content: /**
   * ﻿Copyright (C) 2010 - 2019 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source
   * Software GmbH
   *
   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
   * by the Free Software Foundation.
   *
   * If the program is linked with libraries which are licensed under one of
   * the following licenses, the combination of the program with the linked
   * library is not considered a "derivative work" of the program:
   *
   *       • Apache License, version 2.0
   *       • Apache Software License, version 1.0
   *       • GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3
   *       • Mozilla Public License, versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
   *       • Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), version 1.0
   *
   * Therefore the distribution of the program linked with libraries licensed
   * under the aforementioned licenses, is permitted by the copyright holders
   * if the distribution is compliant with both the GNU General Public
   * License version 2 and the aforementioned licenses.
   *
   * This program 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 General
   * Public License for more details.
   */
  package org.n52.wps.server.r.data;
  
  import org.n52.wps.io.data.IData;
  
  public interface RTypeDefinition {
  
      /**
       * @return Unique type-expression used in the WPS4R annotation
       *         (type-Attribute)
       */
      public abstract String getKey();
  
      /**
       * 
       * @return Type-expression used in the processDescription
       */
      public abstract String getProcessKey();
  
      public abstract boolean isComplex();
  
      // TODO to be added:
  
      // public abstract boolean isLitearal();
      // public abstract boolean isLitearal();
  
      /**
       * 
       * @return (default) encoding or null if not applicable
       */
      public abstract String getEncoding();
  
      /**
       * 
       * @return (default) Schema
       */
      public abstract String getSchema();
  
      /**
       * Refers to the Databinding in use
       * 
       * @return IData class
       */
      public abstract Class<? extends IData> getIDataClass();
  
  }