/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2011, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
* (C) 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium Inc.
*
* All Rights Reserved. http://www.opengis.org/legal/
*/
package org.opengis.filter.identity;
import org.opengis.annotation.XmlElement;
/**
* Feature and Geometry identifier for GML3 specification.
* <p>
* GML3 constructs are are identified with a String, commonly referred to as a "id".
* </p>
*
*
* @source $URL: http://svn.osgeo.org/geotools/trunk/modules/library/opengis/src/main/java/org/opengis/filter/identity/GmlObjectId.java $
* @version <A HREF="http://www.opengis.org/docs/02-059.pdf">Implementation specification 1.0</A>
* @author Chris Dillard (SYS Technologies)
* @author Justin Deoliveira (The Open Planning Project)
* @since GeoAPI 2.0
*/
@XmlElement("GMLObjectId")
public interface GmlObjectId extends Identifier {
/**
* The identifier value, which is a string.
*/
@XmlElement("id")
String getID();
/**
* Evaluates the identifer value against the given GML3 construct.
*
* @param feature The GML3 construct to be tested.
* @return {@code true} if a match, otherwise {@code false}.
*/
boolean matches(Object object);
}