Application: gvSIG desktop

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

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

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

import org.gvsig.fmap.data.index.DataIndexProvider;

	/**

	 * Returns an array of index provider names that are compatible with

	 * the given data type.

	 * 

	 * @param dataType

	 * @return list of strings with the names of compatible index providers

	 */

	public String[] getDataIndexProviders(int dataType);

	/**

	 * Registers a new DataIndexProvider

	 * @param name identifier

	 * @param description a brief description of the provider

	 * @param clazz implementation class

	 */

	public void registerDataIndexProvider(String name, String description, Class clazz);

	/**

	 * 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 DataIndexProvider createDataIndexProvider(FeatureStore store, FeatureType type, FeatureAttributeDescriptor attr, String[] providerNames);

	/**

	 * Returns the default DataIndexProvider compatible with the attribute data type.

	 * @param store associated FeatureStore

	 * @param type associated FeatureType 

	 * @param attr associated FeatureAttributeDescriptor

	 * @return

	 */

	public DataIndexProvider createDataIndexProvider(FeatureStore store, FeatureType type, FeatureAttributeDescriptor attr);

	/**

	 * Sets the default DataIndexProvider for the given data type.

	 * @param dataType one of the data types defined in the api package

	 * @param name Provider's name

	 */

    public void setDefaultIndexProvider(int dataType, String name);

    /**

     * Returns DAL's temporary directory

     * 

     * @return Temporary directory name

     */

    public String getTemporaryDirectory();