v0.9.2

- Expansion of search for the title in method `meico.mei.Mei.getTitle()`, so it supports MEI 3.0 (`workDesc`) and MEI 4.0+ (`workList`).
cemfi · Jun 19, 2024 · 44ff230 · 44ff230
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@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ### Version History
 
 
+#### v0.9.2
+- Expansion of search for the title in method `meico.mei.Mei.getTitle()`, so it supports MEI 3.0 (`workDesc`) and MEI 4.0+ (`workList`).
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 #### v0.9.1
 - Some minor preparations in class `meico.mei.Mei2MusicXmlConverter` for MEI to MusicXML conversion.
 

diff --git a/src/meico/mei/Mei.java b/src/meico/mei/Mei.java
@@ -142,18 +142,24 @@ public Element getMeiHead() {
     public String getTitle() {
         Element title;
 
-        try {                                               // try to read the title from mei/meiHead/workDesc/work/titleStmt/title
+        try {                                               // try to read the title from mei/meiHead/fileDesc/titleStmt/title
             title = Helper.getFirstChildElement("fileDesc", this.getMeiHead());
             title = Helper.getFirstChildElement("titleStmt", title);
             title = Helper.getFirstChildElement("title", title);
         } catch (NullPointerException ex1) {                // if that does not exist
-            try {                                           // try to get the title from  mei/meiHead/fileDesc/titleStmt/title
+            try {                                           // try to get the title from MEI 3.0 mei/meiHead/workDesc/work/titleStmt/title
                 title = Helper.getFirstChildElement("workDesc", this.getMeiHead());
                 title = Helper.getFirstChildElement("work", title);
                 title = Helper.getFirstChildElement("titleStmt", title);
                 title = Helper.getFirstChildElement("title", title);
             } catch (NullPointerException ex2) {            // if that does not exist
-                return (this.getFile() == null) ? "" : Helper.getFilenameWithoutExtension(this.getFile().getName());    // return the filename without extension or (if that does not exist either) return empty string
+                try {                                       // try to get the title from MEI 4.0+ mei/meiHead/workList/work/title
+                    title = Helper.getFirstChildElement("workList", this.getMeiHead());
+                    title = Helper.getFirstChildElement("work", title);
+                    title = Helper.getFirstChildElement("title", title);
+                } catch (NullPointerException ex3) {
+                    return (this.getFile() == null) ? "" : Helper.getFilenameWithoutExtension(this.getFile().getName());    // return the filename without extension or (if that does not exist either) return empty string
+                }
             }
         }
         return (title != null) ? title.getValue() : ((this.getFile() == null) ? "" : Helper.getFilenameWithoutExtension(this.getFile().getName()));  // return the title string