All Superinterfaces:

ContentInformation

All Known Subinterfaces:

ImageDescription
```
@UML(identifier="MD_CoverageDescription",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public interface CoverageDescription
extends ContentInformation
```
Information about the content of a grid data cell.

Since:

2.0

Version:

3.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`RecordType`	`getAttributeDescription()`	Description of the attribute described by the measurement value.
`CoverageContentType`	`getContentType()`	Type of information represented by the cell value.
`java.util.Collection<? extends RangeDimension>`	`getDimensions()`	Information on the dimensions of the cell measurement value.
`java.util.Collection<? extends RangeElementDescription>`	`getRangeElementDescriptions()`	Provides the description of the specific range elements of a coverage.

Method Detail

getAttributeDescription

@UML(identifier="attributeDescription",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
RecordType getAttributeDescription()

Description of the attribute described by the measurement value.

Returns:: Description of the attribute.

getContentType

@UML(identifier="contentType",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19115)
CoverageContentType getContentType()

Type of information represented by the cell value.

Returns:: Type of information represented by the cell value.

getDimensions

@UML(identifier="dimension",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
java.util.Collection<? extends RangeDimension> getDimensions()

Information on the dimensions of the cell measurement value.

Returns:: Dimensions of the cell measurement value.
Since:: 2.1

getRangeElementDescriptions

@UML(identifier="rangeElementDescription",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115_2)
java.util.Collection<? extends RangeElementDescription> getRangeElementDescriptions()

Provides the description of the specific range elements of a coverage.