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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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  1. private function init(event:Event):void
  2. {
  3. 	var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
  4. 	ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imgLoaded);
  5. 	var s:String = "link/to/asset.jpg";
  6. 	ldr.load(new URLRequest(s));
  7. }
  8. private function imgLoaded(e:Event):void{
  9. 	var info:LoaderInfo = e.target as LoaderInfo;
  10. 	var xmpXML:XML = getXMP(info.bytes);
  11.  
  12. 	//trace(xmpXML);
  13. 	var meta:XMPMeta = new XMPMeta(xmpXML);
  14. }
  15. private function trim(s:String):String{
  16. 	return s.replace( /^([\s|\t|\n]+)?(.*)([\s|\t|\n]+)?$/gm, "$2" );
  17. }
  18. private function getXMP(ba:ByteArray):XML{
  19. 		var LP:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
  20. 	var PACKET:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
  21. 	var l:int;
  22.  
  23. 	ba.readBytes(LP, 2, 2);
  24. 	/* 
  25. 	http://www.adobe.com/devnet/xmp.html
  26. 	read part 3: Storage in Files.
  27.  
  28. 	that will explain the -2 -29 and other things you see here.
  29. 	 */
  30. 	l = LP.readInt() - 2 -29;
  31. 	ba.readBytes(PACKET, 33, l);
  32.  
  33. 	var p:String = trim(""+PACKET);
  34. 	var i:int = p.search('<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/"');
  35. 	/* Delete all in front of the XMP XML */
  36. 	p = p.substr(i);
  37. 	/* 
  38. 	For some reason this left some rubbish in front, so I'll hardcode it out for now 
  39.  
  40. 	TODO clean up
  41. 	*/
  42.  
  43. 	var ar:Array = p.split('<');
  44. 	var s:String = "";
  45. 	var q:int;
  46. 	var j:int = ar.length;
  47. 	for(q=1;q<j;q++){
  48. 		s += '<'+ar[q];
  49. 	}
  50. 	i = s.search('</x:xmpmeta>');
  51. 	i += ('</x:xmpmeta>').length;
  52. 	s = s.slice(0,i);
  53. 	/* Delete all behind the XMP XML */
  54. 	return XML(s);
  55. }

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