All Known Implementing Classes:

ComplexFeatureTypeFactoryImpl, FeatureTypeFactoryImpl, UniqueNameFeatureTypeFactoryImpl
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public interface FeatureTypeFactory
```
Factory for types and descriptors.
Implementations of this interface should not contain any "special logic" for creating types. Method implementations should be straight through calls to a constructor.

Author:

Gabriel Roldan (Axios Engineering), Justin Deoliveira (The Open Planning Project)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`AssociationDescriptor`	`createAssociationDescriptor(AssociationType type, Name name, int minOccurs, int maxOCcurs, boolean isNillable)`	Creates an association descriptor.
`AssociationType`	`createAssociationType(Name name, AttributeType relatedType, boolean isAbstract, List<Filter> restrictions, AssociationType superType, InternationalString description)`	Creates an association type.
`AttributeDescriptor`	`createAttributeDescriptor(AttributeType type, Name name, int minOccurs, int maxOccurs, boolean isNillable, Object defaultValue)`	Creates an attribute descriptor.
`AttributeType`	`createAttributeType(Name name, Class<?> binding, boolean isIdentifiable, boolean isAbstract, List<Filter> restrictions, AttributeType superType, InternationalString description)`	Creates an attribute type.
`ComplexType`	`createComplexType(Name name, Collection<PropertyDescriptor> schema, boolean isIdentifiable, boolean isAbstract, List<Filter> restrictions, AttributeType superType, InternationalString description)`	Creates a complex type.
`FeatureType`	`createFeatureType(Name name, Collection<PropertyDescriptor> schema, GeometryDescriptor defaultGeometry, boolean isAbstract, List<Filter> restrictions, AttributeType superType, InternationalString description)`	Creates a feature type.
`GeometryDescriptor`	`createGeometryDescriptor(GeometryType type, Name name, int minOccurs, int maxOccurs, boolean isNillable, Object defaultValue)`	Creates a geometry descriptor.
`GeometryType`	`createGeometryType(Name name, Class<?> binding, CoordinateReferenceSystem crs, boolean isIdentifiable, boolean isAbstract, List<Filter> restrictions, AttributeType superType, InternationalString description)`	Creates a geometric attribute type.
`Schema`	`createSchema(String namespaceURI)`	Creates a schema.
`SimpleFeatureType`	`createSimpleFeatureType(Name name, List<AttributeDescriptor> schema, GeometryDescriptor defaultGeometry, boolean isAbstract, List<Filter> restrictions, AttributeType superType, InternationalString description)`	Creates a simple feature type.

Method Detail

createSchema
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Schema createSchema(String namespaceURI)
```
Creates a schema.

Parameters:

namespaceURI - The uri of the schema.

createAssociationDescriptor

AssociationDescriptor createAssociationDescriptor(AssociationType type,
                                                  Name name,
                                                  int minOccurs,
                                                  int maxOCcurs,
                                                  boolean isNillable)

Creates an association descriptor.

Parameters:: type - The type of the described association.; name - The name of the described association.; minOccurs - The minimum number of occurences of the described association.; maxOCcurs - The maximum number of occurences of the described association.; isNillable - Flag indicating wether the association is allowed to be null.

createAttributeDescriptor

AttributeDescriptor createAttributeDescriptor(AttributeType type,
                                              Name name,
                                              int minOccurs,
                                              int maxOccurs,
                                              boolean isNillable,
                                              Object defaultValue)

Creates an attribute descriptor.

Parameters:: type - The type of the described attribute.; name - The name of the described attribute.; minOccurs - The minimum number of occurences of the described attribute.; maxOccurs - The maximum number of occurences of the described attribute.; isNillable - Flag indicating if the described attribute may have a null value.; defaultValue - The default value of the described attribute.

createGeometryDescriptor
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GeometryDescriptor createGeometryDescriptor(GeometryType type,
                                            Name name,
                                            int minOccurs,
                                            int maxOccurs,
                                            boolean isNillable,
                                            Object defaultValue)
```
Creates a geometry descriptor.

Parameters:

type - The type of the described attribute.

name - The name of the described attribute.

minOccurs - The minimum number of occurences of the described attribute.

maxOccurs - The maximum number of occurences of the described attribute.

isNillable - Flag indicating if the described attribute may have a null value.

defaultValue - The default value of the described attribute.

createAssociationType

AssociationType createAssociationType(Name name,
                                      AttributeType relatedType,
                                      boolean isAbstract,
                                      List<Filter> restrictions,
                                      AssociationType superType,
                                      InternationalString description)

Creates an association type.

Parameters:: name - The name of the type.; relatedType - The type of attributes referenced by the association.; isAbstract - Flag indicating if the type is abstract.; restrictions - Set of restrictions on the association.; superType - Parent type.; description - A description of the type..

createAttributeType

AttributeType createAttributeType(Name name,
                                  Class<?> binding,
                                  boolean isIdentifiable,
                                  boolean isAbstract,
                                  List<Filter> restrictions,
                                  AttributeType superType,
                                  InternationalString description)

Creates an attribute type.

Parameters:: name - The name of the type.; binding - The class that values of attributes of the type.; isIdentifiable - Flag indicating if the attribute is identifiable.; isAbstract - Flag indicating if the type is abstract.; restrictions - Set of restrictions on the attribute.; superType - Parent type.; description - A description of the type.

createGeometryType

GeometryType createGeometryType(Name name,
                                Class<?> binding,
                                CoordinateReferenceSystem crs,
                                boolean isIdentifiable,
                                boolean isAbstract,
                                List<Filter> restrictions,
                                AttributeType superType,
                                InternationalString description)

Creates a geometric attribute type.

Parameters:: name - The name of the type.; binding - The class of values of attributes of the type.; crs - The coordinate reference system of the type.; isIdentifiable - Flag indicating if the attribute is identifiable.; isAbstract - Flag indicating if the type is abstract.; restrictions - Set of restrictions on the attribute.; superType - Parent type.; description - A description of the type.

createComplexType

ComplexType createComplexType(Name name,
                              Collection<PropertyDescriptor> schema,
                              boolean isIdentifiable,
                              boolean isAbstract,
                              List<Filter> restrictions,
                              AttributeType superType,
                              InternationalString description)

Creates a complex type.

Parameters:: name - The name of the type.; schema - Collection of property descriptors which define the type.; isIdentifiable - Flag indicating if the attribute is identifiable.; isAbstract - Flag indicating if the type is abstract.; restrictions - Set of restrictions on the attribute.; superType - Parent type.; description - A description of the type.

createFeatureType

FeatureType createFeatureType(Name name,
                              Collection<PropertyDescriptor> schema,
                              GeometryDescriptor defaultGeometry,
                              boolean isAbstract,
                              List<Filter> restrictions,
                              AttributeType superType,
                              InternationalString description)

Creates a feature type.

Parameters:: name - The name of the type.; schema - Collection of property descriptors which define the type.; isAbstract - Flag indicating if the type is abstract.; restrictions - Set of restrictions on the attribute.; superType - Parent type.; description - A description of the type.

createSimpleFeatureType

SimpleFeatureType createSimpleFeatureType(Name name,
                                          List<AttributeDescriptor> schema,
                                          GeometryDescriptor defaultGeometry,
                                          boolean isAbstract,
                                          List<Filter> restrictions,
                                          AttributeType superType,
                                          InternationalString description)

Creates a simple feature type.

Parameters:: name - The name of the type.; schema - List of attribute descriptors which define the type.; isAbstract - Flag indicating if the type is abstract.; restrictions - Set of restrictions on the attribute.; superType - Parent type.; description - A description of the type.

Interface FeatureTypeFactory