org.opengis.temporal

Interface CalendarDate

All Superinterfaces:

TemporalPosition

All Known Subinterfaces:

DateAndTime

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultCalendarDate, DefaultDateAndTime

@UML(identifier="TM_CalDate",
     specification=ISO_19108)
public interface CalendarDate
extends TemporalPosition

A data type that shall be used to identify temporal position within a calendar.

Author:

Stephane Fellah (Image Matters), Alexander Petkov

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int[]	getCalendarDate() Provides a sequence of integers in which the first integer identifies a specific instance of the unit used at the highest level of the calendar hierarchy, the second integer identifies a specific instance of the unit used at the next lower level in the hierarchy, and so on.
InternationalString	getCalendarEraName() Provides the name of the calendar era to which the date is referenced.

Methods inherited from interface TemporalPosition

getIndeterminatePosition

Method Detail

getCalendarEraName

@UML(identifier="calendarEraName",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19108)
InternationalString getCalendarEraName()

Provides the name of the calendar era to which the date is referenced.

getCalendarDate

@UML(identifier="calDate",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19108)
int[] getCalendarDate()

Provides a sequence of integers in which the first integer identifies a specific instance of the unit used at the highest level of the calendar hierarchy, the second integer identifies a specific instance of the unit used at the next lower level in the hierarchy, and so on. The format defined in ISO 8601 for dates in the Gregorian calendar may be used for any date that is composed of values for year, month and day.