com.drew.metadata.iptc

Class IptcReader

java.lang.Object

com.drew.metadata.iptc.IptcReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

MetadataReader

public class IptcReader
extends java.lang.Object
implements MetadataReader

Decodes IPTC binary data, populating a Metadata object with tag values in an IptcDirectory.

Author:

Drew Noakes http://drewnoakes.com

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
IptcReader(byte[] data) Creates an IptcReader for the given IPTC data segment.
IptcReader(java.io.File jpegFile) Deprecated. Not all files will be Jpegs! Use a constructor that provides the IPTC segment in isolation.
IptcReader(java.io.InputStream jpegInputStream) Deprecated. Not all files will be Jpegs! Use a constructor that provides the IPTC segment in isolation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Metadata	extract() Performs the Exif data extraction, returning a new instance of Metadata.
Metadata	extract(Metadata metadata) Performs the Exif data extraction, adding found values to the specified instance of Metadata.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IptcReader

public IptcReader(java.io.File jpegFile)
           throws JpegProcessingException

Deprecated. Not all files will be Jpegs! Use a constructor that provides the IPTC segment in isolation.

Creates a new IptcReader for the specified Jpeg jpegFile.

Throws:

JpegProcessingException

IptcReader

public IptcReader(java.io.InputStream jpegInputStream)
           throws JpegProcessingException

Deprecated. Not all files will be Jpegs! Use a constructor that provides the IPTC segment in isolation.

Creates an IptcReader for a JPEG stream.

Parameters:

jpegInputStream - JPEG stream. Stream will be closed.

Throws:

JpegProcessingException

IptcReader

public IptcReader(byte[] data)

Creates an IptcReader for the given IPTC data segment.

Method Detail

extract

public Metadata extract()

Performs the Exif data extraction, returning a new instance of Metadata.

Specified by:

extract in interface MetadataReader

Returns:

The populated Metadata object.

extract

public Metadata extract(Metadata metadata)

Performs the Exif data extraction, adding found values to the specified instance of Metadata.

Specified by:

extract in interface MetadataReader

Returns:

The updated Metadata object.