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.
default Collection<? extends AttributeGroup>	getAttributeGroups()	Information on attribute groups of the resource.
default CoverageContentType	getContentType()	Deprecated. As of ISO 19115:2014, moved to AttributeGroup.getContentTypes().
default Collection<? extends RangeDimension>	getDimensions()	Deprecated. As of ISO 19115:2014, moved to AttributeGroup.getAttributes().
default Identifier	getProcessingLevelCode()	Identifier for the level of processing that has been applied to the resource.
default 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.

getProcessingLevelCode

@UML(identifier="processingLevelCode",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
default Identifier getProcessingLevelCode()

Identifier for the level of processing that has been applied to the resource. May be null if unspecified.

Returns:

identifier for the level of processing that has been applied to the resource, or null if none.

Since:

3.1

See Also:

• Identification.getProcessingLevel()

getAttributeGroups

@UML(identifier="attributeGroup",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
default Collection<? extends AttributeGroup> getAttributeGroups()

Information on attribute groups of the resource.

Returns:

information on attribute groups of the resource.

Since:

3.1

getContentType

@Deprecated(since="3.1")
@UML(identifier="contentType",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115,
     version=2003)
default CoverageContentType getContentType()

Deprecated.

As of ISO 19115:2014, moved to AttributeGroup.getContentTypes().

Type of information represented by the cell value.

Returns:

type of information represented by the cell value.

getDimensions

@Deprecated(since="3.1")
@UML(identifier="dimension",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115,
     version=2003)
default Collection<? extends RangeDimension> getDimensions()

Deprecated.

As of ISO 19115:2014, moved to AttributeGroup.getAttributes().

Information on the dimensions of the cell measurement value.

Returns:

dimensions of the cell measurement value.

getRangeElementDescriptions

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

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

Returns:

description of the specific range elements.