com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase
Class IMetadataProxy

java.lang.Object
  com.esri.arcgis.interop.Dispatch
      com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase.IMetadataProxy

All Implemented Interfaces:

IMetadata, Externalizable, Serializable

public class IMetadataProxy
extends com.esri.arcgis.interop.Dispatch
implements IMetadata, Serializable

Provides access to members that manage and update metadata.

Remarks

The IMetadata interface is implemented by the GxMetadata object and all other objects that support metadata (the bulk of GxObject types). Use this interface when you want to access the set of metadata associated with an object or you want to create new metadata for the object.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

boolean

noncastable

Fields inherited from class com.esri.arcgis.interop.Dispatch

DISPATCH_METHOD, DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET, DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT, DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF, objRef

Constructor Summary

	IMetadataProxy()
	IMetadataProxy(Object obj)
protected	IMetadataProxy(Object obj, String iid)

Method Summary

void	addListener(String iidStr, Object theListener, Object theSource)
IPropertySet	getMetadata() The PropertySet containing metadata.
void	removeListener(String iidStr, Object theListener)
void	setMetadata(IPropertySet ppPropertySet) The PropertySet containing metadata.
void	synchronize(int action, int interval) Updates metadata with the current properties; may create metadata if it doesn't already exist.

Methods inherited from class com.esri.arcgis.interop.Dispatch

bindUsingMoniker, constructVtblPosTable, convertToNative, cookieForListener, createDispatch, createObjrefMonikerDisplayName, equals, getActiveObject, getActiveObject, getDefaultProperty, getDispatchIdOfName, getLastErrorCode, getMtsObjectContext, getObjRef, getPropertyByName, getPropertyByName, getVtblPos, hashCode, initDispatch, invoke, invokeMethodByName, invokeMethodByName, invokeMethodByName, invokePropertyGetByName, invokePropertyPutByName, invokePropertyPutByRefByName, isNativeMode, isObjRef, optimizedVtblInvoke, queryInterface, readExternal, release, setNativeMode, setPropertyByName, toString, vtblInvoke, writeExternal

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

noncastable

public boolean noncastable

Constructor Detail

IMetadataProxy

public IMetadataProxy()

IMetadataProxy

public IMetadataProxy(Object obj)
               throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

IMetadataProxy

protected IMetadataProxy(Object obj,
                         String iid)
                  throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

addListener

public void addListener(String iidStr,
                        Object theListener,
                        Object theSource)
                 throws IOException

Overrides:

addListener in class com.esri.arcgis.interop.Dispatch

Throws:

IOException

removeListener

public void removeListener(String iidStr,
                           Object theListener)
                    throws IOException

Overrides:

removeListener in class com.esri.arcgis.interop.Dispatch

Throws:

IOException

getMetadata

public IPropertySet getMetadata()
                         throws IOException,
                                AutomationException

The PropertySet containing metadata.

Remarks

The variable to hold the data must be of IPropertySet data type.

The metadata property is frequently used to save, or update, changes to metadata documents that have taken place through methods available on the IPropertySet, IXmlPropertySet, and/or IXmlPropertySet2 interfaces.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Specified by:

getMetadata in interface IMetadata

Returns:

A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.system.IPropertySet

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

setMetadata

public void setMetadata(IPropertySet ppPropertySet)
                 throws IOException,
                        AutomationException

The PropertySet containing metadata.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Specified by:

setMetadata in interface IMetadata

Parameters:

ppPropertySet - A reference to a com.esri.arcgis.system.IPropertySet (in)

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

synchronize

public void synchronize(int action,
                        int interval)
                 throws IOException,
                        AutomationException

Updates metadata with the current properties; may create metadata if it doesn't already exist.

Description

The Synchronize method is used to extract metadata properties from an object and write those properties to the metadata .xml. Depending on the value of the esriMetaSyncAction, the Synchronize method may generate a new set of metadata if it doesn't already exist.

Remarks

The following actions will result in synchronization given each of the listed conditions:

Action	Metadata status	Esri/Sync element	Interval parameter
esriMSAAccessed	Doesn't matter	Must not be FALSE	Must be less than actual interval
esriMSAAlways	Doesn't matter	Doesn't matter	Doesn't matter
esriMSACreated	Must not exist	Must not be FALSE	Must be less than actual interval
esriMSANotCreated	Must exist	Must not be FALSE	Must be less than actual interval
esriMSAOverwrite	Doesn't matter	Doesn't matter	Doesn't matter

The difference between esriMSAAlways and esriMSAOverwrite lies in which elements are synchronized. esriMSAAlways will honor the removal or value change of an element's Sync attribute (to disable synchronization), whereas using esriMSAOverwrite is equivalent to setting the IXmlPropertySet2.OverwriteSyncAttribute to true for the metadata's property set, meaning that even elements without a Sync attribute of TRUE will be synchronized.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Specified by:

synchronize in interface IMetadata

Parameters:

action - A com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase.esriMetadataSyncAction constant (in)

interval - The interval (in)

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.