visad.data

Interface MetadataReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

AVIForm, BioRadForm, BioRadForm, DeltavisionForm, FluoviewTiffForm, GatanForm, ICSForm, ImageProSeqForm, IPLabForm, IPWForm, LegacyZVIForm, LeicaForm, LociForm, MetamorphForm, OpenlabForm, PerkinElmerForm, PictForm, QTForm, TiffForm, ZeissForm, ZVIForm

public interface MetadataReader

MetadataReader is the VisAD interface for reading in a file's associated metadata (other than pixel data).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Hashtable	getMetadata(java.lang.String id) Obtains a hashtable containing all metadata field/value pairs from the given file.
java.lang.Object	getMetadataValue(java.lang.String id, java.lang.String field) Obtains the specified metadata field's value for the given file.

Method Detail

getMetadataValue

java.lang.Object getMetadataValue(java.lang.String id,
                                  java.lang.String field)
                           throws BadFormException,
                                  java.io.IOException,
                                  VisADException

Obtains the specified metadata field's value for the given file.

Parameters:

field - the name associated with the metadata field

Returns:

the value, or null should the field not exist

Throws:

BadFormException

java.io.IOException

VisADException

getMetadata

java.util.Hashtable getMetadata(java.lang.String id)
                         throws BadFormException,
                                java.io.IOException,
                                VisADException

Obtains a hashtable containing all metadata field/value pairs from the given file.

Parameters:

id - the filename

Returns:

the hashtable containing all metadata associated with the file

Throws:

BadFormException

java.io.IOException

VisADException