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/* gvSIG. Sistema de Informaci?n Geogr?fica de la Generalitat Valenciana

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2004 IVER T.I. and Generalitat Valenciana.

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 *

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package es.gva.cit.catalog.drivers;

import java.net.URI;

import es.gva.cit.catalog.drivers.profiles.IProfile;

import es.gva.cit.catalog.querys.CatalogQuery;

/**

 * This interface has to be implemented by all the classes that implement

 * a catalog protocol. It describes all the common operations.

 * 

 * 

 * @author Jorge Piera Llodra (piera_jor@gva.es)

 */

public interface ICatalogServiceDriver extends IDiscoveryServiceDriver{

        /**

         * It send a request with a query to retrieve the server records

     * @return RecordsAnswer Contains the records and additional info

         * @param uri

         * Server URI

         * @param query

         * It contains the values to do the query (title="XXX",abstract="YYY",...)

         * @param firstRecord

         * Number of the first record to retrieve

         */

        public GetRecordsReply getRecords(URI uri, CatalogQuery query, int firstRecord);

        /**

         * @return the server profile. A profile is a list of default

         * values for the properties used to create the queries

         */

        public IProfile getProfile();

}