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Class IIOMetadataDumper

Object

IIOMetadataDumper

public final class IIOMetadataDumper
extends Object

Utility class that can be used to dump a DOM tree in a formatted way.

It is useful for inspecting the metadata inside GeoTiff files.

Since:

2.3.x

Author:

Simone Giannecchini

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
IIOMetadataDumper(IIOMetadataNode rootNode) Constructor for a IIOMetadataDumper accepting an IIOMetadataNode.
IIOMetadataDumper(IIOMetadata metadata, String name) Constructor for a IIOMetadataDumper accepting and IIOMetadata and a String for the format name of the XML metadata to use.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getFormatName() Retrieves the name of the format we want to get the XML representation for.
String	getMetadata() Allows me to get the generated XML representation for the underlying tree;
void	setFormatName(String formatName) Sets the name of the format we want to get the XML representation for.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Detail

IIOMetadataDumper

public IIOMetadataDumper(IIOMetadata metadata,
                         String name)

Constructor for a IIOMetadataDumper accepting and IIOMetadata and a String for the format name of the XML metadata to use.

Parameters:

metadata - The metadta to display.

name - The format of the metaata to display.

IIOMetadataDumper

public IIOMetadataDumper(IIOMetadataNode rootNode)

Constructor for a IIOMetadataDumper accepting an IIOMetadataNode. It has no way to choose the format of the metadata to parse since this choice has been already done previously.

Method Detail

getMetadata

public String getMetadata()

Allows me to get the generated XML representation for the underlying tree;

Returns:

A formatted XML string.

getFormatName

public String getFormatName()

Retrieves the name of the format we want to get the XML representation for.

Returns:

The name of the format we want to get the XML representation for.

setFormatName

public void setFormatName(String formatName)

Sets the name of the format we want to get the XML representation for.

This method causes a new generation of the string representation if the format is different from the one stored.

Parameters:

formatName - The name of the format we want to get the XML representation for.