From 9c011adfc2cf2f495e283c93d8c3786bc5f8a933 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Schmidtmer <O.Schmidtmer@elo.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:44:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add TIFFImageMetadata.getTIFFField

---
 .../imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageMetadata.java       | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageMetadata.java b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageMetadata.java
index 1ed832af..9c545eaa 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageMetadata.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageMetadata.java
@@ -1299,6 +1299,17 @@ public final class TIFFImageMetadata extends AbstractMetadata {
         return ifd;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns an Entry which contains the data of the requested TIFF field.
+     *
+     * @param tagNumber Tag number of the TIFF field.
+     *
+     * @return the TIFF field, or null.
+     */
+    public Entry getTIFFField(final int tagNumber) {
+        return ifd.getEntryById(tagNumber);
+    }
+
     // TODO: Replace with IFD class when moved to new package and made public!
     private final static class TIFFIFD extends AbstractDirectory {
         public TIFFIFD(final Collection<Entry> entries) {