Method

GExiv2Metadatatry_get_tag_interpreted_string

deprecated: 0.16.0 since: 0.12.2

Declaration [src]

gchar*
gexiv2_metadata_try_get_tag_interpreted_string (
  GExiv2Metadata* self,
  const gchar* tag,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

An interpreted string is one fit for user display. It may display units or use formatting appropriate to the type of data the tag holds.

Tags that support multiple values are returned as a single string, with elements separated by “, “.

The Exiv2 Tag Reference can be found at http://exiv2.org/metadata.html.

Available since: 0.12.2

Deprecated since: 0.16.0

Use gexiv2_metadata_get_tag_interpreted_string() instead.

Parameters

tag

Type: const gchar*

Exiv2 tag name.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.
If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.
The argument will be left initialized to NULL by the method if there are no errors.
In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: gchar*

The tag’s interpreted value as a string.

The caller of the method takes ownership of the returned data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The return value can be NULL.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.