Initial Contribution
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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package javax.imageio.metadata;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import org.apache.harmony.x.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadataUtils;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+
+/**
+ * The Class IIOMetadata represents the metadata (bundled with an image)
+ * as a Dom-type tree.
+ */
+public abstract class IIOMetadata {
+
+    /** Whether the standard metadata format is supported. */
+    protected boolean standardFormatSupported;
+    
+    /** The native metadata format name. */
+    protected String nativeMetadataFormatName;
+    
+    /** The native metadata format class name. */
+    protected String nativeMetadataFormatClassName;
+    
+    /** The extra metadata format names. */
+    protected String[] extraMetadataFormatNames;
+    
+    /** The extra metadata format class names. */
+    protected String[] extraMetadataFormatClassNames;
+    
+    /** The default controller. */
+    protected IIOMetadataController defaultController;
+    
+    /** The controller. */
+    protected IIOMetadataController controller;
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new IIOMetadata with no data set.
+     */
+    protected IIOMetadata() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Instantiates a new IIOMetadata with the specified data parameters.
+     * 
+     * @param standardMetadataFormatSupported whether the standard metadata format is supported
+     * @param nativeMetadataFormatName the native metadata format name
+     * @param nativeMetadataFormatClassName the native metadata format class name
+     * @param extraMetadataFormatNames the extra metadata format names
+     * @param extraMetadataFormatClassNames the extra metadata format class names
+     */
+    protected IIOMetadata(boolean standardMetadataFormatSupported,
+                          String nativeMetadataFormatName,
+                          String nativeMetadataFormatClassName,
+                          String[] extraMetadataFormatNames,
+                          String[] extraMetadataFormatClassNames) {
+        standardFormatSupported = standardMetadataFormatSupported;
+        this.nativeMetadataFormatName = nativeMetadataFormatName;
+        this.nativeMetadataFormatClassName = nativeMetadataFormatClassName;
+        if (extraMetadataFormatNames == null) {
+            if (extraMetadataFormatClassNames != null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "extraMetadataFormatNames == null && extraMetadataFormatClassNames != null!"
+                );
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (extraMetadataFormatClassNames == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "extraMetadataFormatNames != null && extraMetadataFormatClassNames == null!"
+                );
+            }
+            if (extraMetadataFormatNames.length == 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("extraMetadataFormatNames.length == 0!");
+            }
+            if (extraMetadataFormatClassNames.length != extraMetadataFormatNames.length) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "extraMetadataFormatClassNames.length != extraMetadataFormatNames.length!"
+                );
+            }
+            this.extraMetadataFormatNames = extraMetadataFormatNames.clone();
+            this.extraMetadataFormatClassNames = extraMetadataFormatClassNames.clone();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the metadata as tree-type document.
+     * 
+     * @param formatName the format name
+     * 
+     * @return the node in tree format
+     */
+    public abstract Node getAsTree(String formatName);
+    
+    /**
+     * Checks if the metadata is read only.
+     * 
+     * @return true, if the metadata is read only.
+     */
+    public abstract boolean isReadOnly();
+    
+    /**
+     * Merges the specified tree with this metadata tree.
+     * 
+     * @param formatName the format of the specified tree
+     * @param root the root node of the metadata tree
+     * 
+     * @throws IIOInvalidTreeException if the specified tree
+     * is incompatible with the this metadata tree.
+     */
+    public abstract void mergeTree(String formatName, Node root) throws IIOInvalidTreeException;
+    
+    /**
+     * Resets the controller.
+     */
+    public abstract void reset();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the controller associated with this metadata document.
+     * 
+     * @return the controller
+     */
+    public IIOMetadataController getController() {
+        return controller;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether this metadata has a controller.
+     * 
+     * @return true, if this metadata has a controller
+     */
+    public boolean hasController() {
+        return getController() != null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Activate the controller.
+     * 
+     * @return true, if successful
+     */
+    public boolean activateController() {
+        if (!hasController()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("hasController() == false!");
+        }
+        return getController().activate(this);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the default controller.
+     * 
+     * @return the default controller
+     */
+    public IIOMetadataController getDefaultController() {
+        return defaultController;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the extra metadata format names.
+     * 
+     * @return the extra metadata format names
+     */
+    public String[] getExtraMetadataFormatNames() {
+        return extraMetadataFormatNames == null ? null : extraMetadataFormatNames.clone();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the metadata format.
+     * 
+     * @param formatName the format name
+     * 
+     * @return the metadata format
+     */
+    public IIOMetadataFormat getMetadataFormat(String formatName) {
+        return IIOMetadataUtils.instantiateMetadataFormat(
+                formatName,
+                standardFormatSupported,
+                nativeMetadataFormatName, nativeMetadataFormatClassName,
+                extraMetadataFormatNames, extraMetadataFormatClassNames
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the native metadata format name.
+     * 
+     * @return the native metadata format name
+     */
+    public String getNativeMetadataFormatName() {
+        return nativeMetadataFormatName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the standard metadata format is supported.
+     * 
+     * @return true, if the standard metadata format is supported
+     */
+    public boolean isStandardMetadataFormatSupported() {
+        return standardFormatSupported;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the metadata format names.
+     * 
+     * @return the metadata format names
+     */
+    public String[] getMetadataFormatNames() {
+        ArrayList<String> res = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+        String nativeMetadataFormatName = getNativeMetadataFormatName();
+        boolean standardFormatSupported = isStandardMetadataFormatSupported();
+        String extraMetadataFormatNames[] = getExtraMetadataFormatNames();
+
+        if (standardFormatSupported) {
+            res.add(IIOMetadataFormatImpl.standardMetadataFormatName);
+        }
+        if (nativeMetadataFormatName != null) {
+            res.add(nativeMetadataFormatName);
+        }
+        if (extraMetadataFormatNames != null) {
+            for (String extraMetadataFormatName : extraMetadataFormatNames) {
+                res.add(extraMetadataFormatName);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return res.size() > 0 ? res.toArray(new String[0]) : null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the standard chroma node.
+     * 
+     * @return the standard chroma node
+     */
+    protected IIOMetadataNode getStandardChromaNode() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the standard compression node.
+     * 
+     * @return the standard compression node
+     */
+    protected IIOMetadataNode getStandardCompressionNode() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the standard data node.
+     * 
+     * @return the standard data node
+     */
+    protected IIOMetadataNode getStandardDataNode() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the standard dimension node.
+     * 
+     * @return the standard dimension node
+     */
+    protected IIOMetadataNode getStandardDimensionNode() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the standard document node.
+     * 
+     * @return the standard document node
+     */
+    protected IIOMetadataNode getStandardDocumentNode() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the standard text node.
+     * 
+     * @return the standard text node
+     */
+    protected IIOMetadataNode getStandardTextNode() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the standard tile node.
+     * 
+     * @return the standard tile node
+     */
+    protected IIOMetadataNode getStandardTileNode() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the standard transparency node.
+     * 
+     * @return the standard transparency node
+     */
+    protected IIOMetadataNode getStandardTransparencyNode() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the metadata as a tree in standard format.
+     * 
+     * @return the metadata as a tree in standard format
+     */
+    protected final IIOMetadataNode getStandardTree() {
+        // Create root node
+        IIOMetadataNode root = new IIOMetadataNode(IIOMetadataFormatImpl.standardMetadataFormatName);
+
+        Node node;
+        if ((node = getStandardChromaNode()) != null) {
+            root.appendChild(node);
+        }
+        if ((node = getStandardCompressionNode()) != null) {
+            root.appendChild(node);
+        }
+        if ((node = getStandardDataNode()) != null) {
+            root.appendChild(node);
+        }
+        if ((node = getStandardDimensionNode()) != null) {
+            root.appendChild(node);
+        }
+        if ((node = getStandardDocumentNode()) != null) {
+            root.appendChild(node);
+        }
+        if ((node = getStandardTextNode()) != null) {
+            root.appendChild(node);
+        }
+        if ((node = getStandardTileNode()) != null) {
+            root.appendChild(node);
+        }
+        if ((node = getStandardTransparencyNode()) != null) {
+            root.appendChild(node);
+        }
+        
+        return root;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the controller.
+     * 
+     * @param controller the new controller
+     */
+    public void setController(IIOMetadataController controller) {
+        this.controller = controller;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the from tree.
+     * 
+     * @param formatName the name of the metatdata format of the from tree
+     * @param root the root node of the from tree
+     * 
+     * @throws IIOInvalidTreeException if the tree or its format is not compatible with 
+     * this metadata.
+     */
+    public void setFromTree(String formatName, Node root) throws IIOInvalidTreeException {
+        reset();
+        mergeTree(formatName, root);
+    }
+}