# Uses of Interface
org.opengis.metadata.identification.Identification

Packages that use Identification
Package
Description
org.apache.sis.metadata.iso
Root package for ISO 19115 metadata about resources (data or services).
org.apache.sis.metadata.iso.identification
Information to uniquely identify the data or service.
org.opengis.metadata
Root package for metadata.
org.opengis.metadata.identification
Identification information (includes data and service identification).

- ## Uses of Identification in org.apache.sis.metadata.iso

  Methods in org.apache.sis.metadata.iso that return types with arguments of type Identification
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `Collection<Identification>`
  DefaultMetadata.`getIdentificationInfo()`
  Returns basic information about the resource(s) to which the metadata applies.
  Method parameters in org.apache.sis.metadata.iso with type arguments of type Identification
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `void`
  DefaultMetadata.`setIdentificationInfo(Collection<? extends Identification> newValues)`
  Sets basic information about the resource(s) to which the metadata applies.
  Constructors in org.apache.sis.metadata.iso with parameters of type Identification
  Modifier
  Constructor
  Description
  ``
  `DefaultMetadata(ResponsibleParty contact, Temporal dateStamp, Identification identificationInfo)`
  Creates a meta data initialized to the specified values.

- ## Uses of Identification in org.apache.sis.metadata.iso.identification

  Classes in org.apache.sis.metadata.iso.identification that implement Identification
  Modifier and Type
  Class
  Description
  `class`
  `AbstractIdentification`
  Basic information required to uniquely identify a resource or resources.
  `class`
  `DefaultDataIdentification`
  Information required to identify a dataset.
  `class`
  `DefaultServiceIdentification`
  Identification of capabilities which a service provider makes available to a service user through a set of interfaces that define a behaviour.
  Methods in org.apache.sis.metadata.iso.identification with parameters of type Identification
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `static AbstractIdentification`
  AbstractIdentification.`castOrCopy(Identification object)`
  Returns a SIS metadata implementation with the values of the given arbitrary implementation.
  Constructors in org.apache.sis.metadata.iso.identification with parameters of type Identification
  Modifier
  Constructor
  Description
  ``
  `AbstractIdentification(Identification object)`
  Constructs a new instance initialized with the values from the specified metadata object.

- ## Uses of Identification in org.opengis.metadata

  Methods in org.opengis.metadata that return types with arguments of type Identification
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `Collection<? extends Identification>`
  Metadata.`getIdentificationInfo()`
  Basic information about the resource(s) to which the metadata applies.

- ## Uses of Identification in org.opengis.metadata.identification

  Subinterfaces of Identification in org.opengis.metadata.identification
  Modifier and Type
  Interface
  Description
  `interface`
  `DataIdentification`
  Information required to identify a dataset.
  `interface`
  `ServiceIdentification`
  Identification of capabilities which a service provider makes available to a service user through a set of interfaces that define a behaviour - See ISO 19119 for further information.