Retrieve Original Metadata from OMERO using MATLAB toolbox

getOriginalMetadata.m

function [global_metadata, series_metadata] = ...
    getOriginalMetadata(client, session, image_id)
% GETORIGINALMETADATA Retrieves the global and the series orignal metadata. 
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% Check input
% Check input
ip = inputParser;
ip.addRequired('client');
ip.addRequired('session');
ip.addRequired('image_id', @(x) isnumeric(x));
ip.parse(client, session, image_id);

req = omero.cmd.OriginalMetadataRequest;
req.imageId = image_id;
handle = session.submit(req);
callback = omero.cmd.CmdCallbackI(client, handle);
rsp = callback.loop(10, 500);

global_metadata = '';
series_metadata = '';
global_data = rsp.globalMetadata;
if global_data.size() > 1
    key_iterator = global_data.keySet().iterator();
    global_metadata = cell(global_data.size(), 2);
    counter = 1;
    for i=1:global_data.size()
        key = key_iterator.next();
        value = global_data.get(key).getValue();
        %fprintf('%s = %s\n', key, char(value));
        global_metadata{counter, 1} = char(key);
        global_metadata{counter, 2} = char(value);
        counter = counter + 1;
    end
end

series_data = rsp.seriesMetadata;
if series_data.size() > 0
    key_iterator = series.keySet().iterator();
    series_metadata = cell(data.size(), 2);
    counter = 1;
    for i=1:series_data.size()
      key = key_iterator.next();
      value = series_data.get(key).getValue();
      %fprintf('%s = %s\n', key, char(value));
      global_metadata{counter, 1} = char(key);
      global_metadata{counter, 2} = char(value);
      counter = counter + 1;
    end
end