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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.

 *

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 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,

 * MA  02110-1301, USA.

 *

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

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 */

package org.gvsig.fmap.dal;

import java.io.File;

import java.util.List;

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

import org.gvsig.tools.dispose.Disposable;

import org.gvsig.tools.resourcesstorage.ResourcesStorage;

/**

 * 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, DataFactoryUnit {

    /**

     * 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<DataStoreParameters> 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<DataStoreParameters> list(int mode) throws DataException;

    /**

     * Creates a new DataStore in this server.

     *

     * @param provider

     * @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<String> getDataStoreProviderNames();

    /**

     * Return the file resource associated to this name and store. If the

     * resource not exists or the explorer don't support this opperation return

     * null.

     *

     * @param dataStore

     * @param resourceName

     * @return file resource or null

     * @throws DataException

     * @deprecated use getResourcesStorage

     */

    public File getResourcePath(DataStore dataStore, String resourceName) throws DataException;

    public ResourcesStorage getResourcesStorage(DataStore dataStore);

}