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;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.spi.DataStoreProviderServices;

import org.gvsig.tools.dataTypes.DataType;

public interface DataStoreProviderFactory

    extends DataFactory {

    public static final int UNKNOWN = DataType.UNKNOWN;

    public static final int YES = DataType.YES;

    public static final int NO = DataType.NO;

    /**

     * Returns the name of the provider

     *

     * @return name of the provider

     */

    public String getName();

    /**

     * Return a short descripion about the provider

     *

     * @return description about the provider

     */

    public String getDescription();

    /**

     * The provider has read support

     *

     * @return YES if has read support

     */

    public int allowRead();

    /**

     * The provider has write support

     *

     * @return YES if has write support

     */

    public int allowWrite();

    /**

     * The provider can create new stores.

     *

     * @return YES if has creation support

     */

    public int allowCreate();

    /**

     * The provider has tabular support. This support is the minimum requisite

     * for a FeatureStore.

     *

     * @return YES if has write support

     */

    public int hasTabularSupport();

    /**

     * The provider has vectorial support.

     *

     * @return YES if has vectorial support

     */

    public int hasVectorialSupport();

    /**

     * The provider has raster support.

     *

     * @return YES if has raster support

     */

    public int hasRasterSupport();

    public int hasSQLSupport();

    /**

     * Builds a specific provider

     *

     * @param parameters

     * @param providerServices

     * @return the provider

     * @throws org.gvsig.fmap.dal.exception.InitializeException

     */

    public DataStoreProvider createProvider(DataParameters parameters, DataStoreProviderServices providerServices) throws InitializeException;

    /**

     * Return YES if the provider works best if is tiled.

     *

     * @return

     */

    public int worksBestTiled();

    /**

     * Return YES if the provider supports tiled.

     *

     * @return

     */

    public int isTiledSupported();

}