Package org.geotools.api.feature.type

Interface Schema

All Superinterfaces:

Map<Name,AttributeType>

All Known Implementing Classes:

GCOSchema, GMDSchema, GMLSchema, GMLSchema, GMLSchema, GMXSchema, GSRSchema, GSSSchema, GTSSchema, ProfileImpl, SchemaImpl, SimpleSchema, SMIL20LANGSchema, SMIL20Schema, XLINKSchema, XSSchema

public interface Schema
extends Map<Name,AttributeType>

A collection of AttributeType.

A schema is organized as a map of Name to AttributeType. In each name,type tuple, the name matches the name of the type.

   //create some attribute types
   AttributeType pointType =
     new AttributeTypeImpl( new NameImpl( "http://www.opengis.net/gml", "PointType" ), ... );
   AttributeType lineStringType =
     new AttributeTypeImpl( new NameImpl( "http://www.opengis.net/gml", "LineStringType" ), ... );
   AttributeType polygonType =
     new AttributeTypeImpl( new NameImpl( "http://www.opengis.net/gml", "PolygonType" ), ... );

   //create a schema
   Schema schema = new SchemaImpl( "http://www.opengis.net/gml" );

   //add types to the schema
   schema.add( pointType );
   schema.add( lineStringType );
   schema.add( polygonType );
 

The intention of a schema is to provide a resuable set of attribute types. These types are used when building attribute instances.

Author:

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

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Map

Map.Entry<K extends Object,V extends Object>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	add(AttributeType type)	Adds a type to the schema.
String	getURI()	The uri of the schema.
Schema	profile(Set<Name> profile)	Profiles the schema, creating a new schema in the process.

Methods inherited from interface Map

clear, compute, computeIfAbsent, computeIfPresent, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, forEach, get, getOrDefault, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, merge, put, putAll, putIfAbsent, remove, remove, replace, replace, replaceAll, size, values

Method Details

getURI

String getURI()

The uri of the schema.

This method is a convenience for keySet().getURI().

Returns:

The uri of the schema.

add

void add(AttributeType type)

Adds a type to the schema.

This method is a convenience for put(type.getName(),type).

Parameters:

type - The type to add.

profile

Schema profile(Set<Name> profile)

Profiles the schema, creating a new schema in the process.

A profile of a schema is a subset of the schema, and it also a schema itself.

Used to select a subset of types for a specific application. Profiles often are used to express limitiations of a source of data.

Parameters:

profile - The set of names which corresond to entries that will make up the profile.

Returns:

The profile of the original schema.