Package com.adobe.xmp.schema.model

Interface SimpleType

All Superinterfaces:

PropertyType, Serializable

public interface SimpleType
extends PropertyType

Describes a simple XMP type. All simple types are based on five basic types:

• Text
• Integer
• Real
• Boolean
• Date

Additionally, a rule can be added to contrain a simple property, typically a regular expression for Text or an algebraic expression for Integer, e.g. the MIMEType or Rating property.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	SimpleType.BasicType	Enum of all five basic XMP simple types

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	TYPE_BOOLEAN	Name of Boolean
static String	TYPE_DATE	Name of Date
static String	TYPE_INTEGER	Name of Integer
static String	TYPE_REAL	Name of Real
static String	TYPE_TEXT	Name of Text

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
SimpleType.BasicType	getBasicType()	One of the basic types "Boolean", "Date", "Integer", "Real" or "Text".
SimpleType	getInherited()

Methods inherited from interface com.adobe.xmp.schema.model.PropertyType

accept, getDescription, getLabel, getName, getRule, setDescription, setLabel, setName, setRule

Field Detail

TYPE_BOOLEAN

static final String TYPE_BOOLEAN

Name of Boolean

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_DATE

static final String TYPE_DATE

Name of Date

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Constant Field Values

TYPE_INTEGER

static final String TYPE_INTEGER

Name of Integer

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TYPE_REAL

static final String TYPE_REAL

Name of Real

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TYPE_TEXT

static final String TYPE_TEXT

Name of Text

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Method Detail

getBasicType

SimpleType.BasicType getBasicType()

One of the basic types "Boolean", "Date", "Integer", "Real" or "Text".

Returns:

Returns the simple type this type is inherited from.

getInherited

SimpleType getInherited()

Returns:

Returns the inherited simple type. If it is a basic type, null is returned