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036
037 package org.deegree.ogcwebservices.csw.discovery;
038
039 import java.util.HashMap;
040 import java.util.Map;
041
042 import org.deegree.ogcwebservices.csw.AbstractCSWRequest;
043
044 /**
045 * The optional GetDomain operation is used to obtain runtime information about the range of values
046 * of a metadata record element or request parameter. The runtime range of values for a property or
047 * request parameter is typically much smaller than the value space for that property or parameter
048 * based on its static type definition. For example, a property or request parameter defined as a
049 * 16bit positive integer in a database may have a value space of 65535 distinct integers but the
050 * actual number of distinct values existing in the database may be much smaller.
051 * <p>
052 * This type of runtime information about the range of values of a property or request parameter is
053 * useful for generating user interfaces with meaningful pick lists or for generating query
054 * predicates that have a higher chance of actually identifying a result set.
055 * <p>
056 * It should be noted that the GetDomain operation is a "best-effort" operation. That is to say that
057 * a catalogue tries to generate useful information about the specified request parameter or
058 * property if it can. It is entirely possible that a catalogue may not be able to determine
059 * anything about the values of a property or request parameter in which case an empty response
060 * should be generated.
061 *
062 * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth </a>
063 * @author <a href="mailto:tfr@users.sourceforge.net">Torsten Friebe </a>
064 * @author <a href="mailto:mschneider@lat-lon.de">Markus Schneider </a>
065 *
066 * @author last edited by: $Author: mschneider $
067 *
068 * @version 2.0, $Revision: 18195 $, $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Do, 18 Jun 2009) $
069 */
070 public class GetDomain extends AbstractCSWRequest {
071
072 private static final long serialVersionUID = 1824407245510334461L;
073
074 /**
075 *
076 * @param map
077 * @return the new instance
078 */
079 public static GetDomain create( Map<String, String> map ) {
080 return new GetDomain( map.get( "ID" ), map.get( "VERSION" ), null );
081 }
082
083 /**
084 * @param version
085 * @param id
086 * @param vendorSpecificParameter
087 */
088 GetDomain( String id, String version, HashMap<String, String> vendorSpecificParameter ) {
089 super( version, id, vendorSpecificParameter );
090 }
091
092 /**
093 * Unordered list of names of requested properties, from the information model that the
094 * catalogue is using
095 * <p>
096 * Zero or one; (Conditional)Include when ParameterName not included
097 *
098 * @return null
099 */
100 public String[] getPropertyNames() {
101 return null;
102 }
103
104 /**
105 * Unordered list of names of requested parameters, of the form OperationName. ParameterName
106 * <p>
107 * Zero or one; (Conditional)Include when PropertyName not included
108 *
109 * @return null
110 */
111 public String[] ParameterNames() {
112 return null;
113 }
114
115 }