org.jaudiotagger.tag.id3
Class AbstractTag

java.lang.Object
  org.jaudiotagger.tag.id3.AbstractTagItem
      org.jaudiotagger.tag.id3.AbstractTag

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractID3Tag, AbstractLyrics3

public abstract class AbstractTag
extends AbstractTagItem

A tag is term given to a container that holds audio metadata

Field Summary

protected static java.lang.String

TYPE_TAG

Fields inherited from class org.jaudiotagger.tag.id3.AbstractTagItem

logger

Constructor Summary

AbstractTag()

AbstractTag(AbstractTag copyObject)

Method Summary

abstract void	delete(java.io.RandomAccessFile file) Removes the specific tag from the file
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Determines whether another datatype is equal to this tag.
abstract java.util.Iterator	iterator()
abstract boolean	seek(java.nio.ByteBuffer byteBuffer) Looks for this tag in the buffer
abstract void	write(java.io.RandomAccessFile file) Writes the tag to the file

Methods inherited from class org.jaudiotagger.tag.id3.AbstractTagItem

getIdentifier, getSize, isSubsetOf, read

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

TYPE_TAG

protected static final java.lang.String TYPE_TAG

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractTag

public AbstractTag()

AbstractTag

public AbstractTag(AbstractTag copyObject)

Method Detail

seek

public abstract boolean seek(java.nio.ByteBuffer byteBuffer)

Looks for this tag in the buffer

Parameters:

byteBuffer -

Returns:

returns true if found, false otherwise.

write

public abstract void write(java.io.RandomAccessFile file)
                    throws java.io.IOException

Writes the tag to the file

Parameters:

file -

Throws:

java.io.IOException

delete

public abstract void delete(java.io.RandomAccessFile file)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Removes the specific tag from the file

Parameters:

file - MP3 file to append to.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - on any I/O error

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Determines whether another datatype is equal to this tag. It just compares if they are the same class, then calls super.equals(obj).

Overrides:

equals in class AbstractTagItem

Parameters:

obj - The object to compare

Returns:

if they are equal

iterator

public abstract java.util.Iterator iterator()

Returns: