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032 package org.opengis.metadata.citation;
033
034 import java.util.Date;
035 import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
036 import org.opengis.annotation.Profile;
037
038 import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
039 import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
040 import static org.opengis.annotation.ComplianceLevel.*;
041
042
043 /**
044 * Reference date and event used to describe it.
045 *
046 * @author Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
047 * @version 3.0
048 * @since 2.0
049 *
050 * @navassoc 1 - - DateType
051 */
052 @UML(identifier="CI_Date", specification=ISO_19115)
053 public interface CitationDate {
054 /**
055 * Reference date for the cited resource.
056 * <p>
057 * <TABLE WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" CELLPADDING="18" BORDER="4" BGCOLOR="#FFE0B0">
058 * <TR><TD>
059 * <P align="justify"><B>Warning:</B> The return type of this method may change
060 * in GeoAPI 3.1 release. It may be replaced by a type matching more closely
061 * either ISO 19108 (<cite>Temporal Schema</cite>) or ISO 19103.</P>
062 * </TD></TR>
063 * </TABLE>
064 *
065 * @return Reference date for the cited resource.
066 */
067 @Profile(level=CORE)
068 @UML(identifier="date", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19115)
069 Date getDate();
070
071 /**
072 * Event used for reference date.
073 *
074 * @return Event used for reference date.
075 */
076 @Profile(level=CORE)
077 @UML(identifier="dateType", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19115)
078 DateType getDateType();
079 }