Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.distribution

Interface Format

@UML(identifier="MD_Format",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public interface Format

Description of the computer language construct that specifies the representation of data objects in a record, file, message, storage device or transmission channel.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default InternationalString	getAmendmentNumber()	Amendment number of the format version.
default InternationalString	getFileDecompressionTechnique()	Recommendations of algorithms or processes that can be applied to read or expand resources to which compression techniques have been applied.
default Collection<? extends Distributor>	getFormatDistributors()	Provides information about the distributor's format.
Citation	getFormatSpecificationCitation()	Citation / URL of the specification format.
default Collection<? extends Medium>	getMedia()	Media used by the format.
default InternationalString	getName()	Deprecated. As of ISO 19115:2014, replaced by getFormatSpecificationCitation().getAlternateTitles().
default InternationalString	getSpecification()	Deprecated. As of ISO 19115:2014, replaced by getFormatSpecificationCitation().getTitle().
default InternationalString	getVersion()	Deprecated. As of ISO 19115:2014, replaced by getFormatSpecificationCitation().getEdition().

Method Details

getFormatSpecificationCitation

@Profile(level=CORE)
@UML(identifier="formatSpecificationCitation",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
Citation getFormatSpecificationCitation()

Citation / URL of the specification format.

Returns:

citation / URL of the specification format.

Since:

3.1

getSpecification

@Deprecated(since="3.1")
@UML(identifier="specification",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115,
     version=2003)
default InternationalString getSpecification()

Deprecated.

As of ISO 19115:2014, replaced by getFormatSpecificationCitation().getTitle().

Name of a subset, profile, or product specification of the format.

Returns:

name of a subset, profile, or product specification of the format, or null.

getName

@Profile(level=CORE)
@Deprecated(since="3.1")
@UML(identifier="name",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115,
     version=2003)
default InternationalString getName()

Deprecated.

As of ISO 19115:2014, replaced by getFormatSpecificationCitation().getAlternateTitles(). Note that citation alternate titles are often used for abbreviations.

Name of the data transfer format(s).

Returns:

name of the data transfer format(s).

getVersion

@Profile(level=CORE)
@Deprecated(since="3.1")
@UML(identifier="version",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115,
     version=2003)
default InternationalString getVersion()

Deprecated.

As of ISO 19115:2014, replaced by getFormatSpecificationCitation().getEdition().

Version of the format (date, number, etc).

Returns:

version of the format.

getAmendmentNumber

@UML(identifier="amendmentNumber",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
default InternationalString getAmendmentNumber()

Amendment number of the format version.

Returns:

amendment number of the format version, or null.

getFileDecompressionTechnique

@UML(identifier="fileDecompressionTechnique",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
default InternationalString getFileDecompressionTechnique()

Recommendations of algorithms or processes that can be applied to read or expand resources to which compression techniques have been applied.

Returns:

processes that can be applied to read resources to which compression techniques have been applied, or null.

getMedia

@UML(identifier="medium",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
default Collection<? extends Medium> getMedia()

Media used by the format.

Returns:

media used by the format.

Since:

3.1

getFormatDistributors

@UML(identifier="formatDistributor",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
default Collection<? extends Distributor> getFormatDistributors()

Provides information about the distributor's format.

Returns:

information about the distributor's format.