pdfbox-trunk/xmpbox/src/main/java/org/apache/xmpbox/type/AbstractSimpleProperty.java
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package org.apache.xmpbox.type;

import org.apache.xmpbox.XMPMetadata;

/**
 * Abstract Class of an Simple XMP Property
 * 
 * @author a183132
 * 
 */
public abstract class AbstractSimpleProperty extends AbstractField
{

    private final String namespace;

    private final String prefix;

    private final Object rawValue;
    
    /**
     * Property specific type constructor (namespaceURI is given)
     * 
     * @param metadata
     *            The metadata to attach to this property
     * @param namespaceURI
     *            the specified namespace URI associated to this property
     * @param prefix
     *            The prefix to set for this property
     * @param propertyName
     *            The local Name of this property
     * @param value
     *            the value to give
     */
    public AbstractSimpleProperty(XMPMetadata metadata, String namespaceURI, String prefix, String propertyName,
            Object value)
    {
        super(metadata, propertyName);
        setValue(value);
        this.namespace = namespaceURI;
        this.prefix = prefix;
        this.rawValue = value;

    }

    /**
     * Check and set new property value (in Element and in its Object Representation)
     * 
     * @param value
     *            Object value to set
     */
    public abstract void setValue(Object value);

    /**
     * Return the property value
     * 
     * @return a string
     */
    public abstract String getStringValue();

    public abstract Object getValue();
    
    /**
     * Return the properties raw value.
     * <p>
     * The properties raw value is how it has been
     * serialized into the XML. Allows to retrieve the
     * low level date for validation purposes.
     * </p> 
     * 
     * @return the raw value.
     */
    public Object getRawValue()
    {
        return rawValue;
    }
    

    @Override
    public String toString()
    {
        return "[" + this.getClass().getSimpleName() + ":" + getStringValue() + "]";
    }

    /**
     * Get the namespace URI of this entity
     * 
     * @return the namespace URI
     */
    @Override
    public final String getNamespace()
    {
        return namespace;
    }

    /**
     * Get the prefix of this entity
     * 
     * @return the prefix specified
     */
    @Override
    public String getPrefix()
    {
        return prefix;
    }

}
