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package org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.taginfos;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.imaging.ImageReadException;
import org.apache.commons.imaging.ImageWriteException;
import org.apache.commons.imaging.common.ByteOrder;
import org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.TiffField;
import org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.constants.TiffDirectoryType;
import org.apache.commons.imaging.formats.tiff.fieldtypes.FieldType;

public abstract class TagInfo {
    public static final int LENGTH_UNKNOWN = -1;

    public TagInfo(final String name, final int tag, final FieldType dataType, final int length,
            final TiffDirectoryType exifDirectory) {
        this(name, tag, Arrays.asList(dataType), length, exifDirectory);
    }

    public TagInfo(final String name, final int tag, final FieldType dataType, final int length,
            final TiffDirectoryType exifDirectory, final boolean isOffset) {
        this(name, tag, Arrays.asList(dataType), length, exifDirectory,
                isOffset);
    }

    public TagInfo(final String name, final int tag, final FieldType dataType, final int length) {
        this(name, tag, Arrays.asList(dataType), length,
                TiffDirectoryType.EXIF_DIRECTORY_UNKNOWN);
    }

    public TagInfo(final String name, final int tag, final FieldType dataType) {
        this(name, tag, dataType, LENGTH_UNKNOWN,
                TiffDirectoryType.EXIF_DIRECTORY_UNKNOWN);
    }

    public final String name;
    public final int tag;
    public final List<FieldType> dataTypes;
    public final int length;
    public final TiffDirectoryType directoryType;
    private final boolean isOffset;

    public TagInfo(final String name, final int tag, final List<FieldType> dataTypes, final int length,
            final TiffDirectoryType exifDirectory) {
        this(name, tag, dataTypes, length, exifDirectory, false);
    }

    public TagInfo(final String name, final int tag, final List<FieldType> dataTypes, final int length,
            final TiffDirectoryType exifDirectory, final boolean isOffset) {
        this.name = name;
        this.tag = tag;
        this.dataTypes = Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<FieldType>(
                dataTypes));
        this.length = length;
        this.directoryType = exifDirectory;
        this.isOffset = isOffset;
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @param entry
     * @return
     * @throws ImageReadException thrown by subclasses
     */
    public Object getValue(final TiffField entry) throws ImageReadException {
        return entry.getFieldType().getValue(entry);
    }

    public byte[] encodeValue(final FieldType fieldType, final Object value, final ByteOrder byteOrder)
            throws ImageWriteException {
        return fieldType.writeData(value, byteOrder);
    }

    public String getDescription() {
        return tag + " (0x" + Integer.toHexString(tag) + ": " + name + "): ";
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "[TagInfo. tag: " + tag + " (0x" + Integer.toHexString(tag)
                + ", name: " + name + "]";
    }

    public boolean isOffset() {
        return isOffset;
    }

    public boolean isText() {
        return false;
    }
}

@@ -3279,23 +3279,88 @@
 ntry
-%0A     * @return
+ the TIFF field whose value to return%0A     * @return the value of the TIFF field
 %0A   

Fix a Javadoc comment warning.