ome.xml.meta

Class MetadataConverter

java.lang.Object

ome.xml.meta.MetadataConverter

public final class MetadataConverter
extends Object

A utility class containing a method for piping a source MetadataRetrieve object into a destination MetadataStore.

This technique allows conversion between two different storage media. For example, it can be used to convert an OMEROMetadataStore (OMERO's metadata store implementation) into an OMEXMLMetadataImpl, thus generating OME-XML from information in an OMERO database.

Author:

Curtis Rueden ctrueden at wisc.edu

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	convertChannels(MetadataRetrieve src, int srcImage, int srcChannel, MetadataStore dest, int destImage, int destChannel, boolean copyID) Copy all metadata from the specified channel in the source MetadataRetrieve to the specified channel in the destination MetadataStore.
static void	convertChannels(MetadataRetrieve src, int srcImage, int srcChannel, MetadataStore dest, int destImage, int destChannel, boolean copyID, List<String> lightSourceIds) Copy all metadata from the specified channel in the source MetadataRetrieve to the specified channel in the destination MetadataStore.
static void	convertMetadata(MetadataRetrieve src, MetadataStore dest) Copies information from a metadata retrieval object (source) into a metadata store (destination).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

convertMetadata

public static void convertMetadata(MetadataRetrieve src,
                                   MetadataStore dest)

Copies information from a metadata retrieval object (source) into a metadata store (destination).

convertChannels

public static void convertChannels(MetadataRetrieve src,
                                   int srcImage,
                                   int srcChannel,
                                   MetadataStore dest,
                                   int destImage,
                                   int destChannel,
                                   boolean copyID)

Copy all metadata from the specified channel in the source MetadataRetrieve to the specified channel in the destination MetadataStore. The specified destination Image must exist (e.g. via calling setImageID(..., destImage)), but the destination Channel only needs to exist if the copyID flag is false LightSource references are assumed to be correct and are not checked for validity.

Parameters:

src - the source MetadataRetrieve

srcImage - the index of the Channel's parent Image in src

srcChannel - the index of the Channel in src

dest - the destination MetadataStore

destImage - the index of the Channel's parent Image in dest

destChannel - the index of the Channel in dest

copyID - false if the Channel ID should be omitted from the copy operation

convertChannels

public static void convertChannels(MetadataRetrieve src,
                                   int srcImage,
                                   int srcChannel,
                                   MetadataStore dest,
                                   int destImage,
                                   int destChannel,
                                   boolean copyID,
                                   List<String> lightSourceIds)

Copy all metadata from the specified channel in the source MetadataRetrieve to the specified channel in the destination MetadataStore. The specified destination Image must exist (e.g. via calling setImageID(..., destImage)), but the destination Channel only needs to exist if the copyID flag is false

Parameters:

src - the source MetadataRetrieve

srcImage - the index of the Channel's parent Image in src

srcChannel - the index of the Channel in src

dest - the destination MetadataStore

destImage - the index of the Channel's parent Image in dest

destChannel - the index of the Channel in dest

copyID - false if the Channel ID should be omitted from the copy operation

lightSourceIds - list of valid LightSource IDs for reference checking