Interface MetadataProvider
- All Known Subinterfaces:
Document,PageSegment,PageSegmentSource,SerializableDocument
- All Known Implementing Classes:
FilteredDocument
public interface MetadataProvider
An interface to be implemented by classes which expose some kind of
meta-data.
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionReturn the exposed meta-data ornullif no meta-data is available.
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Method Details
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getMetadata
Metadata getMetadata()Return the exposed meta-data ornullif no meta-data is available. An object being a MetadataProvider is not required to provide a non-nullmeta-data.- Returns:
- the metadata document or
null
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