it
+ * that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute
+ * the linked executables. You must obey the GNU General Public License
+ * in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL". If you
+ * modify file(s) with this exception, you may extend this exception to
+ * your version of the file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If
+ * you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your
+ * version. If you delete this exception statement from all source files
+ * in the program, then also delete it here.
+ * 
+ * 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 "OrthancException.h"
+
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+
+namespace Orthanc
+{
+  namespace Toolbox
+  {
+    template <typename Enumeration>
+    class EnumerationDictionary
+    {
+    private:
+      typedef std::map<Enumeration, std::string>  EnumerationToString;
+      typedef std::map<std::string, Enumeration>  StringToEnumeration;
+
+      EnumerationToString enumerationToString_;
+      StringToEnumeration stringToEnumeration_;
+
+    public:
+      void Add(Enumeration value, const std::string& str)
+      {
+        enumerationToString_[value] = str;
+        stringToEnumeration_[str] = value;
+        stringToEnumeration_[boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(static_cast<int>(value))] = value;
+      }
+
+      Enumeration Translate(const std::string& str) const
+      {
+        typename StringToEnumeration::const_iterator
+          found = stringToEnumeration_.find(str);
+
+        if (found == stringToEnumeration_.end())
+        {
+          throw OrthancException(ErrorCode_InexistentItem);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          return found->second;
+        }
+      }
+
+      const std::string& Translate(Enumeration e) const
+      {
+        typename EnumerationToString::const_iterator
+          found = enumerationToString_.find(e);
+
+        if (found == enumerationToString_.end())
+        {
+          throw OrthancException(ErrorCode_InexistentItem);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          return found->second;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  }
+}