Package edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove

Class XMPSource

java.lang.Object

org.xml.sax.InputSource

edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.XMPSource

Direct Known Subclasses:

ByteArrayXMPSource

public abstract class XMPSource
extends InputSource

Class for providing an InputSource to XMPHandler. Only an InputSource based on a Reader is supported. Each module can provide its own subclass of XMPSource. The subclass must provide a way to reset to the beginning and reread the data when makeProperty is called.

Author:

Gary McGath

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Reader	_reader	The Reader on which the InputSource is based.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XMPSource(Reader rdr)	Constructor with Reader.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Property	makeProperty()	Generates a property from the underlying data.
protected abstract void	resetReader()	Causes reading to begin from the start again.

Methods inherited from class org.xml.sax.InputSource

getByteStream, getCharacterStream, getEncoding, getPublicId, getSystemId, isEmpty, setByteStream, setCharacterStream, setEncoding, setPublicId, setSystemId

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

_reader

protected Reader _reader

The Reader on which the InputSource is based.

Constructor Details

XMPSource

public XMPSource(Reader rdr)

Constructor with Reader.

Method Details

makeProperty

public Property makeProperty()
                      throws IOException

Generates a property from the underlying data. The beginning and ending processing instructions are stripped out.

Throws:

IOException

resetReader

protected abstract void resetReader()

Causes reading to begin from the start again. Typically this means creating a new value for _reader that will start over.