public static XElement ToXElement(this IDICOMElement el)
{
var xel = new XElement("DICOMElement");
xel.Add(new XAttribute("VR", VRDictionary.GetAbbreviationFromType(el)));
xel.Add(new XAttribute("Tag", el.Tag.CompleteID));
xel.Add(new XAttribute("Description", TagDictionary.GetDescription(el.Tag.CompleteID)));
//Recursively add data if seq
if (el.IsVR(VR.Sequence))
{
var seq = el as Sequence;
for (var i = 0; i < seq.Items.Count; i++)
{
var item = new XElement("Item");
foreach (var it in seq.Items[i].Elements)
{
item.Add(it.ToXElement());
}
xel.Add(item);
}
}
else // Just add data
{
if (el.DatType != typeof(byte))
{
foreach (var d in el.DData_)
{
xel.Add(new XElement("Data", d));
}
}
else
{
//If data type is byte, write hex string
var array = (el.DData_ as List <byte>).ToArray();
var hex = ByteHelper.ByteArrayToHexString(array);
xel.Add(new XElement("Data", hex));
}
}
return(xel);
}
public override string ToString()
{
return(string.Format("({0},{1}) : {2}", Group, Element, TagDictionary.GetDescription(this)));
}