## org.opengis.feature.type
Interface AssociationDescriptor

All Superinterfaces:
  PropertyDescriptor, StructuralDescriptor

    public interface AssociationDescriptor

extends StructuralDescriptor

Indicating a named association.

This class carries the ComplexType specific information requried for using an association. Name, type and multiplicity are defined.

The goal of associations is to allow for a graph of data, this is contrast to attribtues which indicate containement.

Please see the description of AssociationType for more guidelines on capturing your data modeling needs with association.

Method Summary
`AssociationType` `getType()` Indicates the type of this association.

Methods inherited from interface StructuralDescriptor
`getMaxOccurs, getMinOccurs`

Methods inherited from interface PropertyDescriptor
`getName, getUserData, putUserData, type`

Method Detail

### getType

    AssociationType getType()

  Indicates the type of this association.

  This indicates the relationship represented by the association.

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