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;
tim@402: 
tim@402: import java.util.Collection;
tim@402: 
tim@402: /**
ingo@690:  * This interface defines some basic methods to provide information about a map
ingo@690:  * service.
ingo@690:  *
sascha@684:  * @author <a href="mailto:tim.englich@intevation.de">Tim Englich</a>
tim@402:  */
tim@402: public interface MapService {
sascha@681: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves the id of a map service.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the id of a map service.
ingo@690:      */
tim@402:     String getID();
sascha@681: 
ingo@690: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves the URL of a map service.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the URL of a map service.
ingo@690:      */
tim@402:     String getURL();
sascha@681: 
ingo@690: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves the type of a map service.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the type of a map service.
ingo@690:      */
tim@402:     String getType();
sascha@681: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves the layers served by a map service.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the layers served by a map service.
ingo@690:      */
tim@402:     Collection<Layer> getLayer();
tim@984:     
tim@984:     /**
tim@984:      * Retrieves the bboxvalue served by a map service.
tim@984:      * @return the bboxvalue
tim@984:      */
tim@984:     String getBBoxValue ();
tim@994:     
tim@994:     /**
tim@994:      * Returns the Time until the Service will provide the Data.
tim@994:      * @return the Time until the Service will provide the Data.
tim@994:      */
tim@994:     String getTtl();
tim@402: }
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