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 ** $Id: TemporalExtent.java 831 2006-05-01 00:27:23Z Desruisseaux $
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package org.opengis.metadata.extent;

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

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


/**
 * Time period covered by the content of the dataset.
 *
 * @version Abstract specification 5.0
 * @author Martin Desruisseaux (IRD)
 * @since GeoAPI 1.0
 *
 * @todo UML specifies only one attribute, {@code extent}, of {@code TM_Primitive} type.
 */
@UML(identifier="EX_TemporalExtent", specification=ISO_19115)
public interface TemporalExtent {
    /**
     * Returns the date and time for the content of the dataset.
     *
     * @todo ISO 19115 use a TM_Primitive return type from ISO 19108.
     *       We need to give a closer look at this specification.
     */
//  @UML(identifier="extent", obligation=MANDATORY)
//  Date getExtent();
}