Package com.luciad.util

Interface ILcdCollectionFeaturedDescriptor

All Superinterfaces:

ILcdFeaturedDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

TLcdARINCControlledAirspaceModelDescriptor, TLcdARINCRestrictiveAirspaceModelDescriptor, TLcdDAFIFAerodromeModelDescriptor, TLcdDAFIFHeliportModelDescriptor, TLcdXMLFeaturedDescriptor

@Deprecated
public interface ILcdCollectionFeaturedDescriptor
extends ILcdFeaturedDescriptor

Deprecated.

The ILcdFeatured interface has been deprecated in favor of ILcdDataObject and TLcdDataModel.

Extension to ILcdFeaturedDescriptor that enables gathering information on the classes of features which are multivalued, i.e. the value of a feature is a collection, e.g. an Array, an Enumeration, a Vector, ... . The class returned by ILcdFeaturedDescriptor.getFeatureClass(int) is then the collections class, which hides the class of the elements inside the class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Class	getFeatureElementClass(int aFeatureIndex)	Deprecated. Returns class of elements in a collection returned by ILcdFeaturedDescriptor.getFeatureClass(int) given that all elements must implement this class.

Methods inherited from interface com.luciad.util.ILcdFeaturedDescriptor

getFeatureClass, getFeatureCount, getFeatureIndex, getFeatureName, getFeatureUnitOfMeasure

Method Details

getFeatureElementClass

Class getFeatureElementClass(int aFeatureIndex)

Deprecated.

Returns class of elements in a collection returned by ILcdFeaturedDescriptor.getFeatureClass(int) given that all elements must implement this class. If the feature class is not a collection, this method returns null.

Parameters:

aFeatureIndex - the index of the feature to retrieve the elements class for. Typically this should only be done for features in which ILcdFeaturedDescriptor.getFeatureClass(int) returns some kind of collection. For other features (with single values), this method should revert to ILcdFeaturedDescriptor.getFeatureClass(int).

Returns:

class of elements in a collection returned by ILcdFeaturedDescriptor.getFeatureClass(int) given that all elements must implement this class. If the feature class is not a collection, this method returns null.