Made it easier to get data from private elements

Tags.AddEntry for DICOM data dictionary entry
or DCM.GetUnknownVRAs<> method

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.pdb
+*.pdb

EvilDICOM.Core/EvilDICOM.Core.Tests/EvilDICOM.Core.Tests.csproj

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     <Compile Include="DataTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DICOMWriteTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TagTests.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="PrivateTagTests.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\EvilDICOM.Core\EvilDICOM.Core.csproj">

EvilDICOM.Core/EvilDICOM.Core.Tests/PrivateTagTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using EvilDICOM.Core.Dictionaries;
+using EvilDICOM.Core.Element;
+using EvilDICOM.Core.IO.Data;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+namespace EvilDICOM.Core.Tests
+{
+    [TestClass]
+    public class PrivateTagTests
+    {
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ReadUnknownFP()
+        {
+            var dcm = new DICOMObject();
+            var fs = new FloatingPointSingle(new Tag("30091047"), 25.0f);
+            dcm.Add(fs);
+            dcm.Write("test.dcm", new EvilDICOM.Core.IO.Writing.DICOMWriteSettings() { TransferSyntax = EvilDICOM.Core.Enums.TransferSyntax.IMPLICIT_VR_LITTLE_ENDIAN });
+
+
+            dcm = DICOMObject.Read("test.dcm");
+            var found = dcm.GetUnknownTagAs<FloatingPointSingle>("30091047");
+
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(found.First() is FloatingPointSingle);
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ReadUnknownFP2()
+        {
+            var dcm = new DICOMObject();
+            var fs = new FloatingPointSingle(new Tag("30091047"), 25.0f);
+            dcm.Add(fs);
+            dcm.Write("test.dcm", new EvilDICOM.Core.IO.Writing.DICOMWriteSettings() { TransferSyntax = EvilDICOM.Core.Enums.TransferSyntax.IMPLICIT_VR_LITTLE_ENDIAN });
+
+            TagDictionary.AddEntry<FloatingPointSingle>("30091047", "MyCustomType");
+            dcm = DICOMObject.Read("test.dcm");
+            var found = dcm.FindAll("30091047");
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(found.First() is FloatingPointSingle);
+        }
+    }
+}

EvilDICOM.Core/EvilDICOM.Core.Tests/obj/Release/EvilDICOM.Core.Tests.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt

@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ C:\Users\rcardan\OneDrive\Cardan.Code\Frameworks\EvilDICOM\_EvilDICOM_GitRepo\Ev
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 C:\Users\rcardan\OneDrive\Cardan.Code\Frameworks\EvilDICOM\_EvilDICOM_GitRepo\Evil-DICOM\EvilDICOM.Core\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests\obj\Release\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests.pdb
+C:\Users\Rex\SkyDrive\Cardan.Code\Frameworks\EvilDICOM\_EvilDICOM_GitRepo\Evil-DICOM\EvilDICOM.Core\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests\obj\Release\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests.Properties.Resources.resources
+C:\Users\Rex\SkyDrive\Cardan.Code\Frameworks\EvilDICOM\_EvilDICOM_GitRepo\Evil-DICOM\EvilDICOM.Core\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests\obj\Release\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests.csproj.GenerateResource.Cache
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 C:\Users\Rex\SkyDrive\Cardan.Code\Frameworks\EvilDICOM\_EvilDICOM_GitRepo\Evil-DICOM\EvilDICOM.Core\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests\bin\Release\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests.dll
 C:\Users\Rex\SkyDrive\Cardan.Code\Frameworks\EvilDICOM\_EvilDICOM_GitRepo\Evil-DICOM\EvilDICOM.Core\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests\bin\Release\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests.pdb
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-C:\Users\Rex\SkyDrive\Cardan.Code\Frameworks\EvilDICOM\_EvilDICOM_GitRepo\Evil-DICOM\EvilDICOM.Core\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests\obj\Release\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests.Properties.Resources.resources
-C:\Users\Rex\SkyDrive\Cardan.Code\Frameworks\EvilDICOM\_EvilDICOM_GitRepo\Evil-DICOM\EvilDICOM.Core\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests\obj\Release\EvilDICOM.Core.Tests.csproj.GenerateResource.Cache
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EvilDICOM.Core/EvilDICOM.Core/DICOMObject.cs

@@ -162,6 +162,40 @@ public List<IDICOMElement> FindAll(VR vrToFind)
             return AllElements.Where(el => el.IsVR(vrToFind)).ToList();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns elements of a certain tag that are of the unknown VR type (because they are not
+        /// in the DICOM dictionary) and reads them as the specified VR type
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">the VR type to read as</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="toFind">the tag of this element</param>
+        /// <returns>the unknown elements strongly typed to T</returns>
+        public List<T> GetUnknownTagAs<T>(Tag toFind) where T: IDICOMElement
+        {
+            return FindAll(toFind)
+              .Select(e => e as Unknown)
+              .Where(u=>u!=null)
+              .Select(u =>
+              {
+                  T t;
+                  var success = u.TryReadAs<T>(out t);
+                  return new { success, t };
+              }).
+              Where(u => u.success)
+             .Select(u => u.t).ToList();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns elements of a certain tag that are of the unknown VR type (because they are not
+        /// in the DICOM dictionary) and reads them as the specified VR type
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">the VR type to read as</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="toFind">the tag of this element</param>
+        /// <returns>the unknown elements strongly typed to T</returns>
+        public List<T> GetUnknownTagAs<T>(string toFind) where T : IDICOMElement
+        {
+            return GetUnknownTagAs<T>(new Tag(toFind));
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Finds all DICOM elements that match an element type
         /// </summary>