Module org.opengis.geoapi

Package org.opengis.metadata.identification

Interface CoupledResource

@UML(identifier="SV_CoupledResource",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public interface CoupledResource

Links a given operation name (mandatory attribute of OperationMetadata) with a resource identified by an "identifier".

Constraint:

• For one CoupledResource either resources or resource references should be used (not both for the same CoupledResource).

Since:

3.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default OperationMetadata	getOperation()	The service operation.
default Collection<? extends Citation>	getResourceReferences()	References to the resource on which the services operates.
default Collection<? extends DataIdentification>	getResources()	The tightly coupled resources.
default ScopedName	getScopedName()	Scoped identifier of the resource in the context of the given service instance.

Method Details

getScopedName

@UML(identifier="scopedName",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
default ScopedName getScopedName()

Scoped identifier of the resource in the context of the given service instance. This is the name of the resources (for example dataset) as it is used by a service instance

Examples: layer name or feature type name.

Returns:

scoped identifier of the resource in the context of the given service instance, or null if none.

getResourceReferences

@UML(identifier="resourceReference",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
default Collection<? extends Citation> getResourceReferences()

References to the resource on which the services operates. Returns an empty collection if none.

Returns:

references to the resource on which the services operates.

See Also:

• Identification.getCitation()

Condition:

Only one of resources and resource references should be non-empty.

getResources

@UML(identifier="resource",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
default Collection<? extends DataIdentification> getResources()

The tightly coupled resources. Returns an empty collection if none.

Returns:

tightly coupled resources.

Condition:

Only one of resources and resource references should be non-empty.

getOperation

@UML(identifier="operation",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
default OperationMetadata getOperation()

The service operation.

Returns:

the service operation, or null if none.