org.opengis.temporal
Interface CalendarEra

All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultCalendarEra

@UML(identifier="TM_CalendarEra",
     specification=ISO_19108)
public interface CalendarEra

Characteristics of each calendar era.

Author:
Stephane Fellah (Image Matters), Alexander Petkov

Method Summary
 Period getEpochOfUse()
          Identifies the period for which the calendar era was used as a reference fro dating.
 JulianDate getJulianReference()
          Provides the julian date that corresponds to the reference date.
 InternationalString getName()
          Uniquely identifies the calendar era within this calendar.
 CalendarDate getReferenceDate()
          Provides the date of the reference event expressed as a date in the given calendar.
 InternationalString getReferenceEvent()
          Provides the name or description of a mythical or historic event which fixes the position of the base scale of the calendar era.
 

Method Detail

getName

@UML(identifier="name",
     obligation=MANDATORY,
     specification=ISO_19108)
InternationalString getName()
Uniquely identifies the calendar era within this calendar.


getReferenceEvent

@UML(identifier="referenceEvent",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19108)
InternationalString getReferenceEvent()
Provides the name or description of a mythical or historic event which fixes the position of the base scale of the calendar era.


getReferenceDate

@UML(identifier="referenceDate",
     obligation=OPTIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19108)
CalendarDate getReferenceDate()
Provides the date of the reference event expressed as a date in the given calendar.


getJulianReference

@UML(identifier="julianReference",
     specification=ISO_19108)
JulianDate getJulianReference()
Provides the julian date that corresponds to the reference date.


getEpochOfUse

@UML(identifier="epochOfUse",
     specification=ISO_19108)
Period getEpochOfUse()
Identifies the period for which the calendar era was used as a reference fro dating.

Returns:
The period, where the data type for begin and end is JulianDate.


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