org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.common

Class PDMetadata

java.lang.Object

org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.common.PDStream

org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.common.PDMetadata

All Implemented Interfaces:

COSObjectable

public class PDMetadata
extends PDStream

This class represents metadata for various objects in a PDF document.

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PDMetadata() This will create a new PDMetadata object.
PDMetadata(COSStream str) Constructor.
PDMetadata(InputStream str) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
InputStream	exportXMPMetadata() Extract the XMP metadata.
void	importXMPMetadata(byte[] xmp) Import an XMP stream into the PDF document.

Methods inherited from class org.sejda.sambox.pdmodel.common.PDStream

createInputStream, createOutputStream, createOutputStream, getCOSObject, getDecodedStreamLength, getDecodeParms, getFile, getFileDecodeParams, getFileFilters, getFilters, getLength, getMetadata, setDecodedStreamLength, setDecodeParms, setFile, setFileDecodeParams, setFileFilters, setFilters, setMetadata, toByteArray

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PDMetadata

public PDMetadata()

This will create a new PDMetadata object.

PDMetadata

public PDMetadata(InputStream str)
           throws IOException

Constructor. Reads all data from the input stream and embeds it into the document, this will close the InputStream.

Parameters:

str - The stream parameter.

filtered - True if the stream already has a filter applied.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error creating the stream in the document.

PDMetadata

public PDMetadata(COSStream str)

Constructor.

Parameters:

str - The stream parameter.

Method Detail

exportXMPMetadata

public InputStream exportXMPMetadata()
                              throws IOException

Extract the XMP metadata. To persist changes back to the PDF you must call importXMPMetadata.

Returns:

A stream to get the xmp data from.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error parsing the XMP data.

importXMPMetadata

public void importXMPMetadata(byte[] xmp)
                       throws IOException

Import an XMP stream into the PDF document.

Parameters:

xmp - The XMP data.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error generating the XML document.