com.drew.metadata

Class DefaultTagDescriptor

Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public class DefaultTagDescriptor
extends TagDescriptor

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor

_directory

Constructor Summary

DefaultTagDescriptor(Directory directory)

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor

getDescription

Constructor Details

DefaultTagDescriptor

public DefaultTagDescriptor(Directory directory)

Method Details

getDescription

public String getDescription(int tagType)
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.

Overrides:
getDescription in interface TagDescriptor
Parameters:
tagType - the tag to find a description for
Returns:
a description of the image's value for the specified tag, or null if the tag hasn't been defined.

getTagName

public String getTagName(int tagType)

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