com.drew.metadata.iptc
Class IptcDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor<IptcDirectory>
      com.drew.metadata.iptc.IptcDescriptor

public class IptcDescriptor
extends TagDescriptor<IptcDirectory>

Provides human-readable string representations of tag values stored in a IptcDirectory.

As the IPTC directory already stores values as strings, this class simply returns the tag's value.

Author:

Drew Noakes http://drewnoakes.com

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor

_directory

Constructor Summary

IptcDescriptor(IptcDirectory directory)

Method Summary

String	getByLineDescription()
String	getByLineTitleDescription()
String	getCaptionDescription()
String	getCategoryDescription()
String	getCityDescription()
String	getCopyrightNoticeDescription()
String	getCountryOrPrimaryLocationDescription()
String	getCreditDescription()
String	getDateCreatedDescription()
String	getDescription(int tagType) Returns a descriptive value of the the specified tag for this image.
String	getFileFormatDescription()
String	getHeadlineDescription()
String	getKeywordsDescription()
String	getObjectNameDescription()
String	getOriginalTransmissionReferenceDescription()
String	getOriginatingProgramDescription()
String	getProvinceOrStateDescription()
String	getRecordVersionDescription()
String	getReleaseDateDescription()
String	getReleaseTimeDescription()
String	getSourceDescription()
String	getSpecialInstructionsDescription()
String	getSupplementalCategoriesDescription()
String	getTimeCreatedDescription()
String	getUrgencyDescription()
String	getWriterDescription()

Methods inherited from class com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor

convertBytesToVersionString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IptcDescriptor

public IptcDescriptor(IptcDirectory directory)

Method Detail

getDescription

public String getDescription(int tagType)

Description copied from class: TagDescriptor

Returns a descriptive value of the the specified tag for this image. Where possible, known values will be substituted here in place of the raw tokens actually kept in the metadata segment. If no substitution is available, the value provided by getString(tagType) will be returned.

Overrides:

getDescription in class TagDescriptor<IptcDirectory>

Parameters:

tagType - the tag to find a description for

Returns:

a description of the image's value for the specified tag, or null if the tag hasn't been defined.

getFileFormatDescription

public String getFileFormatDescription()

getByLineDescription

public String getByLineDescription()

getByLineTitleDescription

public String getByLineTitleDescription()

getCaptionDescription

public String getCaptionDescription()

getCategoryDescription

public String getCategoryDescription()

getCityDescription

public String getCityDescription()

getCopyrightNoticeDescription

public String getCopyrightNoticeDescription()

getCountryOrPrimaryLocationDescription

public String getCountryOrPrimaryLocationDescription()

getCreditDescription

public String getCreditDescription()

getDateCreatedDescription

public String getDateCreatedDescription()

getHeadlineDescription

public String getHeadlineDescription()

getKeywordsDescription

public String getKeywordsDescription()

getObjectNameDescription

public String getObjectNameDescription()

getOriginalTransmissionReferenceDescription

public String getOriginalTransmissionReferenceDescription()

getOriginatingProgramDescription

public String getOriginatingProgramDescription()

getProvinceOrStateDescription

public String getProvinceOrStateDescription()

getRecordVersionDescription

public String getRecordVersionDescription()

getReleaseDateDescription

public String getReleaseDateDescription()

getReleaseTimeDescription

public String getReleaseTimeDescription()

getSourceDescription

public String getSourceDescription()

getSpecialInstructionsDescription

public String getSpecialInstructionsDescription()

getSupplementalCategoriesDescription

public String getSupplementalCategoriesDescription()

getTimeCreatedDescription

public String getTimeCreatedDescription()

getUrgencyDescription

public String getUrgencyDescription()

getWriterDescription

public String getWriterDescription()