/*
* 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 java.util.Collection;
import java.lang.Number;
import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;
/**
* A data type that shall be used to identify a temporal position within a day.
* Because {@linkplain TemporalPosition temporal position} cannot by itself completely
* identify a single temporal position; it shall be used with {@linkplain CalendarDate
* calendar date} for that purpose. It may be also used to identify the time of occurrence
* of an event that recurs every day.
*
* @author Stephane Fellah (Image Matters)
* @author Alexander Petkov
*
* @source $URL: http://svn.osgeo.org/geotools/branches/2.7.x/modules/library/opengis/src/main/java/org/opengis/temporal/ClockTime.java $
*/
@UML(identifier="TM_ClockTime", specification=ISO_19108)
public interface ClockTime extends TemporalPosition {
/**
* A sequence of numbers with a structure similar to that of {@link CalendarDate#getCalendarDate
* CalendarDate}. The first number integer identifies a specific instance of the unit used at the
* highest level of the clock hierarchy, the second number identifies a specific instance of the
* unit used at the next lower level, and so on. All but the last number in the sequence shall be
* integers; the last number may be integer or real.
*
* @todo Should we returns an array of some primitive type instead?
* @todo Method name doesn't match the UML attribute name.
*/
@UML(identifier="clkTime", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19108)
Number[] getClockTime();
}