com.axiomalaska.sos
Interface ObservationRetriever

All Known Implementing Classes:

CnfaicObservationRetriever

public interface ObservationRetriever

Represents an interface to request observations from some data store.

Author:

Lance Finfrock

Method Summary

ObservationCollection

getObservationCollection(SosStation station, SosSensor sensor, SosPhenomenon phenomenon, java.util.Calendar startDate) Provides observations (from the startDate to current) for a specific phenomenon and station.

Method Detail

getObservationCollection

ObservationCollection getObservationCollection(SosStation station,
                                               SosSensor sensor,
                                               SosPhenomenon phenomenon,
                                               java.util.Calendar startDate)

Provides observations (from the startDate to current) for a specific phenomenon and station.

Parameters:

sensor - - the associated sensor of the requested observations

station - - the associated station of the requested observations

startDate - - all observations returned should be older than this date

Returns:

a ObservationCollection with observations or null if no observation were found