Interface HasCoverage<Out extends org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.entities.Resource,​In extends CoverageFacet>

  • All Superinterfaces:
    org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.relations.ConsistsOf<Out,​In>, org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.Element, org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ERElement, org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.IdentifiableElement, org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ModelElement, org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.relations.Relation<Out,​In>, org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.relations.RelationElement<Out,​In>, org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.SchemaMixedElement, Serializable
    All Known Subinterfaces:
    HasSpatialCoverage<Out,​In>, HasTemporalCoverage<Out,​In>
    All Known Implementing Classes:
    HasCoverageImpl, HasSpatialCoverageImpl, HasTemporalCoverageImpl

    @TypeMetadata(name="HasCoverage",
                  description="HasCoverage represents the type of coverage that is provided by the CoverageFacet. Let us consider a dataset containing information regarding the salinity of a specific ocean area in a certain amount of time. What is essential in the Information System is not representing the data of the salinity. Instead, what matters is specifying the temporal period and the ocean area for which the dataset is valid. This information is captured using the same schema i.e., the [CoverageFacet](type:CoverageFacet) but using different relations to distinguish between them with no need to understand the value or the schema of the coverage. For such a reason the abstract HasCoverage relation has been defined and the specialisations [HasTemporalCoverage](type:HasTemporalCoverage) and [HasSpatialCoverage](type:HasSpatialCoverage) have been defined to refine the reason of using the [CoverageFacet](type:CoverageFacet).",
                  version="1.0.0")
    @Change(version="1.0.0",
            description="First Version")
    public interface HasCoverage<Out extends org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.entities.Resource,​In extends CoverageFacet>
    extends org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.relations.ConsistsOf<Out,​In>
    HasCoverage represents the type of coverage that is provided by the CoverageFacet. Let us consider a dataset containing information regarding the salinity of a specific ocean area in a certain amount of time. What is essential in the Information System is not representing the data of the salinity. Instead, what matters is specifying the temporal period and the ocean area for which the dataset is valid. This information is captured using the same schema i.e., the CoverageFacet but using different relations to distinguish between them with no need to understand the value or the schema of the coverage. For such a reason the abstract HasCoverage relation has been defined and the specialisations HasTemporalCoverage and HasSpatialCoverage have been defined to refine the reason of using the CoverageFacet.
    Author:
    Luca Frosini (ISTI - CNR)
    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field Description
      static String NAME
      The name associated with this relation
      • Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.Element

        DATETIME_PATTERN, REDACTED, TYPE_PROPERTY, UNKNOWN_USER
      • Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ERElement

        CONTEXTS_PROPERTY
      • Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.IdentifiableElement

        ID_PROPERTY, METADATA_PROPERTY
      • Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ModelElement

        EXPECTED_TYPE_PROPERTY, SUPERTYPES_PROPERTY
      • Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.relations.Relation

        PROPAGATION_CONSTRAINT_PROPERTY
      • Fields inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.relations.RelationElement

        SOURCE_PROPERTY, TARGET_PROPERTY
    • Method Summary

      • Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.Element

        getTypeName
      • Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ERElement

        getContexts
      • Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.ModelElement

        getExpectedType, getSupertypes
      • Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.model.reference.relations.Relation

        getAdditionalProperties, getAdditionalProperty, getPropagationConstraint, getSource, getTarget, setAdditionalProperties, setAdditionalProperty, setPropagationConstraint, setSource, setTarget
      • Methods inherited from interface org.gcube.informationsystem.base.reference.relations.RelationElement

        getID, getMetadata, setID, setMetadata