Application: gvSIG desktop

/**

 * gvSIG. Desktop Geographic Information System.

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2007-2013 gvSIG Association.

 *

 * 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 3

 * 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.

 *

 * For any additional information, do not hesitate to contact us

 * at info AT gvsig.com, or visit our website www.gvsig.com.

 */

package org.gvsig.fmap.dal;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.exception.InitializeException;

/**

 * Interface for all DataStore factories. Each type or set of types of stores

 * register a factory. A factory is capable of building one or more types of

 * stores throught its parameters.

 * 

 * @author Nacho Brodin (nachobrodin@gmail.com)

 */

public interface DataStoreFactory {

        /**

         * Sets DataParameters object

         * @param parameters

         */

        public void setParameters(DataParameters parameters);

        /**

         * Builds a specific kind of store

         * @return

         */

        public DataStore createStore() throws InitializeException;

}