org.eclipse.january.metadata

Interface IExtendedMetadata

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, IDataAnalysisObject, IMetadata, MetadataType, Serializable

public interface IExtendedMetadata
extends IMetadata

This is an interface that has been designed to add information about a file in addition to information which has been implemented in IMetadata.

It is intended that implementations of this interface will be through an adapter

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.january.metadata.IMetadata

serialVersionUID

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Date	getCreation() This should be the timestamp of when the experiment or measurement took place which should be recorded in the header of the file, if applicable
String	getCreator()
String	getFileName()
String	getFileOwner()
long	getFileSize()
String	getFullPath()
Date	getLastModified()
String	getScanCommand()
void	initialize(File f) Initialize with a file

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.january.metadata.IMetadata

addDataInfo, addNames, clone, getDataNames, getDataShapes, getDataSizes, getFilePath, getMetaNames, getMetaValue, getUserObjects, initialize, setFilePath, setMetadata

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize(File f)

Initialize with a file

Parameters:

f - file

getCreation

Date getCreation()

This should be the timestamp of when the experiment or measurement took place which should be recorded in the header of the file, if applicable

Returns:

a date object to represent when the data was created

getLastModified

Date getLastModified()

Returns:

a date object that indicated when the data was last modified

getCreator

String getCreator()

Returns:

a string representing the user who created the file

getFileName

String getFileName()

Returns:

a string containing the filename

getFileOwner

String getFileOwner()

Returns:

the owner of the file

getFileSize

long getFileSize()

Returns:

a long representing the size of the file in bytes

getFullPath

String getFullPath()

Returns:

the full path string of the file

getScanCommand

String getScanCommand()

Returns:

The scan command as a string that was used to generate the data. This can be null as not always applicable