    001    //$HeadURL: https://svn.wald.intevation.org/svn/deegree/base/branches/2.4_testing/src/org/deegree/model/feature/schema/FeatureType.java $
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    005       Department of Geography, University of Bonn
    006     and
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    036
    037    package org.deegree.model.feature.schema;
    038
    039    import java.net.URI;
    040
    041    import org.deegree.datatypes.QualifiedName;
    042
    043    /**
    044     * The FeatureType interface is intended to provide details of the type of a Feature that are
    045     * described as Feature Schema in the Abstract Specification's Essential Model, specifically the
    046     * names and types of the properties associated with each instance of a Feature of the given
    047     * FeatureType.
    048     * <p>
    049     * -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    050     * </p>
    051     *
    052     * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
    053     * @version $Revision: 18195 $ $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Do, 18. Jun 2009) $
    054     */
    055    public interface FeatureType {
    056
    057        /**
    058         * returns the name of the FeatureType
    059         *
    060         * @return name of the FeatureType
    061         */
    062        public QualifiedName getName();
    063
    064        /**
    065         * Returns whether this feature type is abstract or not.
    066         *
    067         * @return true, if the feature type is abstract, false otherwise
    068         */
    069        public boolean isAbstract();
    070
    071        /**
    072         * returns the namespace of the feature type (maybe null)
    073         *
    074         * @return the namespace of the feature type (maybe <code>null</code>)
    075         */
    076        public URI getNameSpace();
    077
    078        /**
    079         * returns the location of the XML schema defintion assigned to a namespace
    080         *
    081         * @return the location of the XML schema defintion assigned to a namespace
    082         */
    083        public URI getSchemaLocation();
    084
    085        /**
    086         * returns the name of the property a the passed index position
    087         *
    088         * @param index
    089         * @return the name of the property a the passed index position
    090         */
    091        public QualifiedName getPropertyName( int index );
    092
    093        /**
    094         * returns the properties of this feature type
    095         *
    096         * @return type properties
    097         */
    098        public PropertyType[] getProperties();
    099
    100        /**
    101         * returns a property of this feature type identified by its name
    102         *
    103         * @param name
    104         *            name of the desired property
    105         * @return one named property
    106         */
    107        public PropertyType getProperty( QualifiedName name );
    108
    109        /**
    110         * returns the FeatureTypeProperties of type GEOMETRY
    111         *
    112         * @see org.deegree.datatypes.Types
    113         * @return the FeatureTypeProperties of type GEOMETRY
    114         */
    115        public GeometryPropertyType[] getGeometryProperties();
    116
    117        /**
    118         * returns true if the passed FeatureType equals this FeatureType. Two FeatureTypes are equal if
    119         * they have the same qualified name
    120         *
    121         * @param featureType
    122         *
    123         * @return <code>true</code> if the passed FeatureType equals this FeatureType.
    124         */
    125        public boolean equals( FeatureType featureType );
    126
    127    }