protected function initMetadata() {
		if (! is_file($this->metadataPath)) {
			$this->metadata = [];
			
			return $this->metadata;
		}
		
		$metaRaw = file_get_contents($this->metadataPath);

		if ($metaRaw === false) {
			throw new Exceptions\MetadataError('Unable to read the metadata');
		}

		$meta = json_decode($metaRaw);

		if ($meta === null) {
			throw new Exceptions\MetadataError('Error in the metadata; Errorcode: ' . json_last_error());
		}

		$this->metadata = (array) $meta;

		return $this->metadata;
	}
protected function initMetadata() {
		if (! is_file($this->metadataPath)) {
			$this->metadata = [];
			
			return $this->metadata;
		}
		
		$metaRaw = file_get_contents($this->metadataPath);

		if ($metaRaw === false) {
			throw new Exceptions\MetadataError('Unable to read the metadata');
		}

		$meta = json_decode($metaRaw);

		if ($meta === null) {
			throw new Exceptions\MetadataError('Error in the metadata; Errorcode: ' . json_last_error());
		}

		$this->metadata = (array) $meta;

		return $this->metadata;
	}
protected function initMetadata ( ) { if ( ! is_file ( $ this -> metadataPath ) ) { $ this -> metadata = [ ] ; return $ this -> metadata ; } $ metaRaw = file_get_contents ( $ this -> metadataPath ) ; if ( $ metaRaw === false ) { throw new Exceptions \ MetadataError ( 'Unable to read the metadata' ) ; } $ meta = json_decode ( $ metaRaw ) ; if ( $ meta === null ) { throw new Exceptions \ MetadataError ( 'Error in the metadata; Errorcode: ' . json_last_error ( ) ) ; } $ this -> metadata = ( array ) $ meta ; return $ this -> metadata ; }
Get the files metadata

@return array
@throws Exceptions\MetadataError
Get the files metadata