Package org.codice.ddf.spatial.geocoding

Interface FeatureQueryable

public interface FeatureQueryable

A FeatureQueryable provides methods for querying a resource containing geographic features.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<org.geotools.api.feature.simple.SimpleFeature>	query(String queryString, String featureCode, int maxResults)	Retrieves the top results for the given query up to maxResults results.

Method Details

query

List<org.geotools.api.feature.simple.SimpleFeature> query(String queryString,
 String featureCode,
 int maxResults)
                                                   throws FeatureQueryException

Retrieves the top results for the given query up to maxResults results.

Parameters:

queryString - a String containing search terms

featureCode - geonames feature code identifying the type of feature to search for. this can be null and the implementation can choose to ignore it.

maxResults - the maximum number of results to return

Returns:

the top results for the query in descending order of relevance, or an empty List if no results are found

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if queryString is null or empty, or if maxResults is not a positive integer

FeatureQueryException - if an exception occurs while querying