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1 | 40559 | jjdelcerro | /**
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2 | * gvSIG. Desktop Geographic Information System.
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3 | *
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4 | * Copyright (C) 2007-2013 gvSIG Association.
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5 | *
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6 | * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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7 | * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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8 | * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
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9 | * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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11 | * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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12 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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13 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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14 | * GNU General Public License for more details.
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16 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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17 | * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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18 | * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
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19 | * MA 02110-1301, USA.
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20 | *
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21 | * For any additional information, do not hesitate to contact us
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22 | * at info AT gvsig.com, or visit our website www.gvsig.com.
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23 | */
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24 | 40435 | jjdelcerro | package org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature; |
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26 | import java.text.DateFormat; |
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28 | import org.cresques.cts.IProjection; |
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30 | import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.DataTypes; |
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31 | import org.gvsig.fmap.geom.Geometry; |
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32 | import org.gvsig.fmap.geom.type.GeometryType; |
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33 | 44077 | jjdelcerro | import org.gvsig.timesupport.Interval; |
34 | 44202 | jjdelcerro | import org.gvsig.tools.dynobject.DynField_v2; |
35 | 40435 | jjdelcerro | import org.gvsig.tools.evaluator.Evaluator; |
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37 | /**
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38 | * A feature attribute descriptor contains information about
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39 | * one of the attributes in a feature, such as its name, data type
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40 | * or precision.
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41 | *
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42 | * @author gvSIG team
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43 | * @version $Id$
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44 | */
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45 | 44202 | jjdelcerro | public interface FeatureAttributeDescriptor extends DynField_v2 { |
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47 | /**
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48 | * Returns a clone of this attribute descriptor
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49 | *
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50 | * @return FeatureAttributeDescriptor
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51 | * A new copy of this
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52 | */
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53 | public FeatureAttributeDescriptor getCopy();
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55 | /**
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56 | * Returns the name of this attribute's data type.
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57 | *
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58 | * @return
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59 | * a string containing the name of this attribute's data type.
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60 | */
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61 | public String getDataTypeName(); |
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63 | 44128 | jjdelcerro | public String getDataProfileName(); |
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65 | 44448 | jjdelcerro | public DataProfile getDataProfile();
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67 | 40435 | jjdelcerro | /**
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68 | * Returns a number that indicates the size of this attribute. See the
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69 | * documentation for the various constants of {@link DataTypes}
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70 | * for how to interpret this value. As an example, when the data type is
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71 | * {@link DataTypes#STRING}, this value indicates the maximum length of the string.
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72 | *
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73 | * @return
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74 | * an <code>int</code> indicating the size of the attribute.
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75 | */
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76 | public int getSize(); |
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78 | /**
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79 | * For attributes of type {@link DataTypes#DOUBLE} and {@link DataTypes#FLOAT}
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80 | * , this returns the maximum number of places after the decimal point. For
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81 | * other types, this must always return zero.
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82 | */
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83 | public int getPrecision(); |
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85 | /**
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86 | * For attributes of type {@link DataTypes#OBJECT},
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87 | * this returns the Java {@link Class} object that class or interface that
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88 | * all values of this attribute can be cast to.
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89 | */
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90 | public Class getObjectClass(); |
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92 | /**
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93 | * Returns the minimum number of occurrences of this attribute on a given
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94 | * feature. The vast majority of data sources and data consumers will only
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95 | * function with this value being zero or one. If the minimum number of
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96 | * occurrences is zero, this is equivalent, in SQL terms, to the attribute
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97 | * being nillable.
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98 | */
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99 | public int getMinimumOccurrences(); |
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101 | /**
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102 | * Returns the maximum number of occurrences of this attribute on a given
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103 | * feature. The vast majority of data sources and data consumers will only
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104 | * function with this value being one. A value of {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE}
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105 | * indicates that the maximum number of occurrences is unbounded.
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106 | */
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107 | public int getMaximumOccurrences(); |
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109 | /**
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110 | * Returns {@code true} if this attribute forms all or part of the unique identifying
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111 | * value for the feature it is contained by. The primary key attributes uniquely
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112 | * identify this feature from other features of the same type. This is different
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113 | * from the {@linkplain Feature#getReference()}, which must uniquely identify
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114 | * the {@link Feature} among all feature types.
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115 | */
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116 | public boolean isPrimaryKey(); |
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118 | /**
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119 | * Indicates whether this attribute accepts null values.
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120 | *
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121 | * @return
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122 | * true if this attribute can be null, false if not.
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123 | */
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124 | public boolean allowNull(); |
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126 | /**
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127 | * Returns an evaluator that will be used to calculate
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128 | * the value of this attribute
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129 | */
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130 | public Evaluator getEvaluator();
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132 | /**
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133 | * If this attribute is a {@link Geometry}, this method returns its
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134 | * Spatial Reference System.
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135 | *
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136 | * @return
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137 | * the SRS if this attribute is a {@link Geometry}, otherwise this method returns null.
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138 | */
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139 | public IProjection getSRS();
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141 | /**
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142 | * If this attribute is a {@link Geometry}, this method returns the specific
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143 | * geometry type,
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144 | * as defined in {@link Geometry.TYPES}.
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145 | *
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146 | * @return
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147 | * One of {@link Geometry.TYPES}
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148 | * @deprecated use {@link #getGeomType()} instead. To be removed in gvSIG
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149 | * 2.1.
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150 | */
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151 | public int getGeometryType(); |
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153 | /**
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154 | * If this attribute is a {@link Geometry}, this method returns the specific
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155 | * geometry subtype,
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156 | * as defined in {@link Geometry.SUBTYPES}.
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157 | *
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158 | * @return
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159 | * One of {@link Geometry.SUBTYPES}
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160 | * @deprecated use {@link #getGeomType()} instead. To be removed in gvSIG
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161 | * 2.1.
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162 | */
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163 | public int getGeometrySubType(); |
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165 | /**
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166 | * Returns the {@link GeometryType} of the attribute if it is a geometry.
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167 | *
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168 | * @return the geometry type
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169 | */
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170 | public GeometryType getGeomType();
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172 | /**
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173 | * If this attribute is of type Date, then this method returns
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174 | * the date format set by the data store.
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175 | *
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176 | * @return
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177 | * a date format
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178 | */
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179 | public DateFormat getDateFormat(); |
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181 | /**
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182 | * Returns this attribute relative position within the {@link Feature}.
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183 | *
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184 | * @return
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185 | * an index
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186 | */
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187 | public int getIndex(); |
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189 | /**
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190 | * Returns additional information of the attribute
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191 | *
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192 | * @return info
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193 | *
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194 | */
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195 | public Object getAdditionalInfo(String infoName); |
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197 | /**
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198 | * Returns if value is created automatically by the source
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199 | */
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200 | public boolean isAutomatic(); |
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202 | /**
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203 | * Gets if the attribute is a temporal attribute.
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204 | * @return
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205 | * <code>true</code> if is a temporal attribute
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206 | */
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207 | public boolean isTime(); |
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209 | 44077 | jjdelcerro | public Interval getInterval();
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211 | 41638 | jjdelcerro | /**
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212 | * Return true if the attribute has and index in the table.
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213 | *
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214 | * @return true if indexed.
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215 | */
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216 | public boolean isIndexed(); |
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217 | public boolean allowIndexDuplicateds(); |
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218 | public boolean isIndexAscending(); |
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220 | 44262 | jjdelcerro | public boolean isForeingKey(); |
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222 | public ForeingKey getForeingKey();
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223 | 40435 | jjdelcerro | /**
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224 | * Gets if the attribute has a {@link FeatureAttributeGetter}.
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225 | * @return
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226 | * a FeatureAttributeGetter or null.
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227 | 41335 | jjdelcerro | * @deprecated use getFeatureAttributeGetterAndSetter
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228 | 40435 | jjdelcerro | */
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229 | public FeatureAttributeGetter getFeatureAttributeGetter();
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231 | /**
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232 | * Sets the {@link FeatureAttributeGetter} that is used to update the
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233 | * presentation of a field.
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234 | * @param featureAttributeGetter
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235 | * the {@link FeatureAttributeGetter} to set.
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236 | 41335 | jjdelcerro | * @deprecated use setFeatureAttributeGetterAndSetter
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237 | 40435 | jjdelcerro | */
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238 | public void setFeatureAttributeGetter(FeatureAttributeGetter featureAttributeGetter); |
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239 | 41335 | jjdelcerro | |
240 | /**
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241 | * Gets the attribute emulator associatted {@link FeatureAttributeEmulator} to this attribute.
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242 | * @return
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243 | * a FeatureAttributeEmulator or null.
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244 | */
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245 | public FeatureAttributeEmulator getFeatureAttributeEmulator();
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246 | 43135 | jjdelcerro | |
247 | /**
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248 | * Return true if the attribute has an evaluator o an emulator.
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249 | * @return
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250 | */
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251 | public boolean isComputed(); |
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253 | 43739 | jjdelcerro | /**
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254 | * Return the store associated to this attribute descriptor.
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255 | *
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256 | * @return the FeatureStore of the attribute descriptor.
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257 | */
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258 | public FeatureStore getStore();
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259 | |||
260 | public FeatureType getFeatureType();
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262 | 44160 | jjdelcerro | public String[] getRequiredFieldNames(); |
263 | 44262 | jjdelcerro | |
264 | public void recentUsed(); |
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265 | 44338 | jjdelcerro | |
266 | 44346 | jjdelcerro | @Override
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267 | 44338 | jjdelcerro | public String getLocalizedShortLabel(); |
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269 | 44346 | jjdelcerro | @Override
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270 | 44338 | jjdelcerro | public String getLocalizedLabel(); |
271 | 44346 | jjdelcerro | |
272 | public String getLabelOfValue(Object value); |
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273 | 44501 | jjdelcerro | |
274 | public boolean hasOnlyMetadataChanges(FeatureAttributeDescriptor other); |
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276 | 40435 | jjdelcerro | } |