Interface TemporalDatum

All Superinterfaces:

Datum, Identified­Object

All Known Implementing Classes:

Default­Temporal­Datum

@UML(identifier="CD_TemporalDatum",
     specification=ISO_19111)
public interface TemporalDatum
extends Datum

A temporal datum defines the origin of a temporal coordinate reference system.

Since:

1.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface Datum

ANCHOR_POINT_KEY, DOMAIN_OF_VALIDITY_KEY, REALIZATION_EPOCH_KEY, SCOPE_KEY

Fields inherited from interface IdentifiedObject

ALIAS_KEY, IDENTIFIERS_KEY, NAME_KEY, REMARKS_KEY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
International­String	get­Anchor­Point()	This attribute is defined in the Datum parent interface, but is not used by a temporal datum.
Date	get­Origin()	The date and time origin of this temporal datum.
Date	get­Realization­Epoch()	This attribute is defined in the Datum parent interface, but is not used by a temporal datum.

Methods inherited from interface Datum

get­Domain­Of­Validity, get­Scope

Methods inherited from interface IdentifiedObject

get­Alias, get­Identifiers, get­Name, get­Remarks, to­WKT

Method Details

getOrigin

@UML(identifier="origin",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19111)
Date getOrigin()

The date and time origin of this temporal datum.

Warning: The return type of this method may change in GeoAPI 3.1 release. It may be replaced by a type matching more closely either ISO 19108 (Temporal Schema) or ISO 19103.

Returns:

The date and time origin of this temporal datum.

getAnchorPoint

@UML(identifier="anchorPoint",
     obligation=FORBIDDEN,
     specification=ISO_19111)
InternationalString getAnchorPoint()

This attribute is defined in the Datum parent interface, but is not used by a temporal datum.

Specified by:

get­Anchor­Point in interface Datum

Returns:

Always null.

getRealizationEpoch

@UML(identifier="realizationEpoch",
     obligation=FORBIDDEN,
     specification=ISO_19111)
Date getRealizationEpoch()

This attribute is defined in the Datum parent interface, but is not used by a temporal datum.

Warning: The return type of this method may change in GeoAPI 3.1 release. It may be replaced by a type matching more closely either ISO 19108 (Temporal Schema) or ISO 19103.

Specified by:

get­Realization­Epoch in interface Datum

Returns:

Always null.