001    /*
002     *    GeoAPI - Java interfaces for OGC/ISO standards
003     *    http://www.geoapi.org
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032    package org.opengis.util;
033    
034    import java.util.List;
035    import java.util.Collections;
036    import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
037    
038    import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
039    import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
040    
041    
042    /**
043     * Identifier within a {@linkplain NameSpace name space} for a local object. Local names are names
044     * which are directly accessible to and maintained by a {@linkplain NameSpace name space}. Names are
045     * local to one and only one name space. The name space within which they are local is indicated by
046     * the {@linkplain #scope scope}.
047     *
048     * @author  Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
049     * @author  Bryce Nordgren (USDA)
050     * @version 3.0
051     * @since   2.0
052     *
053     * @see NameFactory#createLocalName(NameSpace, CharSequence)
054     */
055    @UML(identifier="LocalName", specification=ISO_19103)
056    public interface LocalName extends GenericName {
057        /**
058         * Returns the number of levels specified by this name, which is always 1 for a local name.
059         */
060        @Override
061        int depth();
062    
063        /**
064         * Returns the sequence of local name. Since this object is itself a locale name,
065         * this method always returns a {@linkplain Collections#singleton singleton}
066         * containing only {@code this}.
067         */
068        @Override
069        @UML(identifier="parsedName", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19103)
070        List<? extends LocalName> getParsedNames();
071    
072        /**
073         * Returns {@code this} since this object is already a local name.
074         *
075         * @since 2.2
076         */
077        @Override
078        LocalName head();
079    
080        /**
081         * Returns {@code this} since this object is already a local name.
082         *
083         * @since 2.1
084         */
085        @Override
086        LocalName tip();
087    
088        /**
089         * Returns a locale-independent string representation of this local name.
090         */
091        @Override
092        @UML(identifier="aName", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19103)
093        String toString();
094    }