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032    package org.opengis.observation;
033    
034    import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
035    
036    import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
037    import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
038    
039    /**
040     * A ConstrainedProperty modifies a base property by adding
041     * singleConstraints, each specifying a value on some secondary axis.
042     *
043     * Example:
044     * "water temperature" has the base "temperature" (i.e. it is a kind of temperature)
045     * constrained so that the property "substance" has the value "water".
046     * "Surface water temperature" might add another constraint that "depth" is "between 0 - 0.3m".
047     *
048     * @version <A HREF="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/om">Implementation specification 1.0</A>
049     * @author Open Geospatial Consortium
050     * @author Guilhem Legal (Geomatys)
051     * @since GeoAPI 2.3
052     */
053    @UML(identifier="ConstraintPhenomenon", specification=OGC_07022)
054    public interface ConstrainedPhenomenon extends Phenomenon {
055    
056        /**
057         * Constraint expressed as a value or range of an orthogonal/helper phenomenon
058         */
059        @UML(identifier="singleConstraint", obligation=OPTIONAL, specification=OGC_07022)
060        Object getSingleConstraint();
061    
062        /**
063         * Constraints that cannot be expressed as values of an orthogonal/helper phenomenon
064         */
065        @UML(identifier="otherConstraint", obligation=OPTIONAL, specification=OGC_07022)
066        String getOtherConstraint();
067    
068        /**
069         * Property that forms the basis for generating a set of more refined Phenomena; e.g. Chemical Composition, Radiance
070         */
071        @UML(identifier="base", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=OGC_07022)
072        Phenomenon getBase();
073    
074    }