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032    package org.opengis.metadata.distribution;
033    
034    import java.util.Collection;
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     * Information about the distributor of and options for obtaining the resource.
045     *
046     * @author  Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
047     * @version 3.0
048     * @since   2.0
049     *
050     * @navassoc - - - Format
051     * @navassoc - - - Distributor
052     * @navassoc - - - DigitalTransferOptions
053     */
054    @UML(identifier="MD_Distribution", specification=ISO_19115)
055    public interface Distribution {
056        /**
057         * Provides a description of the format of the data to be distributed.
058         *
059         * @return Description of the format of the data to be distributed.
060         *
061         * @condition Mandatory if {@link Distributor#getDistributorFormats()} is empty.
062         */
063        @Profile(level=CORE)
064        @UML(identifier="distributionFormat", obligation=CONDITIONAL, specification=ISO_19115)
065        Collection<? extends Format> getDistributionFormats();
066    
067        /**
068         * Provides information about the distributor.
069         *
070         * @return Information about the distributor.
071         */
072        @UML(identifier="distributor", obligation=OPTIONAL, specification=ISO_19115)
073        Collection<? extends Distributor> getDistributors();
074    
075        /**
076         * Provides information about technical means and media by which a resource is obtained
077         * from the distributor.
078         *
079         * @return Technical means and media by which a resource is obtained from the distributor.
080         */
081        @Profile(level=CORE)
082        @UML(identifier="transferOptions", obligation=OPTIONAL, specification=ISO_19115)
083        Collection<? extends DigitalTransferOptions> getTransferOptions();
084    }