Application: gvSIG desktop

import org.gvsig.timesupport.Interval;

import org.gvsig.timesupport.Time;

import org.gvsig.tools.dispose.Disposable;

import org.gvsig.tools.exception.BaseException;

import org.gvsig.tools.observer.ComplexWeakReferencingObservable;

import org.gvsig.tools.observer.Observer;

	/**

	 * Metadata property name for the provider name provided by the data provider.

	 * This metadata is provided by all data providers.

	 */

	public static final String METADATA_PROVIDER = "ProviderName";

	/**

	 * Metadata property name for Container name provided by the data provider.

	 * By explample, in a dbf file, this is the name of dbf.

	 * This metadata is provided by all data providers.

	 */

	public static final String METADATA_CONTAINERNAME = "ContainerName";

	/**

	 * Metadata property name for the feature type provided by the data provider.

	 * This metadata is provided by all tabular data providers.

	 */

	public static final String METADATA_FEATURETYPE = "FeatureType";

	/**

	 * Metadata property name for CRS provided by the data provider.

	 * information.

	 */

	public static final String METADATA_CRS = "CRS";

	/**

	 * Metadata property name for Envelope provided by the data provider

	 * information.

	 */

	public static final String METADATA_ENVELOPE = "Envelope";

	 * Returns the name associated to the store.

	 * This name is provided for informational purposes only.

	 * Explamples:

	 * In a dbf the filename without the path

	 * In a DDBB table the name of the table

	 * In a WFS layer the name of the layer.

	 *

	 * @return String containing this store's name.

	 */

	public String getName();

	/**

	 * Returns a more descriptive name for the store that getName.

	 * This name is provided for informational purposes only.

	 * Explamples:

	 * In a file based store may return the full name of the filename, path and filename.

	 * In a data base based store may return "server:dbname:tablename"

	 * In a WFS layer based store may return "server:layername"

	 * @return String Containing the full name of the store

	 */

	public String getFullName();

	/**

	 * Return the provider name that use this store.

	 * @return provider name of this store

	 */

	public String getProviderName();

	/**

	 * Refreshes this store state.

	 *

     * The values received through the {@link Visitor#visit(Object)} method

     * may be transient, reused or externally modifiable, so they can't

     * be used to be stored in any external form out of the visit method.

     * If you need to store any of the values out of the

     * {@link Visitor#visit(Object)} method execution, create a copy or clone

     * the received value in order to be stored.

     * @param visitor

     *            the visitor to apply to each value.

     * @exception BaseException

     * The values received through the {@link Visitor#visit(Object)} method

     * may be transient, reused or externally modifiable, so they can't

     * be used to be stored in any external form out of the visit method.

     * If you need to store any of the values out of the

     * {@link Visitor#visit(Object)} method execution, create a copy or clone

     * the received value in order to be stored.

     * @param visitor

     *            the visitor to apply to each value.

     * @param dataQuery

	/**

	 * Returns the DataServerExplorer to which this DataStore belongs, if there

	 * is any.

	 * @return DataServerExplorer to which this DataStore belongs, or

	 *         <code>null</code> if this was not accessed through any

	 *         DataServerExplorer.

	 * @throws DataException

	 * @throws ValidateDataParametersException

	 */

	 * @throws DataException

	 */

	public DataQuery createQuery();

	/**

	 * Gets the {@link Interval} of the store, that means the temporal

	 * interval where the store has valid data.

	 *         a time interval or null if there is not time support

	 */

	public Interval getInterval();

	/**

	 * @return

	 *         a collection of {@link Time} objects.

	 */

	public Collection getTimes();

	/**

	 * Gets all the possible values of time for which the store has data

	 * and intersects with an interval.

	 *         a collection of {@link Time} objects.

	 */

	public Collection getTimes(Interval interval);

}