GroupDocs.Metadata for .NET 20.1 Release Notes

Major Features

There are the following features, enhancements and fixes in this release:

• Implement the ability to obtain known property descriptors in the public API
• Implement an alternative way to extract metadata property values
• Add support for .Net Standard 2.0

Full List of Issues Covering all Changes in this Release

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

Implement the ability to obtain known property descriptors in the public API

This enhancement allows the user to extract information about known properties that can be encountered in a particular package.

Public API changes

The PropertyAccessLevels enum has been added to the GroupDocs.Metadata.Common namespace

The Read item has been added to the PropertyAccessLevels enum

The Update item has been added to the PropertyAccessLevels enum

The Remove item has been added to the PropertyAccessLevels enum

The Add item has been added to the PropertyAccessLevels enum

The AddOrUpdate item has been added to the PropertyAccessLevels enum

The Full item has been added to the PropertyAccessLevels enum

The PropertyDescriptor class has been added to the GroupDocs.Metadata.Common namespace

The Type property has been added to the PropertyDescriptor class

The AccessLevel property has been added to the PropertyDescriptor class

The Tags property has been added to the PropertyDescriptor class

The Name property has been added to the PropertyDescriptor class

The KnowPropertyDescriptors property has been added to the MetadataPackage class

Use cases

Obtain known property descriptors from a metadata package

using (Metadata metadata = new Metadata(@"D:\input.doc"))
{
	var root = metadata.GetRootPackage<WordProcessingRootPackage>();
	foreach (var descriptor in root.DocumentProperties.KnowPropertyDescriptors)
	{
		Console.WriteLine(descriptor.Name);
		Console.WriteLine(descriptor.Type);
		Console.WriteLine(descriptor.AccessLevel);

		foreach (var tag in descriptor.Tags)
		{
			Console.WriteLine(tag);
		}

		Console.WriteLine();
	}
}

Add support for .Net Standard 2.0

Starting from 20.1 release GroupDocs.Metadata for .Net includes a .Net Standard 2.0 compatible assembly.

Public API changes

None

Implement an alternative way to extract metadata property values

This enhancement introduces an alternative way to extract a value stored in a metadata property.

Public API changes

The ValueAcceptor class has been added to the GroupDocs.Metadata.Common namespace

The AcceptNull() method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(string) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(bool) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(DateTime) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(TimeSpan) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(int) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(long) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(double) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(string[]) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(byte[]) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(double[]) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(int[]) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(long[]) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(MetadataPackage) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(MetadataPackage[]) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(Guid) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The Accept(PropertyValue[]) method has been added to the ValueAcceptor class

The AcceptValue(ValueAcceptor) method has been added to the PropertyValue class

Use cases

Print values of all properties extracted from a file

static void Main(string[] args)
{
	using (Metadata metadata = new Metadata(@"D:\input.docx"))
	{
		// Fetch all metadata properties
		var properties = metadata.FindProperties(p => true);

		var valueAcceptor = new CustomValueAcceptor();
		foreach (var property in properties)
		{
			// Extract the property value using a custom acceptor
			property.Value.AcceptValue(valueAcceptor);
		}
	}
	Console.ReadKey();
}
private class CustomValueAcceptor : ValueAcceptor
{
	protected override void AcceptNull()
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Null value extracted");
	}

	protected override void Accept(string value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("String value extracted: {0}", value);
	}

	protected override void Accept(bool value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Boolean value extracted: {0}", value);
	}

	protected override void Accept(DateTime value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("DateTime value extracted: {0}", value);
	}

	protected override void Accept(TimeSpan value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("DateTime value extracted: {0}", value);
	}

	protected override void Accept(int value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Integer value extracted: {0}", value);
	}

	protected override void Accept(long value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Long value extracted: {0}", value);
	}

	protected override void Accept(double value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Double value extracted: {0}", value);
	}

	protected override void Accept(string[] value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("String array extracted: {0}", value?.Length ?? 0);
	}

	protected override void Accept(byte[] value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Byte array extracted: {0}", value?.Length ?? 0);
	}

	protected override void Accept(double[] value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Double array extracted: {0}", value?.Length ?? 0);
	}

	protected override void Accept(int[] value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Integer array extracted: {0}", value?.Length ?? 0);
	}

	protected override void Accept(long[] value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Long array extracted: {0}", value?.Length ?? 0);
	}

	protected override void Accept(MetadataPackage value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Metadata package value extracted: {0}", value);
	}

	protected override void Accept(MetadataPackage[] value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Metadata package array extracted: {0}", value?.Length ?? 0);
	}

	protected override void Accept(Guid value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Guid value extracted: {0}", value);
	}

	protected override void Accept(PropertyValue[] value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Property value array extracted: {0}", value?.Length ?? 0);
	}
}