org.geotools.data.coverage.grid
Interface Format

Deprecated. You should use org.opengis.coverage.grid.Format instead

public interface Format

A discovery mechanism to determine the formats supported by a GridCoverageExchange implementation. A GridCoverageExchange implementation can support a number of file format or resources.

Version:

Grid Coverage specification 1.0

Author:

OpenGIS® consortium

Method Summary

boolean	accepts(java.lang.Object input) Deprecated.
boolean	equals(Format f) Deprecated.
java.lang.String	getDescription() Deprecated. Description of the file format.
java.lang.String	getDocURL() Deprecated. Documentation URL for the format.
java.lang.String	getName() Deprecated. Name of the file format.
GridCoverageReader	getReader(java.lang.Object source) Deprecated.
org.opengis.parameter.ParameterDescriptorGroup	getReadParameters() Deprecated. Retrieve the parameter information for a read operation.
java.lang.String	getVendor() Deprecated. Vendor or agency for the format.
java.lang.String	getVersion() Deprecated. Version number of the format.
org.opengis.parameter.ParameterDescriptorGroup	getWriteParameters() Deprecated. Retrieve the parameter information for a write operation.
GridCoverageWriter	getWriter(java.lang.Object destination) Deprecated.

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Deprecated.

Name of the file format.

Returns:

the name of the file format.

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

Deprecated.

Description of the file format. If no description, the value will be null.

Returns:

the description of the file format.

getVendor

public java.lang.String getVendor()

Deprecated.

Vendor or agency for the format.

Returns:

the vendor or agency for the format.

getDocURL

public java.lang.String getDocURL()

Deprecated.

Documentation URL for the format.

Returns:

the documentation URL for the format.

getVersion

public java.lang.String getVersion()

Deprecated.

Version number of the format.

Returns:

the version number of the format.

getReadParameters

public org.opengis.parameter.ParameterDescriptorGroup getReadParameters()

Deprecated.

Retrieve the parameter information for a read operation.

To use:

 ParameterDescriptorGroup paramDescriptor = f.getReadParameters();
 ParameterValueGroup params = (ParameterValueGroup) paramDescriptor.createValue();
 

getWriteParameters

public org.opengis.parameter.ParameterDescriptorGroup getWriteParameters()

Deprecated.

Retrieve the parameter information for a write operation.

To use:

 ParameterDescriptorGroup paramDescriptor = f.getWriteParameters();
 ParameterValueGroup params = (ParameterValueGroup) paramDescriptor.createValue();
 

getReader

public GridCoverageReader getReader(java.lang.Object source)

Deprecated.

To Do:

javadoc

getWriter

public GridCoverageWriter getWriter(java.lang.Object destination)

Deprecated.

To Do:

javadoc

accepts

public boolean accepts(java.lang.Object input)

Deprecated.

equals

public boolean equals(Format f)

Deprecated.