CitationDate

@Classifier(DATATYPE) @UML(identifier="CI_Date", specification=ISO_19115) public interface CitationDate

Reference date and event used to describe it.

Since:: 2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

default Date

getDate()

Deprecated.
Replaced by getReferenceDate().

DateType

getDateType()

Event used for reference date.

Temporal

getReferenceDate()

Reference date for the cited resource.

Method Details
- getDate
  
  @Deprecated(since="3.1") default Date getDate()
  
  Deprecated.
  Replaced by getReferenceDate().
  
  Reference date for the cited resource.
  
  Returns:
  
  reference date for the cited resource.
- getReferenceDate
  
  @Profile(level=CORE) @UML(identifier="date", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19115) Temporal getReferenceDate()
  
  Reference date for the cited resource. The returned value should be an instance of LocalDate, LocalDateTime, OffsetDateTime or ZonedDateTime, depending whether hours are defined and how the timezone (if any) is defined. But other types are also allowed. For example, a citation date may be merely a Year.
  
  Returns:
  
  reference date for the cited resource.
  
  Since:
  
  3.1
  
  Details
  Renamed for avoiding a conflict with the getDate() method defined in GeoAPI 3.0.
- getDateType
  
  @Profile(level=CORE) @UML(identifier="dateType", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19115) DateType getDateType()
  
  Event used for reference date.
  
  Returns:
  
  event used for reference date.