org.jempbox.xmp

Class XMPMetadata

Known Direct Subclasses:
XMPMetadataPDFA

public class XMPMetadata
extends java.lang.Object

This class represents the top level XMP data structure and gives access to the various schemas that are available as part of the XMP specification.
Version:
$Revision: 1.10 $
Author:
Ben Litchfield

Field Summary

static String
ENCODING_UTF16BE
Supported encoding for persisted XML.
static String
ENCODING_UTF16LE
Supported encoding for persisted XML.
static String
ENCODING_UTF8
Supported encoding for persisted XML.
protected String
encoding
The encoding of the XMP document.
protected Map
nsMappings
A mapping of namespaces.
protected Document
xmpDocument
The DOM representation of the metadata.

Constructor Summary

XMPMetadata()
Default constructor, creates blank XMP doc.
XMPMetadata(Document doc)
Constructor from an existing XML document.

Method Summary

XMPSchemaBasicJobTicket
addBasicJobTicketSchema()
Add a new Job Ticket schema.
XMPSchemaBasic
addBasicSchema()
Create and add a new Basic Schema to this metadata.
XMPSchemaDublinCore
addDublinCoreSchema()
Create and add a new Dublin Core Schema to this metadata.
XMPSchemaDynamicMedia
addDynamicMediaSchema()
Add a new Dynamic Media schema.
XMPSchemaIptc4xmpCore
addIptc4xmpCoreSchema()
Create and add a new IPTC schema to this metadata.
XMPSchemaMediaManagement
addMediaManagementSchema()
Add a new Media Management schema.
XMPSchemaPDF
addPDFSchema()
Create and add a new PDF Schema to this metadata.
XMPSchemaPagedText
addPagedTextSchema()
Add a new Paged Text schema.
XMPSchemaPhotoshop
addPhotoshopSchema()
Create and add a new Photoshop schema to this metadata.
XMPSchemaRightsManagement
addRightsManagementSchema()
Add a new Rights Managment schema.
void
addSchema(XMPSchema schema)
Add a custom schema to the root rdf.
void
addXMLNSMapping(String namespace, Class xmpSchema)
Will add a XMPSchema to the set of identified schemas.
byte[]
asByteArray()
Get the XML document as a byte array.
protected XMPSchema
basicAddSchema(XMPSchema schema)
Generic add schema method.
XMPSchemaBasicJobTicket
getBasicJobTicketSchema()
Get the Job Ticket Schema.
XMPSchemaBasic
getBasicSchema()
Get the Basic Schema.
XMPSchemaDublinCore
getDublinCoreSchema()
Get the Dublin Core Schema.
XMPSchemaDynamicMedia
getDynamicMediaSchema()
Get the Dynamic Media Schema.
String
getEncoding()
Get the current encoding that will be used to write the XML.
XMPSchemaMediaManagement
getMediaManagementSchema()
Get the Media Management Schema.
XMPSchemaPDF
getPDFSchema()
Get the PDF Schema.
XMPSchemaPagedText
getPagedTextSchema()
Get the Paged Text Schema.
XMPSchemaRightsManagement
getRightsManagementSchema()
Get the Schema Rights Schema.
XMPSchema
getSchemaByClass(Class targetSchema)
Tries to retrieve a schema from this by classname.
List
getSchemas()
This will get a list of XMPSchema(or subclass) objects.
List
getSchemasByNamespaceURI(String namespaceURI)
Will return all schemas that fit the given namespaceURI.
Document
getXMPDocument()
Get the XML document from this object.
boolean
hasUnknownSchema()
This will return true if the XMP contains an unknown schema.
static XMPMetadata
load(InputSource is)
Load a schema from an input source.
static XMPMetadata
load(InputStream is)
Load metadata from the filesystem.
static XMPMetadata
load(String file)
Load metadata from the filesystem.
static void
main(String[] args)
Test main program.
void
merge(XMPMetadata metadata)
Merge this metadata with the given metadata object.
void
save(OutputStream outStream)
Save the XMP document to a stream.
void
save(String file)
Save the XMP document to a file.
void
setEncoding(String xmlEncoding)
The encoding used to write the XML.

Field Details

ENCODING_UTF16BE

public static final String ENCODING_UTF16BE
Supported encoding for persisted XML.

ENCODING_UTF16LE

public static final String ENCODING_UTF16LE
Supported encoding for persisted XML.

ENCODING_UTF8

public static final String ENCODING_UTF8
Supported encoding for persisted XML.

encoding

protected String encoding
The encoding of the XMP document. Default is UTF8.

nsMappings

protected Map nsMappings
A mapping of namespaces.

xmpDocument

protected Document xmpDocument
The DOM representation of the metadata.

Constructor Details

XMPMetadata

public XMPMetadata()
            throws IOException
Default constructor, creates blank XMP doc.

XMPMetadata

public XMPMetadata(Document doc)
Constructor from an existing XML document.
Parameters:
doc - The root XMP document.

Method Details

addBasicJobTicketSchema

public XMPSchemaBasicJobTicket addBasicJobTicketSchema()
Add a new Job Ticket schema.
Returns:
The newly added schema.

addBasicSchema

public XMPSchemaBasic addBasicSchema()
Create and add a new Basic Schema to this metadata. Typically a XMP document will only have one schema for each type (but multiple are supported) so it is recommended that you first check the existence of a this scheme by using getDublinCoreSchema()
Returns:
A new blank PDF schema that is now part of the metadata.

addDublinCoreSchema

public XMPSchemaDublinCore addDublinCoreSchema()
Create and add a new Dublin Core Schema to this metadata. Typically a XMP document will only have one schema for each type (but multiple are supported) so it is recommended that you first check the existence of a this scheme by using getDublinCoreSchema()
Returns:
A new blank PDF schema that is now part of the metadata.

addDynamicMediaSchema

public XMPSchemaDynamicMedia addDynamicMediaSchema()
Add a new Dynamic Media schema.
Returns:
The newly added schema.

addIptc4xmpCoreSchema

public XMPSchemaIptc4xmpCore addIptc4xmpCoreSchema()
Create and add a new IPTC schema to this metadata.
Returns:
A new blank IPTC schema that is now part of the metadata.

addMediaManagementSchema

public XMPSchemaMediaManagement addMediaManagementSchema()
Add a new Media Management schema.
Returns:
The newly added schema.

addPDFSchema

public XMPSchemaPDF addPDFSchema()
Create and add a new PDF Schema to this metadata. Typically a XMP document will only have one PDF schema (but multiple are supported) so it is recommended that you first check the existence of a PDF scheme by using getPDFSchema()
Returns:
A new blank PDF schema that is now part of the metadata.

addPagedTextSchema

public XMPSchemaPagedText addPagedTextSchema()
Add a new Paged Text schema.
Returns:
The newly added schema.

addPhotoshopSchema

public XMPSchemaPhotoshop addPhotoshopSchema()
Create and add a new Photoshop schema to this metadata.
Returns:
A new blank Photoshop schema that is now part of the metadata.

addRightsManagementSchema

public XMPSchemaRightsManagement addRightsManagementSchema()
Add a new Rights Managment schema.
Returns:
The newly added schema.

addSchema

public void addSchema(XMPSchema schema)
Add a custom schema to the root rdf. The schema has to have been created as a child of this XMPMetadata.
Parameters:
schema - The schema to add.

addXMLNSMapping

public void addXMLNSMapping(String namespace,
                            Class xmpSchema)
Will add a XMPSchema to the set of identified schemas. The class needs to have a constructor with parameter Element
Parameters:
namespace - The namespace URI of the schmema for instance http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/.
xmpSchema - The schema to associated this identifier with.

asByteArray

public byte[] asByteArray()
            throws Exception
Get the XML document as a byte array.
Returns:
The metadata as an XML byte stream.

basicAddSchema

protected XMPSchema basicAddSchema(XMPSchema schema)
Generic add schema method.
Parameters:
schema - The schema to add.
Returns:
The newly added schema.

getBasicJobTicketSchema

public XMPSchemaBasicJobTicket getBasicJobTicketSchema()
            throws IOException
Get the Job Ticket Schema.
Returns:
The first Job Ticket schema in the list.

getBasicSchema

public XMPSchemaBasic getBasicSchema()
            throws IOException
Get the Basic Schema.
Returns:
The first Basic schema in the list.

getDublinCoreSchema

public XMPSchemaDublinCore getDublinCoreSchema()
            throws IOException
Get the Dublin Core Schema.
Returns:
The first Dublin schema in the list.

getDynamicMediaSchema

public XMPSchemaDynamicMedia getDynamicMediaSchema()
            throws IOException
Get the Dynamic Media Schema.
Returns:
The first Dynamic Media schema in the list.

getEncoding

public String getEncoding()
Get the current encoding that will be used to write the XML.
Returns:
The current encoding to write the XML to.

getMediaManagementSchema

public XMPSchemaMediaManagement getMediaManagementSchema()
            throws IOException
Get the Media Management Schema.
Returns:
The first Media Management schema in the list.

getPDFSchema

public XMPSchemaPDF getPDFSchema()
            throws IOException
Get the PDF Schema.
Returns:
The first PDF schema in the list.

getPagedTextSchema

public XMPSchemaPagedText getPagedTextSchema()
            throws IOException
Get the Paged Text Schema.
Returns:
The first Paged Text schema in the list.

getRightsManagementSchema

public XMPSchemaRightsManagement getRightsManagementSchema()
            throws IOException
Get the Schema Rights Schema.
Returns:
The first Schema Rights schema in the list.

getSchemaByClass

public XMPSchema getSchemaByClass(Class targetSchema)
            throws IOException
Tries to retrieve a schema from this by classname.
Parameters:
targetSchema - Class for targetSchema.
Returns:
XMPSchema or null if no target is found.

getSchemas

public List getSchemas()
            throws IOException
This will get a list of XMPSchema(or subclass) objects.
Returns:
A non null read-only list of schemas that are part of this metadata.

getSchemasByNamespaceURI

public List getSchemasByNamespaceURI(String namespaceURI)
            throws IOException
Will return all schemas that fit the given namespaceURI. Which is only done by using the namespace mapping (nsMapping) and not by actually checking the xmlns property.
Parameters:
namespaceURI - The namespaceURI to filter for.
Returns:
A list containing the found schemas or an empty list if non are found or the namespaceURI could not be found in the namespace mapping.

getXMPDocument

public Document getXMPDocument()
Get the XML document from this object.
Returns:
This object as an XML document.

hasUnknownSchema

public boolean hasUnknownSchema()
            throws IOException
This will return true if the XMP contains an unknown schema.
Returns:
True if an unknown schema is found, false otherwise

load

public static XMPMetadata load(InputSource is)
            throws IOException
Load a schema from an input source.
Parameters:
is - The input source to load the schema from.
Returns:
The loaded/parsed schema.

load

public static XMPMetadata load(InputStream is)
            throws IOException
Load metadata from the filesystem.
Parameters:
is - The stream to load the data from.
Returns:
The loaded XMP document.

load

public static XMPMetadata load(String file)
            throws IOException
Load metadata from the filesystem.
Parameters:
file - The file to load the metadata from.
Returns:
The loaded XMP document.

main

public static void main(String[] args)
            throws Exception
Test main program.
Parameters:
args - The command line arguments.

merge

public void merge(XMPMetadata metadata)
            throws IOException
Merge this metadata with the given metadata object.
Parameters:
metadata - The metadata to merge with this document.

save

public void save(OutputStream outStream)
            throws TransformerException
Save the XMP document to a stream.
Parameters:
outStream - The stream to save the XMP document to.

save

public void save(String file)
            throws Exception
Save the XMP document to a file.
Parameters:
file - The file to save the XMP document to.

setEncoding

public void setEncoding(String xmlEncoding)
The encoding used to write the XML. Default value:UTF-8
See the ENCODING_XXX constants
Parameters:
xmlEncoding - The encoding to write the XML as.