Getting known property descriptors

This code snippet demonstrates how to extract information about known properties that can be encountered in a particular package.

  1. Load a file to examine
  2. Get a collection of PropertyDescriptor instances for any desired metadata package
  3. Iterate through the extracted descriptors

advanced_usage.GettingKnownPropertyDescriptors

const metadata = new groupdocs.metadata.Metadata("input.doc");
    var root = metadata.getRootPackageGeneric();
    var descriptors = root.getDocumentProperties().getKnowPropertyDescriptors();
    for(var i=0;i<descriptors.getCount(); i++)
    {
      var descriptor = descriptors.get_Item(i);
      console.log(descriptor.getName());
      console.log(descriptor.getType().getRawValue());
      console.log(descriptor.getAccessLevel().getRawValue());

      var tags = descriptor.getTags();
      for(var j=0;j<tags.getCount(); j++)
        {
          console.log(tags.get_Item(j).getCategory().toString());
        }
    }
Note
Not all possible properties are presented in the getKnowPropertyDescriptors collection. The library provides information on the most frequently used properties only. If there is no descriptor for some property it is still accessible through the GroupDocs.Metadata search engine in read-only mode.

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Advanced usage topics

To learn more about library features and get familiar how to manage metadata and more, please refer to theadvanced usage section.

GitHub examples

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