Type Parameters:

P - The type of object used to identify positions within the feature's domain. This may be a spatial, temporal, or combined spatiotemporal position.

All Known Subinterfaces:

DiscreteFeature<P,DO>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDiscreteFeature, GridFeature, MapFeature, PointCollectionFeature, PointFeature, PointSeriesFeature, ProfileFeature, TrajectoryFeature
```
public interface Feature<P>
```
Superclass for all Feature types.

Author:

Jon Blower

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDescription()`
`Domain<P>`	`getDomain()`
`Properties`	`getFeatureProperties()`
`String`	`getId()`
`String`	`getName()`
`Parameter`	`getParameter(String variableId)`	Gets a `Parameter` associated with a variable in this `Feature`
`Map<String,Parameter>`	`getParameterMap()`
`Set<String>`	`getVariableIds()`

- Method Detail
  - getId
```
String getId()
```
    Returns:
    
    an identifier that is unique within the Dataset to which this feature belongs. Must never be null.
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Returns:
    
    a human-readable short string that identifies this feature. Not enforced to be unique.
  - getDescription
```
String getDescription()
```
    Returns:
    
    a (perhaps lengthy) human-readable description of this feature.
  - getDomain
```
Domain<P> getDomain()
```
    Returns:
    
    the domain of the values contained with the feature. May not return null
  - getVariableIds
```
Set<String> getVariableIds()
```
    Returns:
    
    the set of identifiers of the variables recorded in this Feature
  - getParameter
```
Parameter getParameter(String variableId)
```
    Gets a Parameter associated with a variable in this Feature
    
    Parameters:
    
    variableId - The ID of the desired Parameter
    
    Returns:
    
    the desired Parameter
  - getParameterMap
```
Map<String,Parameter> getParameterMap()
```
    Returns:
    
    the set of identifiers of the variables in this Feature mapped to the Parameters themselves
  - getFeatureProperties
```
Properties getFeatureProperties()
```
    Returns:
    
    a Properties object containing an arbitrary list of String properties associated with this Feature. This can be used to attach any additional information to the Feature which doesn't fit elsewhere. Will not return null, but may be empty.

Interface Feature<P>

Method Summary

Method Detail

getId

getName

getDescription

getDomain

getVariableIds

getParameter

getParameterMap

getFeatureProperties