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com.drew.metadata.iptc
Class IptcDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor
      extended by com.drew.metadata.iptc.IptcDescriptor
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable

public class IptcDescriptor
extends TagDescriptor

Provides human-readable string represenations of tag values stored in a IptcDirectory. As the IPTC directory already stores values as strings, this class simply returns the tag's value.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor
_directory
 
Constructor Summary
IptcDescriptor(Directory directory)
           
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String getByLineDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getByLineTitleDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getCaptionDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getCategoryDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getCityDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getCopyrightNoticeDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getCountryOrPrimaryLocationDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getCreditDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getDateCreatedDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getDescription(int tagType)
          Returns a descriptive value of the the specified tag for this image.
 java.lang.String getHeadlineDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getKeywordsDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getObjectNameDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getOriginalTransmissionReferenceDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getOriginatingProgramDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getProvinceOrStateDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getRecordVersionDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getReleaseDateDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getReleaseTimeDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getSourceDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getSpecialInstructionsDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getSupplementalCategoriesDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getTimeCreatedDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getUrgencyDescription()
           
 java.lang.String getWriterDescription()
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

IptcDescriptor

public IptcDescriptor(Directory directory)
Method Detail

getDescription

public java.lang.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 Exif segment. If no substitution is available, the value provided by getString(int) will be returned.

This and getString(int) are the only 'get' methods that won't throw an exception.

Specified by:
getDescription in class TagDescriptor
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.

getByLineDescription

public java.lang.String getByLineDescription()

getByLineTitleDescription

public java.lang.String getByLineTitleDescription()

getCaptionDescription

public java.lang.String getCaptionDescription()

getCategoryDescription

public java.lang.String getCategoryDescription()

getCityDescription

public java.lang.String getCityDescription()

getCopyrightNoticeDescription

public java.lang.String getCopyrightNoticeDescription()

getCountryOrPrimaryLocationDescription

public java.lang.String getCountryOrPrimaryLocationDescription()

getCreditDescription

public java.lang.String getCreditDescription()

getDateCreatedDescription

public java.lang.String getDateCreatedDescription()

getHeadlineDescription

public java.lang.String getHeadlineDescription()

getKeywordsDescription

public java.lang.String getKeywordsDescription()

getObjectNameDescription

public java.lang.String getObjectNameDescription()

getOriginalTransmissionReferenceDescription

public java.lang.String getOriginalTransmissionReferenceDescription()

getOriginatingProgramDescription

public java.lang.String getOriginatingProgramDescription()

getProvinceOrStateDescription

public java.lang.String getProvinceOrStateDescription()

getRecordVersionDescription

public java.lang.String getRecordVersionDescription()

getReleaseDateDescription

public java.lang.String getReleaseDateDescription()

getReleaseTimeDescription

public java.lang.String getReleaseTimeDescription()

getSourceDescription

public java.lang.String getSourceDescription()

getSpecialInstructionsDescription

public java.lang.String getSpecialInstructionsDescription()

getSupplementalCategoriesDescription

public java.lang.String getSupplementalCategoriesDescription()

getTimeCreatedDescription

public java.lang.String getTimeCreatedDescription()

getUrgencyDescription

public java.lang.String getUrgencyDescription()

getWriterDescription

public java.lang.String getWriterDescription()

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