Class MetadataConverter

java.lang.Object
loci.formats.meta.MetadataConverter

@Deprecated public final class MetadataConverter extends Object
A utility class containing a method for piping a source MetadataRetrieve object into a destination MetadataStore.

This technique allows conversion between two different storage media. For example, it can be used to convert an OMEROMetadataStore (OMERO's metadata store implementation) into an OMEXMLMetadata, thus generating OME-XML from information in an OMERO database.

  • Method Details

    • convertMetadata

      public static void convertMetadata(MetadataRetrieve src, MetadataStore dest)
      Deprecated.
      Copies information from a metadata retrieval object (source) into a metadata store (destination).