Package com.drew.metadata

Class Metadata

java.lang.Object

com.drew.metadata.Metadata

public final class Metadata
extends Object

A top-level object that holds the metadata values extracted from an image.

Metadata objects may contain zero or more Directory objects. Each directory may contain zero or more tags with corresponding values.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Metadata()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T extends Directory> void	addDirectory(T directory)	Adds a directory to this metadata collection.
boolean	containsDirectoryOfType(Class<? extends Directory> type)	Indicates whether an instance of the given directory type exists in this Metadata instance.
Iterable<Directory>	getDirectories()	Returns an iterable set of the Directory instances contained in this metadata collection.
<T extends Directory> Collection<T>	getDirectoriesOfType(Class<T> type)
int	getDirectoryCount()	Returns the count of directories in this metadata collection.
<T extends Directory> T	getFirstDirectoryOfType(Class<T> type)	Gets the first Directory of the specified type contained within this metadata collection.
boolean	hasErrors()	Indicates whether any errors were reported during the reading of metadata values.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Metadata

public Metadata()

Method Detail

getDirectories

public Iterable<Directory> getDirectories()

Returns an iterable set of the Directory instances contained in this metadata collection.

Returns:

an iterable set of directories

getDirectoriesOfType

public <T extends Directory> Collection<T> getDirectoriesOfType(Class<T> type)

getDirectoryCount

public int getDirectoryCount()

Returns the count of directories in this metadata collection.

Returns:

the number of unique directory types set for this metadata collection

addDirectory

public <T extends Directory> void addDirectory(T directory)

Adds a directory to this metadata collection.

Parameters:

directory - the Directory to add into this metadata collection.

getFirstDirectoryOfType

public <T extends Directory> T getFirstDirectoryOfType(Class<T> type)

Gets the first Directory of the specified type contained within this metadata collection. If no instances of this type are present, null is returned.

Type Parameters:

T - the Directory type

Parameters:

type - the Directory type

Returns:

the first Directory of type T in this metadata collection, or null if none exist

containsDirectoryOfType

public boolean containsDirectoryOfType(Class<? extends Directory> type)

Indicates whether an instance of the given directory type exists in this Metadata instance.

Parameters:

type - the Directory type

Returns:

true if a Directory of the specified type exists, otherwise false

hasErrors

public boolean hasErrors()

Indicates whether any errors were reported during the reading of metadata values. This value will be true if Directory.hasErrors() is true for one of the contained Directory objects.

Returns:

whether one of the contained directories has an error

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object