/*
* 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.temporal;
import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
/**
* Provides an operation for determining the position of this {@linkplain TemporalPrimitive
* temporal primitive} relative to another {@linkplain TemporalPrimitive temporal primitive}.
*
* @author Stephane Fellah (Image Matters)
* @author Alexander Petkov
*
* @todo The javadoc suggests that this interface should extends some kind of
* {@link TemporalPrimitive}.
*
* @source $URL: http://svn.osgeo.org/geotools/trunk/modules/library/opengis/src/main/java/org/opengis/temporal/TemporalOrder.java $
*/
@UML(identifier="TM_Order", specification=ISO_19108)
public interface TemporalOrder {
/**
* Determines the position of this primitive relative to another primitive.
*/
@UML(identifier="relativePosition", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19108)
RelativePosition relativePosition(TemporalPrimitive other);
}