org.gvsig.metadata
Interface Metadata

All Superinterfaces:

DynObject

public interface Metadata
extends DynObject

Metadata is information or data about data ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata.

This interface extends DynObject to add anything needed over the DynObject model to be able to be used as a Metadata model.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

gvSIG Team, Cèsar Ordiñana, cmartin

Method Summary

Set	getMetadataChildren() Returns an unsorted set of child Metadata objects.
Object	getMetadataID() Returns the unique identifier of the Metadata.
String	getMetadataName() Returns the name of the Metadata, which allows to identify the type in the Metadata registry.

Methods inherited from interface org.gvsig.tools.dynobject.DynObject

clear, delegate, getDynClass, getDynValue, hasDynValue, implement, invokeDynMethod, invokeDynMethod, setDynValue

Method Detail

getMetadataID

Object getMetadataID()
                     throws MetadataException

Returns the unique identifier of the Metadata.

Returns:

the Metadata identifier

Throws:

MetadataException

getMetadataName

String getMetadataName()
                       throws MetadataException

Returns the name of the Metadata, which allows to identify the type in the Metadata registry.

Returns:

the Metadata name

Throws:

MetadataException

getMetadataChildren

Set getMetadataChildren()
                        throws MetadataException

Returns an unsorted set of child Metadata objects.

Returns:

an unsorted set of child Metadata objects

Throws:

MetadataException