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package org.apache.sis.internal.geoapi.temporal;

import org.opengis.util.InternationalString;


/**
 * Placeholder for a GeoAPI interfaces which is still incomplete in GeoAPI 3.0.
 * We reproduce here the GeoAPI 3.1-pending API. Note that at the time of writing,
 * this is a bad API (values shall not be instances of {@link InternationalString}).
 * This will be fixed in a future GeoAPI version.
 *
 * @author  Martin Desruisseaux (Geomatys)
 * @since   0.3
 * @version 0.3
 * @module
 */
public interface PeriodDuration extends org.opengis.temporal.PeriodDuration {
    /**
     * A positive integer, followed by the character "Y",
     * which indicated the number of years in the period.
     */
    InternationalString getYears();

    /**
     * A positive integer, followed by the character "M",
     * which indicated the number of months in the period.
     */
    InternationalString getMonths();

    /**
     * A positive integer, followed by the character "D",
     * which indicated the number of days in the period.
     */
    InternationalString getDays();

    /**
     * A positive integer, followed by the character "H",
     * which indicated the number of hours in the period.
     */
    InternationalString getHours();

    /**
     * A positive integer, followed by the character "M",
     * which indicated the number of minutes in the period.
     */
    InternationalString getMinutes();

    /**
     * A positive integer, followed by the character "S",
     * which indicated the number of seconds in the period.
     */
    InternationalString getSeconds();
}
