Application: gvSIG desktop

package org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature;

import java.util.List;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.DataStoreProviderFactory;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.DataTypes;

import org.gvsig.fmap.geom.Geometry;

public interface FeatureStoreProviderFactory extends DataStoreProviderFactory {

    /**

     * Returns a list of {@link DataTypes} supported

     * by this FeatureStoreProviderFactory

     * 

     * @return  list of {@link DataTypes} supported

     * by this FeatureStoreProviderFactory or null

     * if it has no restrictions on data types

     */

    public List getSupportedDataTypes();

        /**

         * {@link Geometry}

         * 

         * Return a matrix (list of pairs) (int, int]

         * [Geometry.TYPE,GEOMETRY.SUBTYPE]

         * with types and subtypes supported by this provider.

         * 

         * If the provider has not vector support

         * or has not restrictions over geometry types return null.

         * 

         * @return Matrix of Geometry.TYPES, SUBTYPES or null

         */

        public List getSupportedGeometryTypesSubtypes();

        /**

         * 

         * @return whether this factory allows mandatory attributes

         * in the generated stores' feature types.   

         */

        public boolean allowsMandatoryAttributes();

        /**

         * 

     * @return whether this factory allows primary key attributes

     * in the generated stores' feature types.  

         */

        public boolean allowsPrimaryKeyAttributes();

        /**

         * 

         * @return a new instance of a default feature type

         * (changes to that feature type do not affect following calls)

         */

        public FeatureType createDefaultFeatureType();

        /**

         * 

         * @return whether stores created by this factory

         * allow several geometry types.

         * Actually redundant after adding

         * getSupportedGeometryTypesSubtypes())

         */

        // public int allowMultipleGeometryTypes();

        public int allowEditableFeatureType();

}