AttributeDescriptor (Geotools modules 32-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

PropertyDescriptor

All Known Subinterfaces:

ChoiceAttributeType, ChoiceGeometryType, GeometryDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeDescriptorImpl, ChoiceGeometryTypeImpl, GeometryDescriptorImpl
```
public interface AttributeDescriptor
extends PropertyDescriptor
```
Describes an instance of an Attribute.
An AttributeDescriptor is an extension of PropertyDescriptor which defines some additional information:
- A default value for an attribute
Author:

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

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`getDefaultValue()`	The default value for the attribute.
`String`	`getLocalName()`	The local name for this AttributeDescriptor.
`AttributeType`	`getType()`	Override of `PropertyDescriptor.getType()` which type narrows to `AttributeType`.

Methods inherited from interface PropertyDescriptor
getMaxOccurs, getMinOccurs, getName, getUserData, isNillable

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
AttributeType getType()
```
    Override of PropertyDescriptor.getType() which type narrows to AttributeType.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getType in interface PropertyDescriptor
    
    See Also:
    
    PropertyDescriptor.getType()
  - getLocalName
```
String getLocalName()
```
    The local name for this AttributeDescriptor. Specifically this returns getName().getLocalPart().
    
    Returns:
    
    The local name for this attribute descriptor.
  - getDefaultValue
```
Object getDefaultValue()
```
    The default value for the attribute.
    This value is used when an attribute is created and no value for it is specified.
    This value may be null. If it is non-null it should be an instance of of the class specified by getType().getBinding().