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package es.unex.sextante.dataObjects;

import java.util.List;

import com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Geometry;

import es.unex.sextante.dataObjects.vectorFilters.IVectorLayerFilter;

/**

 * This is the base interface that all vector layers have to implement to be able to be used by SEXTANTE algorithms.

 * 

 * Instead of implementing this class directly, it is recommended to extend {@link AbstractVectorLayer}.

 * 

 * @author Victor Olaya. volaya@unex.es

 * 

 */

public interface IVectorLayer

         extends

            ILayer {

   public static final int SHAPE_TYPE_POINT        = 0;

   public static final int SHAPE_TYPE_LINE         = 1;

   public static final int SHAPE_TYPE_POLYGON      = 2;

   public static final int SHAPE_TYPE_MIXED        = 3;

   //Types to create a multilayer in gvSIG. Don't use for anything more

   public static final int SHAPE_TYPE_MULTIPOINT   = 4;

   public static final int SHAPE_TYPE_MULTILINE    = 5;

   public static final int SHAPE_TYPE_MULTIPOLYGON = 6;

   /**

    * this constant indicates that the shape type is not compatible with SEXTANTE (for example a layer with multiple types if that

    * is not supported), and should be used to filter out layers

    */

   public static final int SHAPE_TYPE_WRONG   = -1;

   /**

    * Adds a new feature to the layer

    * 

    * @param geometry

    *                the geometry

    * @param attributes

    *                the attributes associated with the geometry

    */

   public void addFeature(Geometry geometry,

                          Object[] attributes);

   /**

    * Adds a new feature to the layer

    * 

    * @param feature

    *                the feature to add

    */

   public void addFeature(IFeature feature);

   /**

    * Returns an iterator to iterate through the entities of this layer

    * 

    * @return an iterator to iterate the layer

    */

   public IFeatureIterator iterator();

   /**

    * Returns the name of a given field in the attributes table

    * 

    * @param index

    *                the zero-based field index

    * @return the name of the selected attribute field

    */

   public String getFieldName(int index);

   /**

    * Return a class representing the data type of a given field

    * 

    * @param index

    *                the zero-based field index

    * @return the data type of the selected attribute field

    */

   public Class getFieldType(int index);

   /**

    * 

    * @return the number of attributes associates to each geometry

    */

   public int getFieldCount();

   /**

    * Returns an array of classes representing the data types of the fields in the attributes table

    * 

    * @return the data types of attribute fields

    */

   public Class[] getFieldTypes();

   /**

    * Returns the names of the fields in the attributes table

    * 

    * @return the names of the attribute fields

    */

   public String[] getFieldNames();

   /**

    * Returns the number of features in this layer

    * 

    * @return the number of features in this layer

    */

   public int getShapesCount();

   /**

    * Returns the type of geometries in this layer

    * 

    * @return the type of geometries in this layer

    */

   public int getShapeType();

   /**

    * Returns the index of a field from its name. Returns -1 if there is not a field with that name.

    * 

    * @param fieldName

    *                the name of the field

    * @return the index of the given field

    */

   public int getFieldIndexByName(String fieldName);

   /**

    * Adds a new filter to this layer. When iterating the features in this layer, only those that pass the filter will be

    * returned.

    * 

    * @param filter

    *                the filter to add

    */

   public void addFilter(IVectorLayerFilter filter);

   /**

    * Removes all filters previously added to this layer

    */

   public void removeFilters();

   /**

    * Returns a list of all the filters currently added to this layer

    * 

    * @return a list of all the filters currently added to this layer

    */

   public List<IVectorLayerFilter> getFilters();

   /**

    * Returns true if the layer can be edited. This includes editing while the layer is being read, so it can be overwritten by

    * algorithms that allow overwriting of input layers

    * 

    * @return true if the layer can be edited

    */

   public boolean canBeEdited();

}