Constructor Detail

• Metadata

  public Metadata()

Method Detail

• getDirectories

  public Iterable<Directory> getDirectories()

  Returns an iterable set of the Directory instances contained in this metadata collection.

  Returns:

  an iterable set of directories

• getDirectoriesOfType

  public <T extends Directory> Collection<T> getDirectoriesOfType(Class<T> type)

• getDirectoryCount

  public int getDirectoryCount()

  Returns the count of directories in this metadata collection.

  Returns:

  the number of unique directory types set for this metadata collection

• addDirectory

  public <T extends Directory> void addDirectory(T directory)

  Adds a directory to this metadata collection.

  Parameters:

  directory - the Directory to add into this metadata collection.

• getFirstDirectoryOfType

  public <T extends Directory> T getFirstDirectoryOfType(Class<T> type)

  Gets the first Directory of the specified type contained within this metadata collection. If no instances of this type are present, null is returned.

  Type Parameters:

  T - the Directory type

  Parameters:

  type - the Directory type

  Returns:

  the first Directory of type T in this metadata collection, or null if none exist

• containsDirectoryOfType

  public boolean containsDirectoryOfType(Class<? extends Directory> type)

  Indicates whether an instance of the given directory type exists in this Metadata instance.

  Parameters:

  type - the Directory type

  Returns:

  true if a Directory of the specified type exists, otherwise false

• hasErrors

  public boolean hasErrors()

  Indicates whether any errors were reported during the reading of metadata values. This value will be true if Directory.hasErrors() is true for one of the contained Directory objects.

  Returns:

  whether one of the contained directories has an error

• toString

  public String toString()

  Overrides:

  toString in class Object