Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.feature

Interface Property

All Known Subinterfaces:

Attribute<V>, DynamicAttribute<V>, FeatureAssociation

public interface Property

An instance of a PropertyType. A property is usually part of another entity such as a Feature. This interface is the parent type of attribute and feature association but not feature.

A property is a wrapper around an arbitrary object or value. It provides the following information:

• A value, available via the getValue() method. The value can be set via a setter method provided by the sub-interface.
• A type, available via the getType() or getRole() method provided by the sub-interface. The PropertyType defines information about the property. This includes which Java class the value of the property is an instance of, any restrictions on the value, etc.

Since:

3.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
GenericName	getName()	Returns the name of this property.
Object	getValue()	Returns the value or content of the property, or null if none.

Method Details

getName

GenericName getName()

Returns the name of this property. This is a convenience method for getType().getName() or getRole().getName(), depending on the sub-interface.

Returns:

name of this property.

getValue

Object getValue()

Returns the value or content of the property, or null if none.

• If this property is an Attribute, then the returned object may be an instance of any Java class assignable to AttributeType.getValueClass().
• If this property is an FeatureAssociation, then the returned object is a Feature.

Returns:

the value of the property, or null if none.