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Metadata

This interface supplies information about the state of a file or directory.

Properties

• modificationTime: This is the time at which the file or directory was last modified. (Date)

Details

The Metadata object represents information about the state of a file or directory. You can get an instance of a Metadata object by calling the getMetadata method of a DirectoryEntry or FileEntry object.

Supported Platforms

• Android
• BlackBerry WebWorks (OS 5.0 and higher)
• iOS
• Windows Phone 7 ( Mango )

Quick Example

function win(metadata) {
	console.log("Last Modified: " + metadata.modificationTime);
}

// Request the metadata object for this entry
entry.getMetadata(win, null);