Package org.opengis.metadata.citation

Interface CitationDate

@Classifier(DATATYPE)
@UML(identifier="CI_Date",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public interface CitationDate

Reference date and event used to describe it.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Date	getDate()	Reference date for the cited resource.
DateType	getDateType()	Event used for reference date.

Method Detail

getDate

@Profile(level=CORE)
@UML(identifier="date",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
Date getDate()

Reference date for the cited resource.

Upcoming API change — temporal schema
The return type of this method may change in GeoAPI 4.0 release. It may be replaced by a type matching more closely either ISO 19108 (Temporal Schema) or ISO 19103.

Returns:

reference date for the cited resource.

getDateType

@Profile(level=CORE)
@UML(identifier="dateType",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
DateType getDateType()

Event used for reference date.

Returns:

event used for reference date.