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// $Header: /home/deegree/jail/deegreerepository/deegree/src/org/deegree/ogcwebservices/wcs/configuration/Resolution.java,v 1.4 2006/04/06 20:25:27 poth Exp $
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package org.deegree.ogcwebservices.wcs.configuration;

/**
 * The interface defines the encpsulating element to coverage data description
 * as used by the deegree WCS CoverageOffering Extension. The interface extends
 * <tt>java.lang.Comparable</tt> to enable a container to sort its <tt>Resolution</tt>s
 * by scale.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1.4 $
 * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
 * @author last edited by: $Author: poth $
 *
 * @version 1.0. $Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2006/04/06 20:25:27 $
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface Resolution extends Comparable {
    
    /**
     * returns the minimum scale (inculding) the <tt>Resolution</tt>
     * is valid for.
     * @return
     */
    double getMinScale();
    
    /**
     * returns the maximum scale (exculding) the <tt>Resolution</tt>
     * is valid for.
     * @return
     */
    double getMaxScale();
    
    /**
     * returns the <tt>Range</tt>s included with in resolution. A range is 
     * similar to those defined in OGC WCS 1.0.0 specification for 
     * CoverageOffering. But it is reduced to the elements required for
     * identifying the coverages resources assigned to a specific combination
     * of parameter (values).<p>
     * The return value maybe is <tt>null</tt> if the <tt>Resolution</tt>
     * just describes data from one parameter dimension (missing Range in
     * CoverageOffering). In this case there is direct access to the data
     * source describing element(s). 
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public Range[] getRanges();

}
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