LEADTOOLS Medical (Leadtools.Dicom assembly)

GetChildKey Method

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An item in the Data Set.
Returns the item in the Dicom Dir Data Set that is the first child of the specified item.
Syntax
public DicomElement GetChildKey( 
   DicomElement element
)
'Declaration
 
Public Function GetChildKey( _
   ByVal element As DicomElement _
) As DicomElement
'Usage
 
Dim instance As DicomDataSet
Dim element As DicomElement
Dim value As DicomElement
 
value = instance.GetChildKey(element)
public DicomElement GetChildKey( 
   DicomElement element
)

            
public DicomElement getChildKey(DicomElement element)
 function Leadtools.Dicom.DicomDataSet.GetChildKey( 
   element 
)
public:
DicomElement^ GetChildKey( 
   DicomElement^ element
) 

Parameters

element
An item in the Data Set.

Return Value

The item in the Data Set that is the first child of the item specified by element, or a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if element has no child items.
Remarks
The child is the offspring one level lower than the specified item. If the specified item has no child items, this method will return a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). For example:

If the passed object points to: The method returns an object pointing to:
Item 1 null
Item 2 Item 3
Item 4 Item 5
Item 6 null

The following methods will also help you navigate the Data Set:

GetFirstKey

GetLastKey

GetNextKey

GetRootKey

GetParentKey

Example
For an example, refer to Reset.
Requirements

Target Platforms

See Also

Reference

DicomDataSet Class
DicomDataSet Members
GetFirstKey Method
GetLastKey Method
GetNextKey Method
GetPreviousKey Method
GetRootKey Method
GetParentKey Method

 

 


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