Application: gvSIG desktop

package org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.gvsig.timesupport.Interval;

public interface FeatureStoreTimeSupport extends FeatureAttributeEmulator {

    public String getAttributeName();

    public int getDataType();

    /**

     * Gets the {@link Interval} of the store, that means the temporal interval

     * where the store has valid data.

     *

     * @return a time interval or null if there is not time support

     */

    public Interval getInterval();

    /**

     * Gets all the possible values of time for which the store has data.

     *

     * @return a collection of {@link Time} objects.

     */

    public Collection getTimes();

    /**

     * Gets all the possible values of time for which the store has data and

     * intersects with an interval.

     *

     * @param interval the interval of time

     * @return a collection of {@link Time} objects.

     */

    public Collection getTimes(Interval interval);

}