IptcDescriptor

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com.drew.metadata.iptc
Class IptcDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor
      com.drew.metadata.iptc.IptcDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:: java.io.Serializable

public class IptcDescriptor
extends com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor

_directory

Constructor Summary

IptcDescriptor(com.drew.metadata.Directory directory)

Method Summary

java.lang.String getDescription(int tagType)
Returns a descriptive value of the the specified tag for this image.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IptcDescriptor

public IptcDescriptor(com.drew.metadata.Directory directory)

Method Detail

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription(int tagType)
                                throws com.drew.metadata.MetadataException

Description copied from class: com.drew.metadata.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.