Package adams.data.image

Class ImageMetaDataHelper

java.lang.Object

adams.data.image.ImageMetaDataHelper

public class ImageMetaDataHelper
extends Object

Helper class for reading meta-data from images.

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	DATETIME_MASK	the date/time regexp mask.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ImageMetaDataHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static SpreadSheet	commons(File file)	Reads the meta-data from the file (Commons Imaging).
protected static String	fixDateTime(String s)	Fixes date/time strings.
static SpreadSheet	metaDataExtractor(File file)	Reads the meta-data from the file (using meta-data extractor).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DATETIME_MASK

public static final String DATETIME_MASK

the date/time regexp mask.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ImageMetaDataHelper

public ImageMetaDataHelper()

Method Detail

fixDateTime

protected static String fixDateTime(String s)

Fixes date/time strings. Replaces the ":" in the date with "-" to be ADAMS compatible.

Parameters:

s - the string to inspect

Returns:

the (potentially) fixed string

commons

public static SpreadSheet commons(File file)
                           throws Exception

Reads the meta-data from the file (Commons Imaging).

Parameters:

file - the file to read the meta-data from

Returns:

the meta-data

Throws:

Exception - if failed to read meta-data

metaDataExtractor

public static SpreadSheet metaDataExtractor(File file)
                                     throws Exception

Reads the meta-data from the file (using meta-data extractor).

Parameters:

file - the file to read the meta-data from

Returns:

the meta-data

Throws:

Exception - if failed to read meta-data