LocalName (GeoAPI normative 3.1-SNAPSHOT)

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<GenericName>, GenericName

All Known Subinterfaces:

MemberName, TypeName
```
@UML(identifier="LocalName",
     specification=ISO_19103)
public interface LocalName
extends GenericName
```
Identifier within a name space for a local object. Local names are names which are directly accessible to and maintained by a NameSpace. Names are local to one and only one name space. The name space within which they are local is indicated by the scope.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

NameFactory.createLocalName(NameSpace, CharSequence)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`depth()`	Returns always 1 for a local name.
`List<? extends LocalName>`	`getParsedNames()`	Returns a singleton containing only `this`, since this name is itself a local name.
`LocalName`	`head()`	Returns `this` since this object is already a local name.
`LocalName`	`tip()`	Returns `this` since this object is already a local name.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a locale-independent string representation of this local name.

Methods inherited from interface GenericName
compareTo, push, scope, toFullyQualifiedName, toInternationalString

- Method Detail
  - depth
```
int depth()
```
    Returns always 1 for a local name.
    
    Specified by:
    
    depth in interface GenericName
    
    Returns:
    
    always 1 for a local name.
  - getParsedNames
```
@UML(identifier="parsedName",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19103)
List<? extends LocalName> getParsedNames()
```
    Returns a singleton containing only this, since this name is itself a local name.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getParsedNames in interface GenericName
    
    Returns:
    
    a singleton containing only this.
  - head
```
LocalName head()
```
    Returns this since this object is already a local name.
    
    Specified by:
    
    head in interface GenericName
    
    Returns:
    
    the first element in the list of parsed names.
  - tip
```
LocalName tip()
```
    Returns this since this object is already a local name.
    
    Specified by:
    
    tip in interface GenericName
    
    Returns:
    
    the last element in the list of parsed names.
  - toString
```
@UML(identifier="aName",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19103)
String toString()
```
    Returns a locale-independent string representation of this local name.
    
    Specified by:
    
    toString in interface GenericName
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    the local-independent string representation of this name.