org.deegree.gml.feature
Interface GMLForwardReferenceHandler

public interface GMLForwardReferenceHandler

Handler that is invoked by the GMLFeatureWriter when a reference to a GMLObject is written.

This interface allows to customize the strategy for dealing with potential forward-references.

Version:

$Revision: $, $Date: $

Author:

Markus Schneider, last edited by: $Author: markus $

Method Summary

String	handleReference(GMLReference<?> ref) Invoked when the target of the given GMLReference may be an external reference or a forward reference to an object exported later.
String	requireObject(GMLReference<?> ref) Invoked when the target of the given GMLReference has to be included in the output.

Method Detail

requireObject

String requireObject(GMLReference<?> ref)

Invoked when the target of the given GMLReference has to be included in the output.

Parameters:

ref - reference, never null

Returns:

URI to write, never null

handleReference

String handleReference(GMLReference<?> ref)

Invoked when the target of the given GMLReference may be an external reference or a forward reference to an object exported later.

Parameters:

ref - reference, never null

Returns:

URI to write, never null