AssociationType (Geotools modules 32-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

PropertyType

All Known Implementing Classes:

AssociationTypeImpl
```
public interface AssociationType
extends PropertyType
```
The type of an association; used to describe kind of relationship between two entities.
The notion of an "association" is similar to that of an association in UML and is used to model a relationship among two attributes. See the javadoc for Association for more info on the semantics of associations.
An association is used to relate one attribute to another. The type of the association specifies the type of the related attribute with the getRelatedType() method.

Author:

Jody Garnett, Refractions Research, Inc., Justin Deoliveira, The Open Planning Project

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class<?>`	`getBinding()`	Override of `PropertyType.getBinding()` which specifies that this method should return `getRelatedType().getBinding()`, that is it returns the binding of the related type.
`AttributeType`	`getRelatedType()`	The attribute type of the related attribute in the association.
`AssociationType`	`getSuper()`	Override of `PropertyType.getSuper()` which type narrows to `AssociationType`.

Methods inherited from interface PropertyType
equals, getDescription, getName, getRestrictions, getUserData, hashCode, isAbstract

- Method Detail
  - getSuper
```
AssociationType getSuper()
```
    Override of PropertyType.getSuper() which type narrows to AssociationType.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getSuper in interface PropertyType
    
    Returns:
    
    The parent or super type, or null.
    
    See Also:
    
    PropertyType.getSuper()
  - getRelatedType
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AttributeType getRelatedType()
```
    The attribute type of the related attribute in the association.
    
    Returns:
    
    The type of the related attribute.
  - getBinding
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Class<?> getBinding()
```
    Override of PropertyType.getBinding() which specifies that this method should return getRelatedType().getBinding(), that is it returns the binding of the related type.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getBinding in interface PropertyType
    
    Returns:
    
    The binding of the property type.