SourceProductDescriptor (SNAP Engine API)

All Superinterfaces:

DataElementDescriptor, ElementDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationSourceProductDescriptor, DefaultSourceProductDescriptor, SimpleSourceProductDescriptor
```
public interface SourceProductDescriptor
extends DataElementDescriptor
```
Source product element metadata.

Since:

BEAM 5

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String[]`	`getBands()`
`Class<? extends Product>`	`getDataType()`
`String`	`getProductType()`
`boolean`	`isOptional()`

Methods inherited from interface org.esa.snap.core.gpf.descriptor.ElementDescriptor
getAlias, getDescription, getLabel, getName

- Method Detail
  - isOptional
```
boolean isOptional()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if the source product is optional. Defaults to false.
  - getProductType
```
String getProductType()
```
    Returns:
    
    The product type or a regular expression identifying the allowed product types, or null if not declared.
    
    See Also:
    
    Pattern
  - getBands
```
String[] getBands()
```
    Returns:
    
    The names of the bands which need to be present in the source product. Defaults to an empty array (= not set).
  - getDataType
```
Class<? extends Product> getDataType()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getDataType in interface DataElementDescriptor
    
    Returns:
    
    The source product type. Defaults to Product.