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+package org.apache.poi.hpsf.examples;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import org.apache.poi.hpsf.*;
+import org.apache.poi.poifs.eventfilesystem.*;
+import org.apache.poi.util.HexDump;
+
+/**
+ * <p>Sample application showing how to read a custom property set of
+ * a document. Call it with the document's file name as command line
+ * parameter.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>Explanations can be found in the HPSF HOW-TO.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Rainer Klute (klute@rainer-klute.de)
+ * @version $Id$
+ * @since 2003-02-01
+ */
+public class ReadCustomPropertySets
+{
+
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        final String filename = args[0];
+        POIFSReader r = new POIFSReader();
+
+        /* Register a listener for *all* documents. */
+        r.registerListener(new MyPOIFSReaderListener());
+        r.read(new FileInputStream(filename));
+    }
+
+
+    static class MyPOIFSReaderListener implements POIFSReaderListener
+    {
+        public void processPOIFSReaderEvent(POIFSReaderEvent event)
+        {
+            PropertySet ps = null;
+            try
+            {
+                ps = PropertySetFactory.create(event.getStream());
+            }
+            catch (NoPropertySetStreamException ex)
+            {
+                out("No property set stream: \"" + event.getPath() +
+                    event.getName() + "\"");
+                return;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                throw new RuntimeException
+                    ("Property set stream \"" +
+                     event.getPath() + event.getName() + "\": " + ex);
+            }
+
+            /* Print the name of the property set stream: */
+            out("Property set stream \"" + event.getPath() +
+                event.getName() + "\":");
+
+            /* Print the number of sections: */
+            final long sectionCount = ps.getSectionCount();
+            out("   No. of sections: " + sectionCount);
+
+            /* Print the list of sections: */
+            List sections = ps.getSections();
+            int nr = 0;
+            for (Iterator i = sections.iterator(); i.hasNext();)
+            {
+                /* Print a single section: */
+                Section sec = (Section) i.next();
+                out("   Section " + nr++ + ":");
+                String s = hex(sec.getFormatID().getBytes());
+                s = s.substring(0, s.length() - 1);
+                out("      Format ID: " + s);
+
+                /* Print the number of properties in this section. */
+                int propertyCount = sec.getPropertyCount();
+                out("      No. of properties: " + propertyCount);
+
+                /* Print the properties: */
+                Property[] properties = sec.getProperties();
+                for (int i2 = 0; i2 < properties.length; i2++)
+                {
+                    /* Print a single property: */
+                    Property p = properties[i2];
+                    int id = p.getID();
+                    long type = p.getType();
+                    Object value = p.getValue();
+                    out("      Property ID: " + id + ", type: " + type +
+                        ", value: " + value);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void out(final String msg)
+    {
+        System.out.println(msg);
+    }
+
+    static String hex(byte[] bytes)
+    {
+        return HexDump.dump(bytes, 0L, 0);
+    }
+
+}