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package org.apache.sis.feature;


/**
 * Specifies whether trajectories are represented in a single <i>moving feature</i> instance
 * or fragmented in distinct static feature instances.
 * This enumeration can be used with {@link org.apache.sis.storage.DataStore}
 * as a hint about desired representation of moving features.
 *
 * <h2>Example</h2>
 * Consider the following trajectories:
 *
 * <table class="sis">
 *   <caption>Moving features example</caption>
 *   <tr><th>Identifier</th> <th>Time</th> <th>Trajectory</th>   <th>Status</th></tr>
 *   <tr><td>John Smith</td> <td>8:00</td> <td>(3 4), (3 5)</td> <td>Walking</td></tr>
 *   <tr><td>Joe  Blo</td>   <td>8:00</td> <td>(5 5), (6 6)</td> <td>Walking</td></tr>
 *   <tr><td>John Smith</td> <td>8:05</td> <td>(3 5), (3 9)</td> <td>Running</td></tr>
 * </table>
 *
 * In this example, John Smith's trajectory can be represented in two ways:
 * we can construct a single <i>moving feature</i> instance representing the full trajectory (3 4), (3 5), (3 9)
 * with some time representation (for example by adding a temporal dimension in each coordinate) and dynamic "Status"
 * property. Or alternatively, we can keep John Smith's trajectory fragmented in two {@code Feature} instance where
 * each instance can be handled as a static feature.
 *
 * @author  Martin Desruisseaux (Geomatys)
 * @version 1.0
 * @since   1.0
 */
public enum FoliationRepresentation {
    /**
     * Trajectories stored in a single {@code Feature} instance.
     * Every point on the trajectory may be at a different time.
     * Properties may be dynamic, i.e. have time-dependent value.
     */
    ASSEMBLED,

    /**
     * Trajectories stored in distinct {@code Feature} instances,
     * each of them handled as if it was a static feature.
     */
    FRAGMENTED
}
