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package org.gvsig.fmap.dal.spi;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.DataManager;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.exceptions.InitializeException;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.exceptions.ProviderNotRegisteredException;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature.FeatureAttributeDescriptor;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature.FeatureStore;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature.FeatureType;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature.spi.index.FeatureIndexProviderServices;

public interface DataManagerProviderServices extends DataManager {

        public void registerStoreProvider(String name,

                        Class dataStoreProviderClass,

                        Class parametersClass);

        public void registerExplorerProvider(String name,

                        Class dataSourceClass, Class parametersClass);

        /**

         * Registers a new FeatureIndexProvider

         * @param name identifier

         * @param description a brief description of the provider

         * @param clazz implementation class

         */

        public void registerFeatureIndexProvider(String name, String description, Class clazz, int dataType);

        /**

         * Returns a DataIndexProvider compatible with the attribute data type.

         * @param store associated FeatureStore

         * @param type associated FeatureType

         * @param attr associated FeatureAttributeDescriptor

         * @param providerNames array of strings containing one or more preferred providers

         * @return empty DataIndexProvider, initialized and ready to use

         */

        public FeatureIndexProviderServices createFeatureIndexProvider(String name, FeatureStore store, FeatureType type,

                         String indexName, FeatureAttributeDescriptor attr) throws InitializeException, ProviderNotRegisteredException;

}