PhysicalDescriptor (Media Authoring with Java API)
Date: 2016-02-05

tv.amwa.maj.model

## Interface PhysicalDescriptor

- All Superinterfaces:
    EssenceDescriptor, InterchangeObject, MediaEntity, MetadataObject
  All Known Subinterfaces:
    AuxiliaryDescriptor, BWFImportDescriptor, ImportDescriptor, RecordingDescriptor
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    AuxiliaryDescriptorImpl, BWFImportDescriptorImpl, ImportDescriptorImpl, PhysicalDescriptorImpl, RecordingDescriptorImpl

      public interface PhysicalDescriptor
      extends EssenceDescriptor

  Specifies the description of an essence source that is not directly manipulated by an AAF application.

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `PhysicalDescriptor` | `clone()` Create a cloned copy of this physical descriptor.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface tv.amwa.maj.model.EssenceDescriptor

      `appendLocator, appendSubDescriptor, clearLocators, countLocators, countSubDescriptors, getLocatorAt, getLocators, getSubDescriptorAt, getSubDescriptors, insertLocatorAt, insertSubDescriptorAt, prependLocator, prependSubDescriptor, removeLocatorAt, removeSubDescriptorAt`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface tv.amwa.maj.model.InterchangeObject

      `addApplicationPlugin, clearApplicationPlugins, containsApplicationPlugin, containsApplicationPlugin, countApplicationPlugins, deepEquals, disableGenerationTracking, enableGenerationTracking, equals, getApplicationPlugins, getGeneration, getLinkedGenerationID, getObjectClass, isGenerationTracked, removeApplicationPlugin, removeApplicationPlugin, setLinkedGenerationID, setObjectClass, toString`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface tv.amwa.maj.industry.MediaEntity

      `getPersistentID, setPersistentIndex`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### clone

          PhysicalDescriptor clone()

      Create a cloned copy of this physical descriptor.

      Specified by:
        `clone` in interface `EssenceDescriptor`
      Specified by:
        `clone` in interface `InterchangeObject`
      Specified by:
        `clone` in interface `MediaEntity`
      Returns:
        Cloned copy of this physical descriptor.

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