org.opengis.metadata
Class Obligation

Object
  CodeList<Obligation>
      Obligation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Obligation>

@UML(identifier="MD_ObligationCode",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public final class Obligation
extends CodeList<Obligation>

Obligation of the element or entity.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class CodeList

CodeList.Filter

Field Summary

static Obligation	CONDITIONAL Element is required when a specific condition is met.
static Obligation	MANDATORY Element is always required.
static Obligation	OPTIONAL Element is not required.

Method Summary

Obligation[]	family() Returns the list of codes of the same kind than this code list element.
static Obligation	valueOf(String code) Returns the obligation that matches the given string, or returns a new one if none match it.
static Obligation[]	values() Returns the list of Obligations.

Methods inherited from class CodeList

compareTo, equals, identifier, name, names, ordinal, readResolve, toString, valueOf, valueOf

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MANDATORY

@UML(identifier="mandatory",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final Obligation MANDATORY

Element is always required.

OPTIONAL

@UML(identifier="optional",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final Obligation OPTIONAL

Element is not required.

CONDITIONAL

@UML(identifier="conditional",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final Obligation CONDITIONAL

Element is required when a specific condition is met.

Method Detail

values

public static Obligation[] values()

Returns the list of Obligations.

Returns:

The list of codes declared in the current JVM.

family

public Obligation[] family()

Returns the list of codes of the same kind than this code list element. Invoking this method is equivalent to invoking values(), except that this method can be invoked on an instance of the parent CodeList class.

Specified by:

family in class CodeList<Obligation>

Returns:

The codes of the same kind than this code.

valueOf

public static Obligation valueOf(String code)

Returns the obligation that matches the given string, or returns a new one if none match it. More specifically, this methods returns the first instance for which name().equals(code) returns true. If no existing instance is found, then a new one is created for the given name.

Parameters:

code - The name of the code to fetch or to create.

Returns:

A code matching the given name.