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Interface TapLanguage

public interface TapLanguage

Describes a query language as declared by a TAP capabilities record.

Since:

29 Nov 2011

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDescription() Returns a textual description of this language.
Map<Ivoid,TapLanguageFeature[]>	getFeaturesMap() Returns a map of language features for this language.
String	getName() Returns the language name.
Ivoid[]	getVersionIds() Returns version IVO-IDs.
String[]	getVersions() Returns version strings.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns the language name.

Returns:

name with no version suffix

getVersions

String[] getVersions()

Returns version strings.

Returns:

array of supported version names, same length as getVersionIds array

getVersionIds

Ivoid[] getVersionIds()

Returns version IVO-IDs.

Returns:

array of IVO-IDs associated with supported versions, same length as getVersions array

getDescription

String getDescription()

Returns a textual description of this language.

Returns:

description string

getFeaturesMap

Map<Ivoid,TapLanguageFeature[]> getFeaturesMap()

Returns a map of language features for this language. Map keys are the language feature "type" IVOIDs, and the values are arrays of features with that type.

Returns:

type->feature list map