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package org.apache.commons.imaging.common;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.commons.imaging.ImageReadException;
import org.apache.commons.imaging.common.bytesource.ByteSource;

/**
 * Implementations support embedding the Extensible Metadata Platform
 * tags.
 *
 * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform</a>
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface XmpEmbeddable {

    /**
     * Get a string containing XML-formatted text conforming to the Extensible
     * Metadata  Platform (EXP) standard for representing information about
     * image content.  Not all image formats support EXP information and
     * even for those that do, there is no guarantee that such information
     * will be present in an image.
     *
     * @param byteSource A valid reference to a ByteSource.
     * @param params     Optional instructions for special-handling or
     *                   interpretation of the input data.
     * @return If XMP metadata is present, a valid string;
     *         if it is not present, a null.
     * @throws ImageReadException In the event that the specified content
     *                            does not conform to the format of the specific
     *                            parser implementation.
     * @throws IOException        In the event of unsuccessful read or access operation.
     */
    String getXmpXml(ByteSource byteSource, XmpImagingParameters params)
            throws ImageReadException, IOException;

}
