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/**

 * 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 java.util.List;

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

import org.gvsig.tools.dispose.Disposable;

/**

 * DataServerExplorer is an abstraction for any type of data server. It allows

 * connecting to the server and browsing its contents.

 *

 * More specifically, this interface provides a list of the available data

 * stores in a server.

 */

public interface DataServerExplorer extends Disposable {

        /**

         * Returns the DataServerExplorer's name

         *

         * @return String containing this DataServerExplorer's name

         */

        public String getProviderName();

        /**

         * Indicates whether this DataServerExplorer can create a new DataStore in the

         * server.

         *

         * @return true if this DataServerExplorer can be created or false otherwise.

         */

        public boolean canAdd();

        /**

         * Indicates whether this DataServerExplorer can create a new DataStore in

         * the server, given the store name.

         *

         * @param storeName

         *            store name.

         *

         * @return true if this DataServerExplorer can create a new store or false

         *         otherwise.

         *

         * @throws DataException

         */

        public boolean canAdd(String storeName)

                        throws DataException;

        /**

         * Provides a list of available stores in the server.

         *

         * @return list of DataStoreParameters

         *

         * @throws DataException

         */

        public List list() throws DataException;

        public DataStoreParameters get(String name) throws DataException;

        public static final int MODE_ALL = 0;

        public static final int MODE_FEATURE = 1;

        public static final int MODE_GEOMETRY = 2;

        public static final int MODE_RASTER = 4;

        /**

         * Provides a list of available stores in the server of a type.

         * 

         * @param mode

         *            , filter store from a type: {@link #MODE_ALL},

         *            {@link #MODE_FEATURE}, {@link #MODE_FEATURE_GEOMETRY},

         *            {@link #MODE_RASTER}

         * 

         * @return list of DataStoreParameters

         * 

         * @throws DataException

         */

        public List list(int mode) throws DataException;

        /**

         * Creates a new DataStore in this server.

         *

         * @param parameters

         *            , an instance of DataStoreParameters from

         *            {@link DataServerExplorer#getAddParameters(String)} that

         *            describes the new DataStore.

         * @param overwrite

         *            if the store already exists

         *

         * @return true if the DataStoreParameters were successfully added, false

         *         otherwise.

         *

         * @throws DataException

         */

        public boolean add(String provider, NewDataStoreParameters parameters, boolean overwrite)

                        throws DataException;

        /**

         * Removes a store from the server given its DataStoreParameters. If the

         * store is a file then this method deletes the file, if it is a table in a

         * database then this method drops the table, and so on.

         *

         * @param parameters

         * @throws DataException

         */

        void remove(DataStoreParameters parameters) throws DataException;

        /**

         * Given the store's name, returns its parameters for creation.

         *

         * @param storeName

         *

         * @return parameters to create a store

         *

         * @throws DataException

         */

        public NewDataStoreParameters getAddParameters(String storeName)

                        throws DataException;

        /**

         * Returns this DataServerExplorer parameters

         *

         * @return an instance of DataServerExplorerParameters containing this

         *         DataServerExplorer parameters.

         */

        public DataServerExplorerParameters getParameters();

        /**

         * Return the list of provider names that this server allow.

         *  

         * @return List of provider names

         */

        public List getDataStoreProviderNames();

}