Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.quality

Interface Scope

All Superinterfaces:

Scope

@Classifier(DATATYPE)
@UML(identifier="DQ_Scope",
     specification=ISO_19115,
     version=2003)
public interface Scope
extends Scope

Description of the data specified by the scope.

Upcoming API change — renaming
As of ISO 19115:2014, DQ_Scope (from org.opengis.metadata.quality) is replaced by MD_Scope (from org.opengis.metadata.maintenance). This interface will be deprecated in GeoAPI 4.0.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default Extent	getExtent()	Deprecated. As of ISO 19115:2014, replaced by Scope.getExtents().
ScopeCode	getLevel()	Hierarchical level of the data specified by the scope.
Collection<? extends ScopeDescription>	getLevelDescription()	Detailed description about the level of the data specified by the scope.

Methods inherited from interface Scope

getExtents

Method Details

getLevel

@UML(identifier="level",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
ScopeCode getLevel()

Hierarchical level of the data specified by the scope.

Specified by:

getLevel in interface Scope

Returns:

hierarchical level of the data.

getExtent

@Deprecated
@UML(identifier="extent",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115,
     version=2003)
default Extent getExtent()

Deprecated.

As of ISO 19115:2014, replaced by Scope.getExtents().

Information about the spatial, vertical and temporal extent of the data specified by the scope.

Returns:

information about the extent of the data, or null.

getLevelDescription

@UML(identifier="levelDescription",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
Collection<? extends ScopeDescription> getLevelDescription()

Detailed description about the level of the data specified by the scope. Shall be defined only if the level is not equal to ScopeCode.DATASET or ScopeCode.SERIES.

Specified by:

getLevelDescription in interface Scope

Returns:

detailed description about the level of the data.