FeatureReader.java

/*
 *    Geotoolkit - An Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
 *    http://www.geotoolkit.org
 * 
 *    (C) 2009-2012, Geomatys
 *
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package org.geotoolkit.data;

import org.opengis.feature.FeatureType;


/**
 * A FeatureReader is a feature iterator supporting only reading.
 * <br/>
 * The feature reader is the result of a query on a Featurestore, the expected
 * FeatureType can be retrieved with method getFeatureType.
 * 
 * @author Johann Sorel (Geomatys)
 * @module
 */
public interface FeatureReader extends FeatureIterator{

    /**
     * Get the reader FeatureType.
     * This type may be abstract to reflect possible variations in the returned 
     * features.
     * 
     * @return the featuretype of all feature returned by this iterator.
     */
    FeatureType getFeatureType();

}