Application: gvSIG desktop

package org.gvsig.fmap.data;

import java.util.List;

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

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

import org.gvsig.tools.evaluator.Evaluator;

import com.iver.utiles.XMLEntity;

public interface DataManager {

        public List getDataStoreProviders();

        public List getDataExplorerProviders();

        /**

         * 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 List getDataIndexProviders(int dataType);

        /**

         * Start a instance of the solicited parameters inicialize the instance name

         * and returns it.

         *

         * @param String

         *            name

         * @throws InitializeException

         *             TODO

         * @throws ProviderNotRegisteredException

         **/

        public DataStoreParameters createDataStoreParameters(String name)

                        throws InitializeException, ProviderNotRegisteredException;

        public DataStoreParameters createDataStoreParameters(

                        XMLEntity xmlEntity)

                        throws InitializeException, ProviderNotRegisteredException;

        /**

         * Start a instance of data store, start a instance of provider that data

         * store needs at ends initialize the data store.

         *

         * @params DataStoreParameters parameters

         * @throws InitializeException

         * @throws ProviderNotRegisteredException

         **/

        public DataStore createDataStore(DataStoreParameters parameters)

                        throws InitializeException, ProviderNotRegisteredException;

        public DataStore createDataStore(XMLEntity xmlEntity)

                        throws InitializeException, ProviderNotRegisteredException;

        /**

         * Start a instance with solicited parameters starts name in the instance

         * and returns it.

         *

         * @param String

         *            name

         * @throws InitializeException

         * @throws ProviderNotRegisteredException

         **/

        public DataExplorerParameters createDataExplorerParameters(

                        String name)

                        throws InitializeException, ProviderNotRegisteredException;

        public DataExplorerParameters createDataExplorerParameters(

                        XMLEntity xmlEntity) throws InitializeException,

                        ProviderNotRegisteredException;

        public DataExplorer createDataExplorer(

                        DataExplorerParameters parameters)

                        throws InitializeException, ProviderNotRegisteredException;

        public DataExplorer createDataExplorer(XMLEntity xmlEntity)

                        throws InitializeException, ProviderNotRegisteredException;

        /**

         * 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 setDefaultDataIndexProviderName(int dataType, String name);

    /**

     * Returns the default DataIndexProvider name, given a data type.

     * @param dataType

     * @return

     */

    public String getDefaultDataIndexProviderName(int dataType);

    /**

     * Returns the default DAL's temporary directory

     * @return Temporary directory name

     */

    public String getTemporaryDirectory();

        public void registerDefaultEvaluator(Class evaluator);

        public Evaluator createExpresion(String expresion);

}