/*
* Geotoolkit - An Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://www.geotoolkit.org
*
* (C) 2009-2012, Geomatys
*
* 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;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* 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.
*/
package org.geotoolkit.data;
import org.opengis.feature.FeatureType;
/**
* A FeatureReader is a feature iterator supporting only reading.
* <br/>
* The feature reader is the result of a query on a Featurestore, the expected
* FeatureType can be retrieved with method getFeatureType.
*
* @author Johann Sorel (Geomatys)
* @module
*/
public interface FeatureReader extends FeatureIterator{
/**
* Get the reader FeatureType.
* This type may be abstract to reflect possible variations in the returned
* features.
*
* @return the featuretype of all feature returned by this iterator.
*/
FeatureType getFeatureType();
}