PDFBOX-5660: remove dead code, add comment

THausherr · THausherr · commit 00b7adc141c0 · 2025-12-29T19:35:04.000Z
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pdfbox/trunk@1930971 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/xmpbox/src/main/java/org/apache/xmpbox/xml/XmpSerializer.java b/xmpbox/src/main/java/org/apache/xmpbox/xml/XmpSerializer.java
@@ -204,11 +204,10 @@ else if (field instanceof AbstractStructuredType)
                 // all properties
                 serializeFields(doc, estructured, innerFields,resourceNS, null, true);
             }
-            else
-            {
-                // XXX finish serialization classes
-                System.err.println(">> TODO >> " + field.getClass());
-            }
+            // else doesn't happen:
+            // AbstractField is only extended by AbstractSimpleProperty and AbstractComplexProperty
+            // AbstractComplexProperty is only extended by AbstractStructuredType and ArrayProperty
+            // And all these are handled here.
         }
     }
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -204,11 +204,10 @@ else if (field instanceof AbstractStructuredType)`
`204`	`204`	`// all properties`
`205`	`205`	`serializeFields(doc, estructured, innerFields,resourceNS, null, true);`
`206`	`206`	`}`
`207`		`- else`
`208`		`- {`
`209`		`- // XXX finish serialization classes`
`210`		`- System.err.println(">> TODO >> " + field.getClass());`
`211`		`- }`
	`207`	`+ // else doesn't happen:`
	`208`	`+ // AbstractField is only extended by AbstractSimpleProperty and AbstractComplexProperty`
	`209`	`+ // AbstractComplexProperty is only extended by AbstractStructuredType and ArrayProperty`
	`210`	`+ // And all these are handled here.`
`212`	`211`	`}`
`213`	`212`	`}`
`214`	`213`