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    017package org.apache.commons.imaging.common;
    018
    019import java.io.IOException;
    020
    021import org.apache.commons.imaging.ImageReadException;
    022import org.apache.commons.imaging.common.bytesource.ByteSource;
    023
    024/**
    025 * Implementations support embedding the Extensible Metadata Platform
    026 * tags.
    027 *
    028 * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform</a>
    029 * @since 1.0
    030 */
    031public interface XmpEmbeddable {
    032
    033    /**
    034     * Get a string containing XML-formatted text conforming to the Extensible
    035     * Metadata  Platform (EXP) standard for representing information about
    036     * image content.  Not all image formats support EXP information and
    037     * even for those that do, there is no guarantee that such information
    038     * will be present in an image.
    039     *
    040     * @param byteSource A valid reference to a ByteSource.
    041     * @param params     Optional instructions for special-handling or
    042     *                   interpretation of the input data.
    043     * @return If XMP metadata is present, a valid string;
    044     *         if it is not present, a null.
    045     * @throws ImageReadException In the event that the specified content
    046     *                            does not conform to the format of the specific
    047     *                            parser implementation.
    048     * @throws IOException        In the event of unsuccessful read or access operation.
    049     */
    050    String getXmpXml(ByteSource byteSource, XmpImagingParameters params)
    051            throws ImageReadException, IOException;
    052
    053}