org.geotools.validation.attributes
Class UniquityValidation

java.lang.Object
  org.geotools.validation.DefaultIntegrityValidation
      org.geotools.validation.attributes.UniquityValidation

All Implemented Interfaces:

IntegrityValidation, Validation

public class UniquityValidation

extends DefaultIntegrityValidation

Tests to that an attribute's value is unique across the entire FeatureType.

For a starting point you may want to look at UniqueFIDIntegrityValidation

Version:

$Id: UniquityValidation.java 17704 2006-01-23 00:26:16Z desruisseaux $

Author:

Jody Garnett, Refractions Research, Inc., $Author: dmzwiers $ (last modification)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.geotools.validation.Validation

ALL, PRIORITY_COMPLEX, PRIORITY_INVOLVED, PRIORITY_SIMPLE, PRIORITY_TRIVIAL

Constructor Summary

UniquityValidation()
No argument constructor, required by the Java Bean Specification.

Method Summary

int	getPriority() The priority level used to schedule this Validation.
boolean	validate(java.util.Map layers, com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Envelope envelope, ValidationResults results) Check FeatureType for ...

Methods inherited from class org.geotools.validation.DefaultIntegrityValidation

getDescription, getName, getTypeRefs, setDescription, setName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UniquityValidation

public UniquityValidation()

No argument constructor, required by the Java Bean Specification.

Method Detail

getPriority

public int getPriority()

The priority level used to schedule this Validation.

Specified by:

getPriority in interface Validation

Overrides:

getPriority in class DefaultIntegrityValidation

Returns:

PRORITY_SIMPLE

See Also:

Validation.getPriority()

validate

public boolean validate(java.util.Map layers,
                        com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Envelope envelope,
                        ValidationResults results)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Check FeatureType for ...

Detailed description...

Specified by:

validate in interface IntegrityValidation

Overrides:

validate in class DefaultIntegrityValidation

Parameters:

layers - Map of FeatureSource by "dataStoreID:typeName"

envelope - The bounding box that encloses the unvalidated data

results - Used to coallate results information

Returns:

true if all the features pass this test.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - DOCUMENT ME!