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 ** $Id: SpatialTemporalExtent.java 831 2006-05-01 00:27:23Z Desruisseaux $
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 ** $URL: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/geoapi/code/branches/2.0.x/geoapi/src/main/java/org/opengis/metadata/extent/SpatialTemporalExtent.java $
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package org.opengis.metadata.extent;

// J2SE direct dependencies
import java.util.Collection;

// Annotations
import org.opengis.annotation.UML;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Obligation.*;
import static org.opengis.annotation.Specification.*;


/**
 * Extent with respect to date/time and spatial boundaries.
 *
 * @version Abstract specification 5.0
 * @author Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
 * @since GeoAPI 1.0
 */
@UML(identifier="EX_SpatialTemporalExtent", specification=ISO_19115)
public interface SpatialTemporalExtent extends TemporalExtent {
    /**
     * Returns the spatial extent component of composite
     * spatial and temporal extent.
     *
     * @return The list of geographic extents (never {@code null}).
     */
    @UML(identifier="spatialExtent", obligation=MANDATORY, specification=ISO_19115)
    Collection getSpatialExtent();
}