IResult.java

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2012 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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package org.n52.om.result;

import org.n52.oxf.valueDomains.time.ITimePosition;

/**
 * Interface characterizing all types of results.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:broering@52north.org">Arne Broering</a>
 */
public interface IResult {

	/**
	 * @return ITimePosition when the result has been started being captured.
	 */
	public ITimePosition getDateTimeBegin();
	
	/**
	 * @return ITimePosition when the result has been finished being captured.
	 */
	public ITimePosition getDateTimeEnd();
	
	/**
	 * @return value of the result (e.g., a Double or String)
	 */
	public Object getValue();
}