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package org.apache.sis.metadata.iso.quality;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import org.opengis.metadata.quality.NonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy;
import org.apache.sis.xml.Namespaces;


/**
 * Accuracy of non-quantitative attributes.
 * The following property is mandatory in a well-formed metadata according ISO 19115:
 *
 * <div class="preformat">{@code DQ_NonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy}
 * {@code   └─result……………} Value obtained from applying a data quality measure.</div>
 *
 * <p><b>Limitations:</b></p>
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Instances of this class are not synchronized for multi-threading.
 *       Synchronization, if needed, is caller's responsibility.</li>
 *   <li>Serialized objects of this class are not guaranteed to be compatible with future Apache SIS releases.
 *       Serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the
 *       same version of Apache SIS. For long term storage, use {@link org.apache.sis.xml.XML} instead.</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @author  Martin Desruisseaux (IRD, Geomatys)
 * @version 1.0
 * @since   0.3
 * @module
 */
@XmlType(name = "DQ_NonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy_Type", namespace = Namespaces.GMD)     // TODO: renamed NonQuantitativeAttributeCorrectness
@XmlRootElement(name = "DQ_NonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy", namespace = Namespaces.GMD)
public class DefaultNonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy extends AbstractThematicAccuracy
        implements NonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy
{
    /**
     * Serial number for inter-operability with different versions.
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8777909940058192886L;

    /**
     * Constructs an initially empty non quantitative attribute accuracy.
     */
    public DefaultNonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy() {
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new instance initialized with the values from the specified metadata object.
     * This is a <cite>shallow</cite> copy constructor, since the other metadata contained in the
     * given object are not recursively copied.
     *
     * @param  object  the metadata to copy values from, or {@code null} if none.
     *
     * @see #castOrCopy(NonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy)
     */
    public DefaultNonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy(final NonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy object) {
        super(object);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a SIS metadata implementation with the values of the given arbitrary implementation.
     * This method performs the first applicable action in the following choices:
     *
     * <ul>
     *   <li>If the given object is {@code null}, then this method returns {@code null}.</li>
     *   <li>Otherwise if the given object is already an instance of
     *       {@code DefaultNonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy}, then it is returned unchanged.</li>
     *   <li>Otherwise a new {@code DefaultNonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy} instance is created using the
     *       {@linkplain #DefaultNonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy(NonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy) copy constructor}
     *       and returned. Note that this is a <cite>shallow</cite> copy operation, since the other
     *       metadata contained in the given object are not recursively copied.</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param  object  the object to get as a SIS implementation, or {@code null} if none.
     * @return a SIS implementation containing the values of the given object (may be the
     *         given object itself), or {@code null} if the argument was null.
     */
    public static DefaultNonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy castOrCopy(final NonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy object) {
        if (object == null || object instanceof DefaultNonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy) {
            return (DefaultNonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy) object;
        }
        return new DefaultNonQuantitativeAttributeAccuracy(object);
    }
}
