Package com.thebuzzmedia.exiftool.core

Enum StandardFormat

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<StandardFormat>

com.thebuzzmedia.exiftool.core.StandardFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

Format, Serializable, Comparable<StandardFormat>, java.lang.constant.Constable

public enum StandardFormat
extends Enum<StandardFormat>
implements Format

Enum used to define the 2 different output formats that StandardTag values can be returned in: numeric or human-readable text.
ExifTool, via the -n command line arg, is capable of returning most values in their raw numeric form (e.g. Aperture="2.8010323841") as well as a more human-readable/friendly format (e.g. Aperture="2.8").
If the caller finds the human-readable format easier to process, HUMAN_READABLE can be specified when calling ExifTool.getImageMeta(File, Format, Collection) and the returned String values processed manually by the caller.
In order to see the types of values that are returned when HUMAN_READABLE is used, you can check the comprehensive ExifTool Tag Guide.
This makes sense with some values like Aperture that in NUMERIC format end up returning as 14-decimal-place, high precision values that are near the intended value (e.g. "2.79999992203711" instead of just returning "2.8"). On the other hand, other values (like Orientation) are easier to parse when their numeric value (1-8) is returned instead of a much longer friendly name (e.g. "Mirror horizontal and rotate 270 CW").

Since:

1.1

Author:

Riyad Kalla ([email protected]), Mickael Jeanroy

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
HUMAN_READABLE	Human readable Output.
NUMERIC	Numeric Output.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static StandardFormat	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static StandardFormat[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.thebuzzmedia.exiftool.Format

getArgs

Enum Constant Details

NUMERIC

public static final StandardFormat NUMERIC

Numeric Output.

HUMAN_READABLE

public static final StandardFormat HUMAN_READABLE

Human readable Output.

Method Details

values

public static StandardFormat[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static StandardFormat valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null