loci.poi.hpsf

Class MutableProperty

java.lang.Object

loci.poi.hpsf.Property

loci.poi.hpsf.MutableProperty

Direct Known Subclasses:

CustomProperty

public class MutableProperty
extends Property

Adds writing capability to the Property class.

Please be aware that this class' functionality will be merged into the Property class at a later time, so the API will change.

Since:

2003-08-03

Version:

$Id: MutableProperty.java 489730 2006-12-22 19:18:16Z bayard $

Author:

Rainer Klute <klute@rainer-klute.de>

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class loci.poi.hpsf.Property

id, type, value

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MutableProperty() Creates an empty property.
MutableProperty(Property p) Creates a MutableProperty as a copy of an existing Property.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	setID(long id) Sets the property's ID.
void	setType(long type) Sets the property's type.
void	setValue(java.lang.Object value) Sets the property's value.
int	write(java.io.OutputStream out, int codepage) Writes the property to an output stream.

Methods inherited from class loci.poi.hpsf.Property

equals, getID, getSize, getType, getValue, hashCode, readDictionary, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MutableProperty

public MutableProperty()

Creates an empty property. It must be filled using the set method to be usable.

MutableProperty

public MutableProperty(Property p)

Creates a MutableProperty as a copy of an existing Property.

Parameters:

p - The property to copy.

Method Detail

setID

public void setID(long id)

Sets the property's ID.

Parameters:

id - the ID

setType

public void setType(long type)

Sets the property's type.

Parameters:

type - the property's type

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.Object value)

Sets the property's value.

Parameters:

value - the property's value

write

public int write(java.io.OutputStream out,
        int codepage)
          throws java.io.IOException,
                 WritingNotSupportedException

Writes the property to an output stream.

Parameters:

out - The output stream to write to.

codepage - The codepage to use for writing non-wide strings

Returns:

the number of bytes written to the stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs

WritingNotSupportedException - if a variant type is to be written that is not yet supported