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Keys are used to identify and group metadata. <a href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#details">More...</a></p> <p><code>#include <metadatum.hpp></code></p> <div id="dynsection-0" onclick="return toggleVisibility(this)" class="dynheader closed" style="cursor:pointer;"> <img id="dynsection-0-trigger" src="closed.png" alt="+"/> Inheritance diagram for Exiv2::Key:</div> <div id="dynsection-0-summary" class="dynsummary" style="display:block;"> </div> <div id="dynsection-0-content" class="dyncontent" style="display:none;"> <div class="center"><img src="classExiv2_1_1Key__inherit__graph.png" border="0" usemap="#Exiv2_1_1Key_inherit__map" alt="Inheritance graph"/></div> <map name="Exiv2_1_1Key_inherit__map" id="Exiv2_1_1Key_inherit__map"> <area shape="rect" id="node2" href="classExiv2_1_1ExifKey.html" title="Concrete keys for Exif metadata and access to Exif tag reference data. " alt="" coords="5,80,168,107"/><area shape="rect" id="node3" href="classExiv2_1_1IptcKey.html" title="Concrete keys for IPTC metadata. " alt="" coords="192,80,355,107"/><area shape="rect" id="node4" href="classExiv2_1_1XmpKey.html" title="Concrete keys for XMP metadata. " alt="" coords="379,80,531,107"/></map> <center><span class="legend">[<a href="graph_legend.html">legend</a>]</span></center></div> <table class="memberdecls"> <tr class="heading"><td colspan="2"><h2 class="groupheader"><a name="pub-types"></a> Public Types</h2></td></tr> <tr class="memitem:a9bf9953294ceb8d272908a0680aeade8"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" id="a9bf9953294ceb8d272908a0680aeade8"></a> typedef std::auto_ptr< <a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html">Key</a> > </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#a9bf9953294ceb8d272908a0680aeade8">AutoPtr</a></td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:a9bf9953294ceb8d272908a0680aeade8"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Shortcut for a Key auto pointer. <br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:a9bf9953294ceb8d272908a0680aeade8"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> </table><table class="memberdecls"> <tr class="heading"><td colspan="2"><h2 class="groupheader"><a name="pub-methods"></a> Public Member Functions</h2></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><div class="groupHeader">Creators</div></td></tr> <tr class="memitem:a574f73b95eb37cfa7ad509b0b1c26b61"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" id="a574f73b95eb37cfa7ad509b0b1c26b61"></a> virtual </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#a574f73b95eb37cfa7ad509b0b1c26b61">~Key</a> ()</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:a574f73b95eb37cfa7ad509b0b1c26b61"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Destructor. <br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:a574f73b95eb37cfa7ad509b0b1c26b61"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><div class="groupHeader">Accessors</div></td></tr> <tr class="memitem:a272fe50e38e5af51bc3fa54e32cd7931"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" id="a272fe50e38e5af51bc3fa54e32cd7931"></a> virtual std::string </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#a272fe50e38e5af51bc3fa54e32cd7931">key</a> () const =0</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:a272fe50e38e5af51bc3fa54e32cd7931"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Return the key of the metadatum as a string. The key is of the form 'familyName.groupName.tagName'. Note however that the key is not necessarily unique, e.g., an <a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1ExifData.html" title="A container for Exif data. This is a top-level class of the Exiv2 library. The container holds Exifda...">ExifData</a> may contain multiple metadata with the same key. <br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:a272fe50e38e5af51bc3fa54e32cd7931"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:aebbef8a4d9e11459ecd30d1497911d90"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" id="aebbef8a4d9e11459ecd30d1497911d90"></a> virtual const char * </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#aebbef8a4d9e11459ecd30d1497911d90">familyName</a> () const =0</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:aebbef8a4d9e11459ecd30d1497911d90"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Return an identifier for the type of metadata (the first part of the key) <br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:aebbef8a4d9e11459ecd30d1497911d90"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:a23dab45ff9d7151b484b90e686e833fd"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" id="a23dab45ff9d7151b484b90e686e833fd"></a> virtual std::string </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#a23dab45ff9d7151b484b90e686e833fd">groupName</a> () const =0</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:a23dab45ff9d7151b484b90e686e833fd"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Return the name of the group (the second part of the key) <br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:a23dab45ff9d7151b484b90e686e833fd"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:af6bccc6d5552d2c3324d28099554b5c0"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" id="af6bccc6d5552d2c3324d28099554b5c0"></a> virtual std::string </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#af6bccc6d5552d2c3324d28099554b5c0">tagName</a> () const =0</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:af6bccc6d5552d2c3324d28099554b5c0"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Return the name of the tag (which is also the third part of the key) <br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:af6bccc6d5552d2c3324d28099554b5c0"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:a3593df05b735beb63ec263ee00f37e37"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" id="a3593df05b735beb63ec263ee00f37e37"></a> virtual std::string </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#a3593df05b735beb63ec263ee00f37e37">tagLabel</a> () const =0</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:a3593df05b735beb63ec263ee00f37e37"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Return a label for the tag. <br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:a3593df05b735beb63ec263ee00f37e37"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:a7a04f9c117d0373661b982ac63a9ce84"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" id="a7a04f9c117d0373661b982ac63a9ce84"></a> virtual uint16_t </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#a7a04f9c117d0373661b982ac63a9ce84">tag</a> () const =0</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:a7a04f9c117d0373661b982ac63a9ce84"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Return the tag number. <br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:a7a04f9c117d0373661b982ac63a9ce84"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:a9f7e6d66e806bb9e80f35ca77d12062c"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" id="a9f7e6d66e806bb9e80f35ca77d12062c"></a> <a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#a9bf9953294ceb8d272908a0680aeade8">AutoPtr</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#a9f7e6d66e806bb9e80f35ca77d12062c">clone</a> () const </td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:a9f7e6d66e806bb9e80f35ca77d12062c"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Return an auto-pointer to a copy of itself (deep copy). The caller owns this copy and the auto-pointer ensures that it will be deleted. <br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:a9f7e6d66e806bb9e80f35ca77d12062c"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr class="memitem:adc70aa4f962abd267e2d4f98f89538b5"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" id="adc70aa4f962abd267e2d4f98f89538b5"></a> std::ostream & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#adc70aa4f962abd267e2d4f98f89538b5">write</a> (std::ostream &os) const </td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:adc70aa4f962abd267e2d4f98f89538b5"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Write the key to an output stream. You do not usually have to use this function; it is used for the implementation of the output operator for Key, <a class="el" href="namespaceExiv2.html#aa225826fb028de2941da4230b51dfb95" title="Output operator for Key types. ">operator<<(std::ostream &os, const Key &key)</a>. <br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:adc70aa4f962abd267e2d4f98f89538b5"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> </table><table class="memberdecls"> <tr class="heading"><td colspan="2"><h2 class="groupheader"><a name="pro-methods"></a> Protected Member Functions</h2></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><div class="groupHeader">Manipulators</div></td></tr> <tr class="memitem:a25d4c3b768148728e8b03fa47d4206cc"><td class="memItemLeft" align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" id="a25d4c3b768148728e8b03fa47d4206cc"></a> <a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html">Key</a> & </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html#a25d4c3b768148728e8b03fa47d4206cc">operator=</a> (const <a class="el" href="classExiv2_1_1Key.html">Key</a> &rhs)</td></tr> <tr class="memdesc:a25d4c3b768148728e8b03fa47d4206cc"><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Assignment operator. Protected so that it can only be used by subclasses but not directly. <br /></td></tr> <tr class="separator:a25d4c3b768148728e8b03fa47d4206cc"><td class="memSeparator" colspan="2"> </td></tr> </table> <a name="details" id="details"></a><h2 class="groupheader">Detailed Description</h2> <div class="textblock"><p>Abstract base class defining the Key of a metadatum. Keys are used to identify and group metadata. </p> </div><hr/>The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:<ul> <li><a class="el" href="metadatum_8hpp.html">metadatum.hpp</a></li> <li>metadatum.cpp</li> </ul> </div><!-- contents --> <!-- start footer part --> <hr class="footer"/><address class="footer"><small> Generated on Fri Mar 4 2016 17:51:50 for Exiv2 by  <a href="http://www.doxygen.org/index.html"> <img class="footer" src="doxygen.png" alt="doxygen"/> </a> 1.8.8 </small></address> </body> </html>