com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.metadata

Class AbstractEntry

java.lang.Object

com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.metadata.AbstractEntry

All Implemented Interfaces:

Entry

Direct Known Subclasses:

TIFFEntry

public abstract class AbstractEntry
extends Object
implements Entry

AbstractEntry

Version:

$Id: AbstractEntry.java,v 1.0 Nov 12, 2009 12:43:13 AM haraldk Exp$

Author:

Harald Kuhr, last modified by $Author: haraldk$

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AbstractEntry(Object identifier, Object value)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object pOther)
String	getFieldName() Returns null, meaning unknown or undefined.
Object	getIdentifier()
protected String	getNativeIdentifier() Returns a format-native identifier.
String	getTypeName()
Object	getValue()
String	getValueAsString()
int	hashCode()
String	toString()
int	valueCount()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractEntry

protected AbstractEntry(Object identifier,
                        Object value)

Method Detail

getIdentifier

public final Object getIdentifier()

Specified by:

getIdentifier in interface Entry

getNativeIdentifier

protected String getNativeIdentifier()

Returns a format-native identifier. For example "2:00" for IPTC "Record Version" field, or "0x040c" for PSD "Thumbnail" resource. This default implementation simply returns String.valueOf(getIdentifier()).

Returns:

a format-native identifier.

getFieldName

public String getFieldName()

Returns null, meaning unknown or undefined.

Specified by:

getFieldName in interface Entry

Returns:

null.

getValue

public Object getValue()

Specified by:

getValue in interface Entry

getValueAsString

public String getValueAsString()

Specified by:

getValueAsString in interface Entry

getTypeName

public String getTypeName()

Specified by:

getTypeName in interface Entry

valueCount

public int valueCount()

Specified by:

valueCount in interface Entry

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object pOther)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object