01: /*
02: * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
03: * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
04: * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
05: * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
06: * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
07: * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
08: *
09: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15: * limitations under the License.
16: */
17:
18: /* $Id: XMPComplexValue.java 426584 2006-07-28 16:01:47Z jeremias $ */
19:
20: package org.apache.xmlgraphics.xmp;
21:
22: import org.apache.xmlgraphics.util.XMLizable;
23:
24: /**
25: * Base class for complex data types in XMP.
26: */
27: public abstract class XMPComplexValue implements XMLizable {
28:
29: /**
30: * Returns a normal Java object representing the value if it is available.
31: * @return a simple object value or null if no such value can be returned (for example,
32: * because the value is an array and has multiple entries.
33: */
34: public abstract Object getSimpleValue();
35:
36: }
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