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/* gvSIG. Geographic Information System of the Valencian Government

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Infrastructures and Transports Department

 * of the Valencian Government (CIT)

 * 

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2

 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 * 

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 * 

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, 

 * MA  02110-1301, USA.

 * 

 */

package org.gvsig.exportto.swing.spi;

import org.gvsig.exportto.ExporttoService;

/**

 * A Exportto provider.

 * 

 * @author gvSIG Team

 * @version $Id$

 */

public interface ExporttoSwingProvider {

    /**

     * @return

     *          the number of panels that are used por this provider.

     */

    public int getPanelCount();

    /**

     * A {@link ExporttoSwingProvider} are composed of a set of panels. This method

     * is used to retrieve all these panels.

     * @param index

     *      position of the panel to retrieve.

     * @return

     *      the panel that is in a concrete position.

     */

    public ExporttoSwingProviderPanel getPanelAt(int index);

    /**

     * @return a {@link ExporttoService} that has been initialized this 

     * the values typed in the panels returned by this service.

     */

    public ExporttoService createExporttoService();

}