IIOMetadataDumper (Geotools modules 32-SNAPSHOT API)

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	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

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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.