MetadataProvider (documentplatform dist, documentation 6.2.161 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

Document, MutableMetadataProvider, MutablePageSegment, PageSegment, PageSegmentSource, UIDocument<C>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCompositePageSegment, AbstractDocument, AbstractMutablePageSegment, AbstractPageSegment, AnnotationPageSegment, BasicDocument, CompositePageSegment, ContentsCreatorPageSegment, DynamicCompositePageSegment, LazyStreamPageSegment, Reader, ReaderParameters, SwingUIDocument
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public interface MetadataProvider
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An interface to be implemented by classes which expose some kind of meta-data.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  Metadata getMetadata()
  Return the exposed meta-data or null if no meta-data is available.

- Method Detail
  - getMetadata
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Metadata getMetadata()
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    Return the exposed meta-data or null if no meta-data is available. An object being a MetadataProvider is not required to provide a non-null meta-data.
    
    Returns:
    
    the metadata document or null