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The Metadata Database

Each image stage has an associated LTIMetadataDatabase object. This database supports several types of operations:

Records may be accessed via tag name or (positional) record number.

Each image stage is responsible for maintaining the consistency of its own database. For example, if an image filter changes the width of its image, the corresponding metadata tag must be updated in the local copy of the database. In most situations the metadata database for an image pipeline should be considered to be the database presented by the last stage.

The class LTIMetadataDumper can be used to pretty print a metadata database as a development and debugging aid.