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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.

 *

 */

/**

 * @author gvSIG Team

 * @version $Id$

 */

public interface NewLayerProviderFactory extends ProviderFactory {

    public boolean isSpatial();

    public NewLayerProvider create(NewLayerService service);

    /**

     * If the provider this factory creates is enabled. This option might

     * be used as a way to show or not some providers to the user.

     * 

     * @return if the provider is enabled

     */

    public boolean isEnabled();

    /**

     * Enable or disable this provider factory.

     * 

     * @param value

     *            if to enable or disable the factory

     */

    public void setEnabled(boolean value);

    /**

     * Returns a description of the provider.

     * 

     * @return a description for the provider

     */

    public String getDescription();

    /**

     * Returns a label or short description for the provider.

     * 

     * @return a label or short description for the provider

     */

    public String getLabel();