fo-dicom 5.0 - DicomJson to convert List of DicomDataset to string json

[sylvainb31]

I'm trying to convert a List of DicomDataset to a json string, but I can't find the right method to do so in fo-dicom 5.0

When I was using fo-dicom 4.7, i was using the following :

JsonConvert.SerializeObject(studiesListDataSet, new Dicom.Serialization.JsonDicomConverter());

Expected behavior

To have a method in FellowOakDicom.Serialization.DicomJson to convert a List of DicomDataset to a string json.

Method that should exist : ConvertDicomArrayToJson

Does it already exist and I haven't installed the correct package ?

Actual behavior

Actual methods are : ConvertDicomToJson, ConvertJsonToDicom and ConvertJsonToDicomArray

fo-dicom version and OS/platform

fo-dicom 5.0

[gofal]

You are right, that one overload is missing. It will be included in next release. If you cannot wait so long, you can do meanwhile the following:
The code of ConvertDicomToJson is:

    public static string ConvertDicomToJson(DicomDataset dataset, bool writeTagsAsKeywords = false, bool formatIndented = false)
    {
        var options = new JsonSerializerOptions();
        options.Converters.Add(new DicomJsonConverter(writeTagsAsKeywords: writeTagsAsKeywords));
        options.WriteIndented = formatIndented;
        var conv = JsonSerializer.Serialize(dataset, options);
        return conv;
    }

as you can see here:

fo-dicom/FO-DICOM.Core/Serialization/DicomJson.cs

Line 13 in fd190f6

public static string ConvertDicomToJson(DicomDataset dataset, bool writeTagsAsKeywords = false, bool formatIndented = false)

Those are all public classes, no private or internal code, so you can copy this method into your project and replace the DicomDataset parameter to a DicomDataset[] array parameter, or a IEnumerable<DicomDataset>. The rest still works the same.

[sylvainb31]

Thanks a lot for your answer ! :)