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XMP metadata from JPG

/ Published in: ActionScript 3

you'll need the xmp core lib from adobe for this to work.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/xmp/library/eula.html

This is before real testing, so there WILL be errors!

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private function init(event:Event):void
{
	var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
	ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imgLoaded);
	var s:String = "link/to/asset.jpg";
	ldr.load(new URLRequest(s));
}
private function imgLoaded(e:Event):void{
	var info:LoaderInfo = e.target as LoaderInfo;
	var xmpXML:XML = getXMP(info.bytes);

//trace(xmpXML);
	var meta:XMPMeta = new XMPMeta(xmpXML);
}
private function trim(s:String):String{
	return s.replace( /^([\s|\t|\n]+)?(.*)([\s|\t|\n]+)?$/gm, "$2" );
}
private function getXMP(ba:ByteArray):XML{
		var LP:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
	var PACKET:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
	var l:int;
	
	ba.readBytes(LP, 2, 2);
	/* 
	http://www.adobe.com/devnet/xmp.html
	read part 3: Storage in Files.
	
	that will explain the -2 -29 and other things you see here.
	 */
	l = LP.readInt() - 2 -29;
	ba.readBytes(PACKET, 33, l);
	
	var p:String = trim(""+PACKET);
	var i:int = p.search('<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/"');
	/* Delete all in front of the XMP XML */
	p = p.substr(i);
	/* 
	For some reason this left some rubbish in front, so I'll hardcode it out for now 
	
	TODO clean up
	*/
	
	var ar:Array = p.split('<');
	var s:String = "";
	var q:int;
	var j:int = ar.length;
	for(q=1;q<j;q++){
		s += '<'+ar[q];
	}
	i = s.search('</x:xmpmeta>');
	i += ('</x:xmpmeta>').length;
	s = s.slice(0,i);
	/* Delete all behind the XMP XML */
	return XML(s);
}

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