org.apache.xmlgraphics.xmp
Class Metadata

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.xmlgraphics.xmp.Metadata

All Implemented Interfaces:

XMLizable

public class Metadata

extends java.lang.Object

implements XMLizable

This class represents the root of an XMP metadata tree. It's more or less equivalent to the x:xmpmeta element together with its nested rdf:RDF element.

Constructor Summary

Metadata()

Method Summary

XMPProperty	getProperty(QName name) Returns a property.
XMPProperty	getProperty(java.lang.String uri, java.lang.String localName) Returns a property
int	getPropertyCount()
void	mergeInto(Metadata target) Merges this metadata object into a given target metadata object.
void	setProperty(XMPProperty prop) Sets a property.
void	toSAX(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler handler) Generates SAX events representing the object's state.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Metadata

public Metadata()

Method Detail

setProperty

public void setProperty(XMPProperty prop)

Sets a property.

Parameters:

prop - the property

getProperty

public XMPProperty getProperty(java.lang.String uri,
                               java.lang.String localName)

Returns a property

Parameters:

uri - the namespace URI of the property

localName - the local name of the property

Returns:

the requested property or null if it's not available

getProperty

public XMPProperty getProperty(QName name)

Returns a property.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property

Returns:

the requested property or null if it's not available

getPropertyCount

public int getPropertyCount()

Returns:

the number of properties in this metadata object.

mergeInto

public void mergeInto(Metadata target)

Merges this metadata object into a given target metadata object. The merge rule set provided by each schema is used for the merge.

Parameters:

target - the target metadata to merge the local metadata into

toSAX

public void toSAX(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler handler)
           throws org.xml.sax.SAXException

Description copied from interface: XMLizable

Generates SAX events representing the object's state.

Specified by:

toSAX in interface XMLizable

Parameters:

handler - ContentHandler instance to send the SAX events to

Throws:

org.xml.sax.SAXException - if there's a problem generating the SAX events

See Also:

XMLizable.toSAX(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler)