com.itextpdf.kernel.xmp.impl

Class XMPSerializerHelper

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.kernel.xmp.impl.XMPSerializerHelper

public class XMPSerializerHelper
extends Object

Serializes the XMPMeta-object to an OutputStream according to the SerializeOptions.

Since:

11.07.2006

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XMPSerializerHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	serialize(XMPMetaImpl xmp, OutputStream output, SerializeOptions options) Static method to serialize the metadata object.
static byte[]	serializeToBuffer(XMPMetaImpl xmp, SerializeOptions options) Serializes an XMPMeta-object as RDF into a byte buffer.
static String	serializeToString(XMPMetaImpl xmp, SerializeOptions options) Serializes an XMPMeta-object as RDF into a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMPSerializerHelper

public XMPSerializerHelper()

Method Detail

serialize

public static void serialize(XMPMetaImpl xmp,
                             OutputStream output,
                             SerializeOptions options)
                      throws XMPException

Static method to serialize the metadata object. For each serialisation, a new XMPSerializer instance is created, either XMPSerializerRDF or XMPSerializerPlain so thats its possible to serialialize the same XMPMeta objects in two threads.

Parameters:

xmp - a metadata implementation object

output - the output stream to serialize to

options - serialization options, can be null for default.

Throws:

XMPException - if serialization failed

serializeToString

public static String serializeToString(XMPMetaImpl xmp,
                                       SerializeOptions options)
                                throws XMPException

Serializes an XMPMeta-object as RDF into a string. Note: Encoding is forced to UTF-16 when serializing to a string to ensure the correctness of "exact packet size".

Parameters:

xmp - a metadata implementation object

options - Options to control the serialization (see SerializeOptions).

Returns:

Returns a string containing the serialized RDF.

Throws:

XMPException - on serialization errors.

serializeToBuffer

public static byte[] serializeToBuffer(XMPMetaImpl xmp,
                                       SerializeOptions options)
                                throws XMPException

Serializes an XMPMeta-object as RDF into a byte buffer.

Parameters:

xmp - a metadata implementation object

options - Options to control the serialization (see SerializeOptions).

Returns:

Returns a byte buffer containing the serialized RDF.

Throws:

XMPException - on serialization errors.