Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.content

Interface CoverageDescription

All Superinterfaces:

ContentInformation

All Known Subinterfaces:

ImageDescription

@UML(identifier="MD_CoverageDescription",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public interface CoverageDescription
extends ContentInformation

Information about the content of a grid data cell.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
RecordType	getAttributeDescription()	Description of the attribute described by the measurement value.
CoverageContentType	getContentType()	Type of information represented by the cell value.
Collection<? extends RangeDimension>	getDimensions()	Information on the dimensions of the cell measurement value.
Collection<? extends RangeElementDescription>	getRangeElementDescriptions()	Provides the description of the specific range elements of a coverage.

Method Details

getAttributeDescription

@UML(identifier="attributeDescription",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
RecordType getAttributeDescription()

Description of the attribute described by the measurement value.

Returns:

Description of the attribute.

getContentType

@UML(identifier="contentType",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
CoverageContentType getContentType()

Type of information represented by the cell value.

Returns:

Type of information represented by the cell value.

getDimensions

@UML(identifier="dimension",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
Collection<? extends RangeDimension> getDimensions()

Information on the dimensions of the cell measurement value.

Returns:

Dimensions of the cell measurement value.

Since:

2.1

getRangeElementDescriptions

@UML(identifier="rangeElementDescription",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115_2)
Collection<? extends RangeElementDescription> getRangeElementDescriptions()

Provides the description of the specific range elements of a coverage.

Returns:

Description of the specific range elements.

Since:

2.3