org.jscience.ml.gml.infoset
Interface Feature

All Superinterfaces:

GMLConstruct, GMLConstructOwner, PropertyOwner, UnknownConstructOwner, XMLDescribable

All Known Subinterfaces:

FeatureCollection

All Known Implementing Classes:

FeatureCollectionImpl, FeatureImpl

public interface Feature
extends GMLConstruct, UnknownConstructOwner, PropertyOwner

Defines the interface every feature must implement. Feature extends the PropertyOwner interface because a feature may own properties.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	BOUNDED_BY_PROP DOCUMENT ME!
static java.lang.String	DESCRIPTION_PROP DOCUMENT ME!
static java.lang.String	FID_ATTR DOCUMENT ME!
static java.lang.String	NAME_PROP DOCUMENT ME!

Method Summary

Geometry	getBoundedBy() Returns the boundedBy property of this feature.
java.lang.String	getDescription() Returns the value of the description property of this feature.
java.lang.String	getId() Returns the Id of this feature, presumably stored in the fid attribute.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the value of the name property of this feature.

Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.ml.gml.infoset.GMLConstruct

getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributeCount, getOwner

Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.ml.gml.infoset.XMLDescribable

getXMLDescriptor

Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.ml.gml.infoset.UnknownConstructOwner

getUnknownConstructIterator

Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.ml.gml.infoset.PropertyOwner

getPropertyIterator

Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.ml.gml.infoset.GMLConstructOwner

getGMLConstructIterator

Field Detail

FID_ATTR

static final java.lang.String FID_ATTR

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Constant Field Values

NAME_PROP

static final java.lang.String NAME_PROP

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Constant Field Values

DESCRIPTION_PROP

static final java.lang.String DESCRIPTION_PROP

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Constant Field Values

BOUNDED_BY_PROP

static final java.lang.String BOUNDED_BY_PROP

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getId

java.lang.String getId()

Returns the Id of this feature, presumably stored in the fid attribute.

Returns:

Null if an Id is not specified.

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns the value of the name property of this feature.

Returns:

Null if the name property is not specified.

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()

Returns the value of the description property of this feature.

Returns:

Null if the description property is not specified.

getBoundedBy

Geometry getBoundedBy()

Returns the boundedBy property of this feature. This property defines the bounding box for this feature. In the future, the abstract geometry will be replaced by a Box.

Returns:

The Geometry/Box object if specified, otherwise null.