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package org.opengis.feature.catalog;

import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;

/**
 * Realizes GF_InheritanceRelation.
 *
 * @author Guilhem Legal
 * @module
 */
//@UML(identifier="FC_InheritanceRelation", specification=ISO_19110)
public interface InheritanceRelation {

    //@Extension
    String getId();

    /**
     * Text String that uniquely identifies this inheritance relation within the  feature catalogue
     * that contains this inheritance relation.
     */
    //@UML(identifier="name", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19110)
    String getName() ;

    /**
     * Natural language description of this inheritance relation.
     */
    //@UML(identifier="description", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19110)
    String getDescription();

    /**
     * indicates if an instance of the supertype can be an instance of at most ones opf its subtypes.
     *
     */
    //@UML(identifier="uniqueInstance", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19110)
    Boolean getUniqueInstance();

    /**
     * Identifies one feature type to which the associated superclass feature type supplies inherited properties,
     * associations and operation.
     */
    //@UML(identifier="subtype", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19110)
    FeatureType getSubtype();

    /**
     * identifies one feature type from which the associated subtype class finherits properties,
     * associations and operation.
     */
    //@UML(identifier="superType", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19110)
    FeatureType getSupertype();

}