Range
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GeoTools includes a ``Range`` class to represent a numeric, or value, range. This is handy when expressing scales a data set is useful for.

.. literalinclude:: /../src/main/java/org/geotools/metadata/MetadataExamples.java
   :language: java
   :start-after: // exampleRange start
   :end-before: // exampleRange end

This actually works with any Comparable such as Strings or enumerations.

.. literalinclude:: /../src/main/java/org/geotools/metadata/MetadataExamples.java
   :language: java
   :start-after: // exampleRangeComparable start
   :end-before: // exampleRangeComparable end

We have a special ``NumericRange`` that uses the fact that numbers can work together to allow comparisons between ``NumericRange<Double>`` and ``NumericRange<Integer>``.

.. literalinclude:: /../src/main/java/org/geotools/metadata/MetadataExamples.java
   :language: java
   :start-after: // exampleNumberRange start
   :end-before: // exampleNumberRange end