IWMDMStorage3::GetMetadata

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05/05/2009

The GetMetadata method retrieves the metadata associated with the storage.

Syntax

HRESULT GetMetadata(IWMDMMetaData**ppMetadata);

Parameters

ppMetadata

[out] Pointer to an IWMDMMetaData pointer associated with a storage. The caller is responsible for calling Release on this interface and all the allocated values when finished with it, as described under "Clearing allocated memory" in Discovering Device Format Capabilities.

Return Values

The method returns an HRESULT. All the interface methods in Windows Media Device Manager can return any of the following classes of error codes:

Standard COM error codes
Windows error codes converted to HRESULT values
Windows Media Device Manager error codes

For an extenstive list of possible error codes, see Error Codes.

Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table. If it fails with an error, it returns a standard error code.

Return code	Description
S_OK	The method succeeded.
WMDM_S_NOT_ALL_PROPERTIES_RETRIEVED	Not all the requested properties could be retrieved by the device.

Remarks

This method retrieves all metadata associated with the storage. If an application is seeking specific metadata, it might be more efficient to call IWMDMStorage4::GetSpecifiedMetadata.

When retrieving data from a Windows Portable Devices (WPD) device, the data is returned in binary form. The application should de-serialize this data to obtain the actual property values.

Example Code

The following C++ function retrieves all the metadata associated with a storage.

// Function to print out all the metadata associated with a storage.
HRESULT CWMDMController::GetMetadata(IWMDMStorage *pStorage)
{
   HRESULT hr = S_OK;

   // A dummy loop to handle unrecoverable errors. When we hit an error we
   // can't handle or don't like, we just use a 'break' statement.
   // The custom BREAK_HR macro checks for failed HRESULT values and does this.
   do
   {
      CComPtr<IWMDMStorage3> pStorage3;
      CComPtr<IWMDMMetaData> pMetadata;
      hr = pStorage->QueryInterface(__uuidof(IWMDMStorage3), (void**)&pStorage3);
      BREAK_HR(hr, "Got an IWMDMStorage3 interface in GetMetadata.", "Couldn't get an IWMDMStorage3 interface in GetMetadata.");

      hr = pStorage3->GetMetadata(&pMetadata);
      BREAK_HR(hr, "Got an IWMDMMetaData interface in GetMetadata.", "Couldn't get an IWMDMMetaData interface in GetMetadata.");

      //
      // Loop through all metadata properties, and print out the value of each.
      //
      BYTE* value;
      WMDM_TAG_DATATYPE type;
      UINT len = 0;
      UINT count = 0;
      WCHAR* name;
      // Get the number of metadata items.
      hr = pMetadata->GetItemCount(&count);

      BREAK_HR(hr, "Got a metadata count in GetMetadata.", "Couldn't get a metadata count in GetMetadata.");
      for(;count > 0; count--)
      {
         // Get the metadata property by index.
         WCHAR* name;
         hr = pMetadata->QueryByIndex(count-1, &name, &type, &value, &len);
         if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
         {
            // TODO: Display the property name.
            CoTaskMemFree(name);

            // Print out the value of the property, according to the value type.
            switch (type)
            {
            case WMDM_TYPE_QWORD:
            case WMDM_TYPE_DWORD:
            case WMDM_TYPE_WORD:
               // TODO: Display the value.
               break;
            case WMDM_TYPE_STRING:
               // TODO: Display the value.
               // Release the method-allocated property value memory.
                    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
                        CoTaskMemFree(value);
               break;
            case WMDM_TYPE_BOOL:
               // TODO: Display the value.
               break;
            case WMDM_TYPE_BINARY:
               // TODO: Display the value.
               break;
            case WMDM_TYPE_DATE:
               {
                  WMDMDATETIME *val = (WMDMDATETIME*)value;
                        // TODO: Display the month, day, and year.
               }
               break;
            case WMDM_TYPE_GUID:
               {
                  WCHAR strGuid[64];
                  StringFromGUID2(reinterpret_cast<GUID&>(value),(LPOLESTR)strGuid, 64);
                  // TODO: Display the GUID value.
               }
               break;
            default:
               // TODO: Display the message: "Could not understand the returned value type
            }
         }
         else // Couldn't get the metadata property at index count - 1.
            // TODO: Display the message: 
            // "Couldn't get a value for index " 
            // followed by the current index value.
      }

      // Now get a specific property by name.
      // If this property isn't supported, the method returns E_INVALIDARG.
      hr = pMetadata->QueryByName(g_wszWMDMFileName, &type, &value, &len);
      if (hr == S_OK) 
      {
         wstring wstr((wchar_t*)value, len / 2); // Create a string from the name.
            // TODO: Display the file name.
            CoTaskMemFree(value);
      }

      // See if file is DRM-protected.
      hr = pMetadata->QueryByName(g_wszWMDMIsProtected, &type, &value, &len);
      if (hr == S_OK)
      {
         // TODO: Display a message that the object is DRM protected.
      }


   }while(FALSE);// End of dummy loop.

   // Clean up and return.
   return hr;
}

Requirements

Header: Defined in mswmdm.h.

Library: mssachlp.lib

See Also

IWMDMStorage3::GetMetadata

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