/*
 *    GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
 *    http://geotools.org
 *
 *    (C) 2011, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
 *    (C) 2005 Open Geospatial Consortium Inc.
 *    
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 */
package org.opengis.filter;

// OpenGIS direct dependencies
import org.opengis.annotation.XmlElement;
import org.opengis.filter.expression.Expression;


/**
 * A compact way of encoding a range check.
 * <p>
 * The lower and upper boundary values are inclusive.
 * </p>
 *
 * @source $URL: http://svn.osgeo.org/geotools/trunk/modules/library/opengis/src/main/java/org/opengis/filter/PropertyIsBetween.java $
 * @version <A HREF="http://www.opengis.org/docs/02-059.pdf">Implementation specification 1.0</A>
 * @author Chris Dillard (SYS Technologies)
 * @since GeoAPI 2.0
 */
@XmlElement("PropertyIsBetween")
public interface PropertyIsBetween extends MultiValuedFilter {
	/** Operator name used to check FilterCapabilities */
	public static String NAME = "Between";
	
    /**
     * Returns the expression to be compared by this operator.
     */
    @XmlElement("expression")
    Expression getExpression();

    /**
     * Returns the lower bounds (inclusive) an an expression.
     */
    @XmlElement("LowerBoundary")
    Expression getLowerBoundary();

    /**
     * Returns the upper bounds (inclusive) as an expression.
     */
    @XmlElement("UpperBoundary")
    Expression getUpperBoundary();

}