org.deegree.model.feature.schema
Interface FeatureType

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultFeatureType, MappedFeatureType

public interface FeatureType

The FeatureType interface is intended to provide details of the type of a Feature that are described as Feature Schema in the Abstract Specification's Essential Model, specifically the names and types of the properties associated with each instance of a Feature of the given FeatureType.

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Version:

$Revision: 18195 $ $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Do, 18. Jun 2009) $

Author:

Andreas Poth

Method Summary

boolean	equals(FeatureType featureType) returns true if the passed FeatureType equals this FeatureType.
GeometryPropertyType[]	getGeometryProperties() returns the FeatureTypeProperties of type GEOMETRY
QualifiedName	getName() returns the name of the FeatureType
URI	getNameSpace() returns the namespace of the feature type (maybe null)
PropertyType[]	getProperties() returns the properties of this feature type
PropertyType	getProperty(QualifiedName name) returns a property of this feature type identified by its name
QualifiedName	getPropertyName(int index) returns the name of the property a the passed index position
URI	getSchemaLocation() returns the location of the XML schema defintion assigned to a namespace
boolean	isAbstract() Returns whether this feature type is abstract or not.

Method Detail

getName

QualifiedName getName()

returns the name of the FeatureType

Returns:

name of the FeatureType

isAbstract

boolean isAbstract()

Returns whether this feature type is abstract or not.

Returns:

true, if the feature type is abstract, false otherwise

getNameSpace

URI getNameSpace()

returns the namespace of the feature type (maybe null)

Returns:

the namespace of the feature type (maybe null)

getSchemaLocation

URI getSchemaLocation()

returns the location of the XML schema defintion assigned to a namespace

Returns:

the location of the XML schema defintion assigned to a namespace

getPropertyName

QualifiedName getPropertyName(int index)

returns the name of the property a the passed index position

Parameters:

index -

Returns:

the name of the property a the passed index position

getProperties

PropertyType[] getProperties()

returns the properties of this feature type

Returns:

type properties

getProperty

PropertyType getProperty(QualifiedName name)

returns a property of this feature type identified by its name

Parameters:

name - name of the desired property

Returns:

one named property

getGeometryProperties

GeometryPropertyType[] getGeometryProperties()

returns the FeatureTypeProperties of type GEOMETRY

Returns:

the FeatureTypeProperties of type GEOMETRY

See Also:

Types

equals

boolean equals(FeatureType featureType)

returns true if the passed FeatureType equals this FeatureType. Two FeatureTypes are equal if they have the same qualified name

Parameters:

featureType -

Returns:

true if the passed FeatureType equals this FeatureType.