/*----------------    FILE HEADER  ------------------------------------------

This file is part of deegree.
Copyright (C) 2001-2006 by:
EXSE, Department of Geography, University of Bonn
http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/deegree/
lat/lon GmbH
http://www.lat-lon.de

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

Contact:

Andreas Poth
lat/lon GmbH
Aennchenstr. 19
53115 Bonn
Germany
E-Mail: poth@lat-lon.de

Prof. Dr. Klaus Greve
Department of Geography
University of Bonn
Meckenheimer Allee 166
53115 Bonn
Germany
E-Mail: greve@giub.uni-bonn.de

                 
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

package org.deegree.model.feature;

import org.deegree.datatypes.QualifiedName;


/**
 * the interface describes a property entry of a feature
 * 
 * <p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------</p>
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.11 $ $Date: 2006/10/16 09:34:59 $
 */
 

public interface FeatureProperty {
    
    /**
     * returns the qualified name of the property
     */
    QualifiedName getName();

    /**
     * returns the value of the property
     * 
     */
    Object getValue();
    
    /**
     * returns the value of the property; if the value is null the passed 
     * defaultValuewill be returned
     * 
     * @param defaultValue
     */
    Object getValue(Object defaultValue);

    /**
     * sets the value of the property
     * 
     */
    void setValue(Object value);

	/**
	 * Returns the instance of the Feature a Feature property is assigned to. 
	 */
	Feature getOwner();

}
/*
 * Changes to this class. What the people haven been up to:
 *
 * $Log: FeatureProperty.java,v $
 * Revision 1.11  2006/10/16 09:34:59  poth
 * enbaled default value return for Feature.getDefaultProperty and FeatureProperty.getValue
 *
 * Revision 1.10  2006/04/06 20:25:27  poth
 * *** empty log message ***
 *
 * Revision 1.9  2006/04/04 20:39:42  poth
 * *** empty log message ***
 *
 * Revision 1.8  2006/03/30 21:20:26  poth
 * *** empty log message ***
 *
 * Revision 1.7  2005/08/30 13:40:03  poth
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.6  2005/06/16 08:27:31  poth
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.5  2005/03/01 08:28:07  poth
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.4  2005/02/28 13:34:57  poth
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.3  2005/01/18 22:08:54  poth
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.2  2005/01/17 22:16:28  poth
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.1  2004/05/22 09:55:58  ap
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.2  2004/02/09 07:57:01  poth
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.1.1.1  2002/09/25 16:01:47  poth
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.2  2002/08/15 10:02:25  ap
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.1  2002/04/04 16:17:15  ap
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.2  2001/10/15 14:48:19  ap
 * no message
 *
 * Revision 1.1  2001/10/05 15:19:43  ap
 * no message
 *
 */