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In some cases, it’s required to get access to all properties extracted from a document, video, image, etc. GroupDocs.Metadata represents any loaded file as a tree consisting of metadata properties and nested metadata packages. You can easily iterate through the metadata tree using the code snippet below:
- Load a file to examine
- Obtain the RootMetadataPackage instance which is the root of the whole metadata tree extracted from the file
- Use any algorithm of your choice to traverse the tree.
advanced_usage.TraverseWholeMetadataTree
public static void run() {
try (Metadata metadata = new Metadata(Constants.JpegWithXmp)) {
displayMetadataTree(metadata.getRootPackage(), 0);
}
}
private static void displayMetadataTree(MetadataPackage metadata, int indent) {
if (metadata != null) {
String stringMetadataType = String.valueOf(metadata.getMetadataType());
System.out.printf("%" + (stringMetadataType.length() + indent) + "s%n", stringMetadataType);
for (MetadataProperty property : metadata) {
String stringPropertyRepresentation = "Name: " + property.getName() + ", Value: " + property.getValue();
System.out.printf("%" + (stringPropertyRepresentation.length() + indent + 1) + "s%n", stringPropertyRepresentation);
if (property.getValue() != null) {
switch (property.getValue().getType()) {
case MetadataPropertyType.Metadata:
displayMetadataTree(property.getValue().toClass(MetadataPackage.class), indent + 2);
break;
case MetadataPropertyType.MetadataArray:
displayMetadataTree(property.getValue().toArray(MetadataPackage.class), indent + 2);
break;
}
}
}
}
}
private static void displayMetadataTree(MetadataPackage[] metadataArray, int indent) {
if (metadataArray != null) {
for (MetadataPackage metadata : metadataArray) {
displayMetadataTree(metadata, indent);
}
}
}
You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:
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