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|  | DcmDataset () | 
|  | default constructor 
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|  | DcmDataset (const DcmDataset &old) | 
|  | copy constructor 
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| virtual | ~DcmDataset () | 
|  | destructor 
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| DcmDataset & | operator= (const DcmDataset &obj) | 
|  | assignment operator 
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| virtual DcmObject * | clone () const | 
|  | clone method 
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| virtual OFCondition | copyFrom (const DcmObject &rhs) | 
|  | Virtual object copying. 
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| virtual DcmEVR | ident () const | 
|  | get type identifier 
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| virtual OFCondition | clear () | 
|  | clear (remove) attribute value 
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| virtual void | removeInvalidGroups (const OFBool cmdSet=OFFalse) | 
|  | remove all elements with an invalid group number, i.e. 
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| E_TransferSyntax | getOriginalXfer () const | 
|  | return the transfer syntax in which this dataset was originally read or created. 
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| E_TransferSyntax | getCurrentXfer () const | 
|  | return the current transfer syntax, i.e. the one that was last used with chooseRepresentation() in order to select a specific representation or with write() or writeSignatureFormat() in order to create a byte stream according to the DICOM encoding rules. 
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| virtual void | updateOriginalXfer () | 
|  | update the original transfer syntax, e.g. in case the dataset was created in memory and pixel data was added with a particular representation. 
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| virtual void | print (STD_NAMESPACE ostream &out, const size_t flags=0, const int level=0, const char *pixelFileName=NULL, size_t *pixelCounter=NULL) | 
|  | print all elements of the dataset to a stream 
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| Uint32 | calcElementLength (const E_TransferSyntax xfer, const E_EncodingType enctype) | 
|  | calculate the length of this DICOM element when encoded with the given transfer syntax and the given encoding type for sequences. 
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| virtual OFBool | canWriteXfer (const E_TransferSyntax newXfer, const E_TransferSyntax oldXfer=EXS_Unknown) | 
|  | check if this DICOM object can be encoded in the given transfer syntax. 
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| virtual OFCondition | read (DcmInputStream &inStream, const E_TransferSyntax xfer=EXS_Unknown, const E_GrpLenEncoding glenc=EGL_noChange, const Uint32 maxReadLength=DCM_MaxReadLength) | 
|  | This function reads the information of all attributes which are captured in the input stream and captures this information in this->elementList. 
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| virtual OFCondition | readUntilTag (DcmInputStream &inStream, const E_TransferSyntax xfer=EXS_Unknown, const E_GrpLenEncoding glenc=EGL_noChange, const Uint32 maxReadLength=DCM_MaxReadLength, const DcmTagKey &stopParsingAtElement=DCM_UndefinedTagKey) | 
|  | This function reads the information of all attributes which are captured in the input stream and captures this information in this->elementList, up to the attribute tag stopParsingAtElement. 
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| virtual OFCondition | write (DcmOutputStream &outStream, const E_TransferSyntax oxfer, const E_EncodingType enctype, DcmWriteCache *wcache) | 
|  | write dataset to a stream 
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| virtual OFCondition | write (DcmOutputStream &outStream, const E_TransferSyntax oxfer, const E_EncodingType enctype, DcmWriteCache *wcache, const E_GrpLenEncoding glenc, const E_PaddingEncoding padenc=EPD_noChange, const Uint32 padlen=0, const Uint32 subPadlen=0, Uint32 instanceLength=0) | 
|  | This function writes data values which are contained in this DcmDataset object to the stream which is passed as first argument. 
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| virtual OFCondition | writeSignatureFormat (DcmOutputStream &outStream, const E_TransferSyntax oxfer, const E_EncodingType enctype, DcmWriteCache *wcache) | 
|  | special write method for creation of digital signatures 
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| virtual OFCondition | writeXML (STD_NAMESPACE ostream &out, const size_t flags=0) | 
|  | write object in XML format. 
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| virtual OFCondition | writeJson (STD_NAMESPACE ostream &out, DcmJsonFormat &format) | 
|  | write object in JSON format. 
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| virtual OFCondition | loadFile (const OFFilename &fileName, const E_TransferSyntax readXfer=EXS_Unknown, const E_GrpLenEncoding groupLength=EGL_noChange, const Uint32 maxReadLength=DCM_MaxReadLength) | 
|  | load object from a DICOM file. 
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| virtual OFCondition | loadFileUntilTag (const OFFilename &fileName, const E_TransferSyntax readXfer=EXS_Unknown, const E_GrpLenEncoding groupLength=EGL_noChange, const Uint32 maxReadLength=DCM_MaxReadLength, const DcmTagKey &stopParsingAtElement=DCM_UndefinedTagKey) | 
|  | load object from a DICOM file, up to the attribute tag stopParsingAtElement. 
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| virtual OFCondition | saveFile (const OFFilename &fileName, const E_TransferSyntax writeXfer=EXS_Unknown, const E_EncodingType encodingType=EET_UndefinedLength, const E_GrpLenEncoding groupLength=EGL_recalcGL, const E_PaddingEncoding padEncoding=EPD_noChange, const Uint32 padLength=0, const Uint32 subPadLength=0) | 
|  | save object to a DICOM file. 
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| OFCondition | chooseRepresentation (const E_TransferSyntax repType, const DcmRepresentationParameter *repParam) | 
|  | select a specific representation (compressed or uncompressed) of the dataset and create the representation if needed. 
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| OFBool | hasRepresentation (const E_TransferSyntax repType, const DcmRepresentationParameter *repParam) | 
|  | check if all PixelData elements in this dataset have a representation conforming to the given transfer syntax and representation parameters (see dcpixel.h for definition of "conforming"). 
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| void | removeAllButOriginalRepresentations () | 
|  | removes all but the original representation in all pixel data elements 
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| void | removeAllButCurrentRepresentations () | 
|  | removes all but the current representation and sets the original representation to current 
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| virtual OFBool | checkForSpecificCharacterSet () const | 
|  | mode specifying whether the SpecificCharacterSet (0008,0005) element should be checked by convertCharacterSet() or not, i.e. whether this element might be present on this dataset-level. 
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|  | DcmItem () | 
|  | default constructor 
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|  | DcmItem (const DcmTag &tag, const Uint32 len=0) | 
|  | constructor. 
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|  | DcmItem (const DcmItem &old) | 
|  | copy constructor 
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| DcmItem & | operator= (const DcmItem &obj) | 
|  | assignment operator. 
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| virtual int | compare (const DcmItem &rhs) const | 
|  | comparison operator that compares the value of this object with a given object of the same type. 
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| virtual | ~DcmItem () | 
|  | destructor 
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| virtual unsigned long | getVM () | 
|  | get value multiplicity 
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| virtual unsigned long | getNumberOfValues () | 
|  | get number of values (elements) stored in this item. 
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| virtual unsigned long | card () const | 
|  | get cardinality of this item 
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| virtual OFBool | isLeaf () const | 
|  | check if this element is a leaf node in a dataset tree. 
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| virtual OFBool | isNested () const | 
|  | check if this item is nested in a sequence of items, i.e. not a top-level or stand-alone item/dataset 
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| virtual Uint32 | getLength (const E_TransferSyntax xfer=EXS_LittleEndianImplicit, const E_EncodingType enctype=EET_UndefinedLength) | 
|  | calculate the value length (without attribute tag, VR and length field) of this DICOM element when encoded with the given transfer syntax and the given encoding type for sequences. 
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| virtual void | transferInit () | 
|  | initialize the transfer state of this object. 
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| virtual void | transferEnd () | 
|  | finalize the transfer state of this object. 
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| virtual DcmItem * | getParentItem () | 
|  | get parent item of this object, i.e. the item/dataset in which the surrounding sequence element is stored. 
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| virtual OFCondition | writeJsonExt (STD_NAMESPACE ostream &out, DcmJsonFormat &format, OFBool printBraces, OFBool printNewline) | 
|  | write object in JSON format and control whether the output is encapsulated in braces 
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| virtual OFBool | containsUnknownVR () const | 
|  | returns true if the object contains an element with Unknown VR at any nesting level 
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| virtual OFBool | containsExtendedCharacters (const OFBool checkAllStrings=OFFalse) | 
|  | check if this object contains non-ASCII characters at any nesting level. 
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| virtual OFBool | isAffectedBySpecificCharacterSet () const | 
|  | check if this object is affected by SpecificCharacterSet at any nesting level. 
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| virtual OFCondition | convertCharacterSet (const OFString &fromCharset, const OFString &toCharset, const size_t flags=0, const OFBool updateCharset=OFFalse) | 
|  | convert all element values that are contained in this item and that are affected by SpecificCharacterSet from the given source character set to the given destination character set. 
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| virtual OFCondition | convertCharacterSet (const OFString &toCharset, const size_t flags=0, const OFBool ignoreCharset=OFFalse) | 
|  | convert all element values that are contained in this item and that are affected by SpecificCharacterSet to the given destination character set. 
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| virtual OFCondition | convertCharacterSet (DcmSpecificCharacterSet &converter) | 
|  | convert all element values that are contained in this item and that are affected by SpecificCharacterSet from the currently selected source character set to the currently selected destination character set 
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| virtual OFCondition | convertToUTF8 () | 
|  | convert all element values that are contained in this item and that are affected by SpecificCharacterSet to UTF-8 (Unicode). 
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| virtual OFCondition | insert (DcmElement *elem, OFBool replaceOld=OFFalse, OFBool checkInsertOrder=OFFalse) | 
|  | insert a new element into the list of elements maintained by this item. 
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| virtual DcmElement * | getElement (const unsigned long num) | 
|  | access an element from the item. 
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| virtual OFCondition | nextObject (DcmStack &stack, const OFBool intoSub) | 
|  | this method enables a stack based, depth-first traversal of a complete hierarchical DICOM dataset (that is, classes derived from DcmItem or DcmSequenceOfItems). 
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| virtual DcmObject * | nextInContainer (const DcmObject *obj) | 
|  | this method is only used in container classes, that is, DcmItem and DcmSequenceOfItems. 
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| virtual DcmElement * | remove (const unsigned long num) | 
|  | remove element from list. 
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| virtual DcmElement * | remove (DcmObject *elem) | 
|  | remove element from list. 
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| virtual DcmElement * | remove (const DcmTagKey &tag) | 
|  | remove element from list. 
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| virtual OFBool | isEmpty (const OFBool normalize=OFTrue) | 
|  | check if this item is empty 
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| virtual OFCondition | verify (const OFBool autocorrect=OFFalse) | 
|  | check the currently stored element value 
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| virtual OFCondition | search (const DcmTagKey &xtag, DcmStack &resultStack, E_SearchMode mode=ESM_fromHere, OFBool searchIntoSub=OFTrue) | 
|  | a complex, stack-based, hierarchical search method. 
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| virtual OFCondition | loadAllDataIntoMemory () | 
|  | this method loads all attribute values maintained by this object and all sub-objects (in case of a container such as DcmDataset) into memory. 
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| virtual void | compactElements (const Uint32 maxLength) | 
|  | iterate over all elements and remove those element values from memory which exceed a given length and which can be loaded from file when needed again. 
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| virtual OFCondition | computeGroupLengthAndPadding (const E_GrpLenEncoding glenc, const E_PaddingEncoding padenc=EPD_noChange, const E_TransferSyntax xfer=EXS_Unknown, const E_EncodingType enctype=EET_ExplicitLength, const Uint32 padlen=0, const Uint32 subPadlen=0, Uint32 instanceLength=0) | 
|  | This function takes care of group length and padding elements in the current element list according to what is specified in glenc and padenc. 
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| OFBool | tagExists (const DcmTagKey &key, OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | check if an element with the given attribute tag exists in the dataset 
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| OFBool | tagExistsWithValue (const DcmTagKey &key, OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | check if an element with the given attribute tag exists in the dataset and has a non-empty value 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetElement (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, DcmElement *&element, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse, const OFBool createCopy=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get a pointer to it (or copy it). 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetElements (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, DcmStack &resultStack) | 
|  | find all elements matching a particular tag and return references to them on a stack. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetString (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const char *&value, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as a reference to a C string. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetString (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const char *&value, Uint32 &length, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as a reference to a C string. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetOFString (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, OFString &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as a C++ string (only one component). 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetOFStringArray (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, OFString &value, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as a C++ string (all components). 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetUint8 (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, Uint8 &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an unsigned 8-bit integer. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetUint8Array (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const Uint8 *&value, unsigned long *count=NULL, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an array of unsigned 8-bit integers. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetUint16 (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, Uint16 &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an unsigned 16-bit integer. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetUint16Array (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const Uint16 *&value, unsigned long *count=NULL, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an array of unsigned 16-bit integers. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetSint16 (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, Sint16 &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as a signed 16-bit integer. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetSint16Array (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const Sint16 *&value, unsigned long *count=NULL, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an array of signed 16-bit integers. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetUint32 (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, Uint32 &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an unsigned 32-bit integer. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetUint32Array (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const Uint32 *&value, unsigned long *count=NULL, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an array of unsigned 32-bit integers. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetSint32 (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, Sint32 &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as a signed 32-bit integer. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetSint32Array (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const Sint32 *&value, unsigned long *count=NULL, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an array of signed 32-bit integers. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetUint64 (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, Uint64 &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an unsigned 64-bit integer. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetUint64Array (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const Uint64 *&value, unsigned long *count=NULL, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an array of unsigned 64-bit integers. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetSint64 (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, Sint64 &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as a signed 64-bit integer. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetSint64Array (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const Sint64 *&value, unsigned long *count=NULL, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an array of signed 64-bit integers. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetLongInt (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, long int &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as a (signed) long integer. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetFloat32 (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, Float32 &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as a 32-bit floating point. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetFloat32Array (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const Float32 *&value, unsigned long *count=NULL, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an array of 32-bit floating point values. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetFloat64 (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, Float64 &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as a 64-bit floating point. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetFloat64Array (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const Float64 *&value, unsigned long *count=NULL, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element and get value as an array of 64-bit floating point values. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetSequence (const DcmTagKey &seqTagKey, DcmSequenceOfItems *&sequence, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse, const OFBool createCopy=OFFalse) | 
|  | looks up and returns a given sequence. 
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| OFCondition | findAndGetSequenceItem (const DcmTagKey &seqTagKey, DcmItem *&item, const signed long itemNum=0, const OFBool createCopy=OFFalse) | 
|  | looks up and returns a given sequence item, if it exists. 
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| OFCondition | findOrCreateSequenceItem (const DcmTag &seqTag, DcmItem *&item, const signed long itemNum=0) | 
|  | looks up the given sequence in the current dataset and returns the given item. 
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| OFCondition | findAndInsertCopyOfElement (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, DcmItem *destItem, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | find element, create a copy and insert it into the given destination dataset. 
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| OFCondition | findAndDeleteElement (const DcmTagKey &tagKey, const OFBool allOccurrences=OFFalse, const OFBool searchIntoSub=OFFalse) | 
|  | find element, remove it from the dataset and free the associated memory. 
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| OFCondition | findAndDeleteSequenceItem (const DcmTagKey &seqTagKey, const signed long itemNum) | 
|  | looks up the given sequence in the current dataset and deletes the given item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertString (const DcmTag &tag, const char *value, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertString (const DcmTag &tag, const char *value, const Uint32 length, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertOFStringArray (const DcmTag &tag, const OFString &value, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertUint8Array (const DcmTag &tag, const Uint8 *value, const unsigned long count, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertUint16 (const DcmTag &tag, const Uint16 value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertUint16Array (const DcmTag &tag, const Uint16 *value, const unsigned long count, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertSint16 (const DcmTag &tag, const Sint16 value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertSint16Array (const DcmTag &tag, const Sint16 *value, const unsigned long count, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertUint32 (const DcmTag &tag, const Uint32 value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertUint32Array (const DcmTag &tag, const Uint32 *value, const unsigned long count, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertSint32 (const DcmTag &tag, const Sint32 value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertSint32Array (const DcmTag &tag, const Sint32 *value, const unsigned long count, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertFloat32 (const DcmTag &tag, const Float32 value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertFloat32Array (const DcmTag &tag, const Float32 *value, const unsigned long count, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertFloat64 (const DcmTag &tag, const Float64 value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertFloat64Array (const DcmTag &tag, const Float64 *value, const unsigned long count, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | putAndInsertTagKey (const DcmTag &tag, const DcmTagKey &value, const unsigned long pos=0, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element, put specified value to it and insert the element into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | insertEmptyElement (const DcmTag &tag, const OFBool replaceOld=OFTrue) | 
|  | create a new element (with no value) and insert it into the dataset/item. 
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| OFCondition | insertSequenceItem (const DcmTag &seqTag, DcmItem *item, const signed long itemNum=-2) | 
|  | looks up the given sequence in the current dataset and inserts the given item. 
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|  | DcmObject (const DcmTag &tag, const Uint32 len=0) | 
|  | constructor. 
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|  | DcmObject (const DcmObject &obj) | 
|  | copy constructor 
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| virtual | ~DcmObject () | 
|  | destructor 
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| DcmObject & | operator= (const DcmObject &obj) | 
|  | copy assignment operator 
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| DcmEVR | getVR () const | 
|  | return the value representation assigned to this object. 
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| OFBool | isaString () const | 
|  | check if this element is a string type, based on the VR. 
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| virtual OFBool | isElement () const | 
|  | check if this element can be safely casted to DcmElement 
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| E_TransferState | transferState () const | 
|  | return the current transfer (read/write) state of this object. 
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| DcmItem * | getRootItem () | 
|  | get root dataset/item (top-level) that contains this object. 
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| DcmObject * | getParent () | 
|  | get parent of this object. 
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| const DcmObject * | getParent () const | 
|  | get parent of this object. 
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| void | setParent (DcmObject *parent) | 
|  | set parent of this object. 
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| Uint16 | getGTag () const | 
|  | return the group number of the attribute tag for this object 
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| Uint16 | getETag () const | 
|  | return the element number of the attribute tag for this object 
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| const DcmTag & | getTag () const | 
|  | return const reference to the attribute tag for this object 
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| void | setGTag (Uint16 gtag) | 
|  | assign group tag (but not element tag) of the attribute tag for this object. 
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| virtual OFCondition | setVR (DcmEVR vr) | 
|  | assign a new Value Representation (VR) to this object. 
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| virtual OFBool | isSignable () const | 
|  | returns true if the current object may be included in a digital signature 
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| Uint32 | getLengthField () const | 
|  | return the current value of the Length field (which is different from the functionality of the public getLength() method). 
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