MetacardMapper.java

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package org.codice.ddf.spatial.ogc.wfs.catalog.mapper;

/**
 * Maps Metacards to WFS Features. 
 *
 */
public interface MetacardMapper {
    /**
     * Gets the feature property for the give metacard attribute
     */
    String getFeatureProperty(String metacardAttribute);

    /**
     * Gets the metacard attribute for the given feature property
     */
    String getMetacardAttribute(String featureProperty);

    /**
     * Gets the feature type for this metacard mapper
     */
    String getFeatureType();

    /**
     * Gets the feature property used to sort temporally
     */
    String getSortByTemporalFeatureProperty();

    /**
     * Gets the feature property used to when sorting by relevance
     */
    String getSortByRelevanceFeatureProperty();

    /**
     * Gets the feature property used to when sorting by distance
     */
    String getSortByDistanceFeatureProperty();

    /**
     * Gets the unit of the feature property mapped the metacard resource-size
     */
    String getDataUnit();
}