GeoAPI 2.0
Build 2005-06-08

org.opengis.metadata.content
Interface CoverageDescription

All Superinterfaces:
ContentInformation
All Known Subinterfaces:
ImageDescription

@UML(identifier="MD_CoverageDescription",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public interface CoverageDescription
extends ContentInformation

Information about the content of a grid data cell.

Since:
GeoAPI 2.0
Version:
Abstract specification 5.0

Method Summary
 Class getAttributeDescription()
          Description of the attribute described by the measurement value.
 CoverageContentType getContentType()
          Type of information represented by the cell value.
 RangeDimension getDimension()
          Information on the dimensions of the cell measurement value.
 

Method Detail

getAttributeDescription

@UML(identifier="attributeDescription",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
Class getAttributeDescription()
Description of the attribute described by the measurement value.


REVISIT OPEN ISSUE (a GeoAPI comment)
In the UML, the return type is RecordType, which is defined in ISO 19103. We currently map RecordType to a Java Class, but it may be revisited in a future version.

getContentType

@UML(identifier="contentType",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
CoverageContentType getContentType()
Type of information represented by the cell value.


getDimension

@UML(identifier="dimension",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
RangeDimension getDimension()
Information on the dimensions of the cell measurement value.


GeoAPI 2.0
Build 2005-06-08

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