Package com.adobe.xmp.schema.model

Interface ArrayType

All Superinterfaces:
PropertyType, Serializable
public interface ArrayType extends PropertyType
Describes an XMP array property. There are four types of arrays:
  • Bag
    • (unorderen array)
  • Seq
    • (ordered array)
  • Alt
    • (alternative array)
  • Alt-Text
    • (language alternative, syntactically equal to Alt, but contains only text properties with a language qualifier)
Additionally, a rule can be added to contrain an array to have a minimum and/or maximum number of Items (LengthRule).

  • Method Details

    • getForm

      ArrayType.ArrayForm getForm()
      Returns:
      Returns the array form.

    • getItemType

      PropertyType getItemType()
      Returns:
      Returns the type of the array items. This can be any XMP type including another array. Note: All array items must have the same type, even if RDF does not enforce this.

    • setItemType

      void setItemType(PropertyType itemType)
      Parameters:
      itemType - the type of the array items. This can be any XMP type including another array. Note: All array items must have the same type, even if RDF does not enforce this.

    • addItemQualifier

      void addItemQualifier(PropertyDescription qualifier)
      Add an array item qualifier to each array item. As array items have the same type in XMP, the qualfiers are valid for all array items.
      Parameters:
      qualifier - the qualifier to add.

    • getItemQualifier

      PropertyDescription getItemQualifier(String namespaceURI, String localName)
      Gets an item qualifier by namespace and local name if existing.
      Parameters:
      namespaceURI - the qualifier's namespace
      localName - the qualifier's local name
      Returns:
      Returns the qualifier or null if not existing.

    • getItemQualifiers

      List<PropertyDescription> getItemQualifiers()
      Returns:
      Returns the collection of all item qualifiers

    • removeItemQualifier

      void removeItemQualifier(String namespaceURI, String localName)
      Removes an item qualifier by namespace and local name.
      Parameters:
      namespaceURI - the qualifier's namespace
      localName - the qualifier's local name

    • hasItemQualifiers

      boolean hasItemQualifiers()
      Returns:
      Returns true if the property has at least on qualifier.