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Converts Tika metadata to XMP

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package org.apache.tika.xmp.convert;

import org.apache.tika.metadata.Metadata;

import com.adobe.xmp.XMPException;
import com.adobe.xmp.XMPMeta;

/**
 * Interface for the specific Metadata to XMP converters
 */
public interface ITikaToXMPConverter {
    /**
     * Converts a Tika {@link Metadata}-object into an {@link XMPMeta} containing the useful
     * properties.
     *
     * @param metadata
     *            a Tika Metadata object
     * @return Returns an XMPMeta object.
     * @throws XMPException
     *             If an error occurs during the creation of the XMP object.
     */
    XMPMeta process(Metadata metadata) throws XMPException;
}