/*
* 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;
/**
*
* RecordId refered to by CSW-2 specification.
* <p>
* Records are identified with a String, commonly referred to as an "id". We
* are using SimpleFeature to represent a Record at the moment (since
* our Record does not have a getID() method).
* </p>
*
*
* @source $URL: http://svn.osgeo.org/geotools/trunk/modules/library/opengis/src/main/java/org/opengis/filter/identity/RecordId.java $
* @version <A HREF="http://www.opengis.org/docs/02-059.pdf">Implementation specification 1.0</A>
* @author Jody Garnett, Refractions Research Inc.
* @since GeoAPI 2.1
*/
@XmlElement("RecordId")
public interface RecordId extends Identifier {
/**
* The identifier value, which is a string.
*/
@XmlElement("id")
String getID();
/**
* Evaluates the identifer value against the given record.
*
* @param record The recrod construct to be tested.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if a match, otherwise <code>false</code>
*/
boolean matches( Object record );
}