ingo@1022: /*
ingo@1022:  * Copyright (c) 2010 by Intevation GmbH
ingo@1022:  *
ingo@1022:  * This program is free software under the LGPL (>=v2.1)
ingo@1022:  * Read the file LGPL.txt coming with the software for details
ingo@1022:  * or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ if it does not exist.
ingo@1022:  */
ingo@1022: 
tim@402: package de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.objects.map;
sascha@683: 
tim@402: /**
ingo@690:  * This interface defines some basic methods providing information about a map
ingo@690:  * layer.
sascha@699:  *
sascha@684:  * @author <a href="mailto:tim.englich@intevation.de">Tim Englich</a>
tim@402:  */
tim@402: public interface Layer {
sascha@681: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves the name of a layer.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the name of a layer.
ingo@690:      */
tim@402:     String getName();
ingo@690: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves the id of a layer.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the id of a layer.
ingo@690:      */
tim@402:     String getID();
ingo@690: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves true, if this layer is a group layer - otherwise false.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return true, if this layer is a group layer - otherwise false.
ingo@690:      */
tim@402:     boolean isGroupLayer();
ingo@690: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves the id of the parent layer.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the id of the parent layer.
ingo@690:      */
tim@402:     String parentID();
tim@402: }
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