001    /* IIOMetadataFormat.java --
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037    
038    
039    package javax.imageio.metadata;
040    
041    import java.util.Locale;
042    
043    import javax.imageio.ImageTypeSpecifier;
044    
045    /**
046     * @author Michael Koch (konqueror@gmx.de)
047     */
048    public interface IIOMetadataFormat
049    {
050      int CHILD_POLICY_ALL = 1;
051      int CHILD_POLICY_CHOICE = 3;
052      int CHILD_POLICY_EMPTY = 0;
053      int CHILD_POLICY_MAX = 5;
054      int CHILD_POLICY_REPEAT = 5;
055      int CHILD_POLICY_SEQUENCE = 4;
056      int CHILD_POLICY_SOME = 2;
057      int DATATYPE_BOOLEAN = 1;
058      int DATATYPE_DOUBLE = 4;
059      int DATATYPE_FLOAT = 3;
060      int DATATYPE_INTEGER = 2;
061      int DATATYPE_STRING = 0;
062      int VALUE_ARBITRARY = 1;
063      int VALUE_ENUMERATION = 16;
064      int VALUE_LIST = 32;
065      int VALUE_NONE = 0;
066      int VALUE_RANGE = 2;
067      int VALUE_RANGE_MAX_INCLUSIVE = 10;
068      int VALUE_RANGE_MAX_INCLUSIVE_MASK = 8;
069      int VALUE_RANGE_MIN_INCLUSIVE = 6;
070      int VALUE_RANGE_MIN_INCLUSIVE_MASK = 4;
071      int VALUE_RANGE_MIN_MAX_INCLUSIVE = 14;
072    
073      boolean canNodeAppear (String elementName, ImageTypeSpecifier imageType);
074    
075      int getAttributeDataType (String elementName, String attrName);
076    
077      String getAttributeDefaultValue (String elementName, String attrName);
078    
079      String getAttributeDescription (String elementName, String attrName, Locale locale);
080    
081      String[] getAttributeEnumerations (String elementName, String attrName);
082    
083      int getAttributeListMaxLength (String elementName, String attrName);
084    
085      int getAttributeListMinLength (String elementName, String attrName);
086    
087      String getAttributeMaxValue (String elementName, String attrName);
088    
089      String getAttributeMinValue (String elementName, String attrName);
090    
091      String[] getAttributeNames (String elementName);
092    
093      int getAttributeValueType (String elementName, String attrName);
094    
095      String[] getChildNames (String elementName);
096    
097      int getChildPolicy (String elementName);
098    
099      String getElementDescription (String elementName, Locale locale);
100    
101      int getElementMaxChildren (String elementName);
102    
103      int getElementMinChildren (String elementName);
104    
105      int getObjectArrayMaxLength (String elementName);
106    
107      int getObjectArrayMinLength (String elementName);
108    
109      Class<?> getObjectClass (String elementName);
110    
111      Object getObjectDefaultValue (String elementName);
112    
113      Object[] getObjectEnumerations (String elementName);
114    
115      Comparable<?> getObjectMaxValue (String elementName);
116    
117      Comparable<?> getObjectMinValue (String elementName);
118    
119      int getObjectValueType (String elementName);
120    
121      String getRootName();
122    
123      boolean isAttributeRequired (String elementName, String attrName);
124    }