com.drew.metadata.exif
Class KodakMakernoteDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor
      com.drew.metadata.exif.KodakMakernoteDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class KodakMakernoteDescriptor
extends TagDescriptor

Provides human-readable string represenations of tag values stored in a KodakMakernoteDirectory. Thanks to David Carson for the initial version of this class.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.drew.metadata.TagDescriptor

_directory

Constructor Summary

KodakMakernoteDescriptor(Directory directory)

Method Summary

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

KodakMakernoteDescriptor

public KodakMakernoteDescriptor(Directory directory)

Method Detail

getDescription

public String getDescription(int tagType)
                      throws MetadataException

Description copied from class: 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.

Specified by:

getDescription in class 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.

Throws:

MetadataException