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/* $Id: XMPParser.java 1345683 2012-06-03 14:50:33Z gadams $ */

package org.apache.xmlgraphics.xmp;

import java.net.URL;

import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXResult;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;


The XMP parser.

/**
 * The XMP parser.
 */
public final class XMPParser {

    private XMPParser() {
    }

    
Parses an XMP file.

Params:
  • url – the URL to load the file from
Throws:
Returns:the parsed Metadata object
/**
     * Parses an XMP file.
     * @param url the URL to load the file from
     * @return the parsed Metadata object
     * @throws TransformerException if an error occurs while parsing the file
     */
    public static Metadata parseXMP(URL url) throws TransformerException {
        return parseXMP(new StreamSource(url.toExternalForm()));
    }

    
Parses an XMP file.

Params:
  • src – a JAXP Source object where the XMP file can be loaded from
Throws:
Returns:the parsed Metadata object
/**
     * Parses an XMP file.
     * @param src a JAXP Source object where the XMP file can be loaded from
     * @return the parsed Metadata object
     * @throws TransformerException if an error occurs while parsing the file
     */
    public static Metadata parseXMP(Source src) throws TransformerException {
        TransformerFactory tFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
        Transformer transformer = tFactory.newTransformer();
        XMPHandler handler = createXMPHandler();
        SAXResult res = new SAXResult(handler);
        transformer.transform(src, res);
        return handler.getMetadata();
    }

    
Creates and returns an XMPHandler for passive XMP parsing.

Returns:the requested XMPHandler
/**
     * Creates and returns an XMPHandler for passive XMP parsing.
     * @return the requested XMPHandler
     */
    public static XMPHandler createXMPHandler() {
        return new XMPHandler();
    }

}