org.deegree.services.wps.input
Interface ProcessletInput

All Known Subinterfaces:

BoundingBoxInput, ComplexInput, LiteralInput

All Known Implementing Classes:

BoundingBoxInputImpl, ComplexInputImpl, EmbeddedComplexInput, LiteralInputImpl, ProcessletInputImpl, ReferencedComplexInput

public interface ProcessletInput

An input parameter of a Processlet execution.

A ProcessletInput instance is always one of the following:

• LiteralInput: Literal data of a simple quantity (e.g., one number) with optional UOM (unit-of-measure) information.
• BoundingBoxInput: A spatial Envelope.
• ComplexInput: A complex parameter (e.g. a data structure encoded in XML or a raw stream).

Version:

$Revision: $, $Date: $

Author:

Alexander Padberg, Markus Schneider, last edited by: $Author: schneider $

Method Summary

LanguageString	getAbstract() Returns the narrative description that has been supplied with the input parameter, normally available for display to a human.
CodeType	getIdentifier() Returns the identifier or name of the input parameter as defined in the process description.
LanguageString	getTitle() Returns the title that has been supplied with the input parameter, normally available for display to a human.

Method Detail

getIdentifier

CodeType getIdentifier()

Returns the identifier or name of the input parameter as defined in the process description.

Returns:

the identifier of the input parameter

getTitle

LanguageString getTitle()

Returns the title that has been supplied with the input parameter, normally available for display to a human.

Returns:

the title provided with the input, may be null

getAbstract

LanguageString getAbstract()

Returns the narrative description that has been supplied with the input parameter, normally available for display to a human.

Returns:

the abstract provided with the input, may be null