Package magoffin.matt.meta

sMeta: simple metadata API for Java

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Description

Interface Summary

MetadataImage	Metadata type for an image.
MetadataResource	Generic metadata extraction API.
MetadataResourceFactory	Factory API for creating MetadataResource instances.

Class Summary

MetadataResourceFactoryManager

A simple manager of MetadataResourceFactory instances.

Exception Summary

MetadataConfigurationException	Exception thrown when configuration errors occur.
MetadataNotSupportedException	Exception thrown when configuration errors occur.

Package magoffin.matt.meta Description

sMeta: simple metadata API for Java

The sMeta library provides a simple way to extract metadata from various file types. To start, look to the MetadataResourceFactoryManager class. This is the main entry point to the library, and provides a way to look up MetadataResourceFactory instances that are capable of instantiating MetadataResource instances for extracting the actual metadata.

In general, the steps for extracting metadata for a given file are thus:

1. Get a MetadataResourceFactoryManager via MetadataResourceFactoryManager.getDefaultManagerInstance().
2. Use the manager to locate a MetadataResourceFactory for your file via MetadataResourceFactoryManager.getMetadataResourceFactory(java.io.File)
3. Use the returned factory to instantiate a MetadataResource for this file via MetadataResourceFactory.getMetadataResourceInstance(java.io.File).
4. Now you have access to the available metadata via the methods of the MetadataResource interface.