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package org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature;

import org.cresques.cts.IProjection;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.DataTypes;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature.exception.AttributeFeatureTypeIntegrityException;

import org.gvsig.tools.evaluator.Evaluator;

/**

 * This interface represents a FeatureAttributeDescriptor in editable state.

 * To edit a FeatureAttributeDescriptor you have to obtain its instance of

 * EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor and then perform editing operations on it.

 *

 * Once you have completed the editing you can save the changes to the original

 * FeatureAttributeDescriptor. This is the only way to edit a FeatureAttributeDescriptor.

 */

public interface EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor extends

                FeatureAttributeDescriptor {

        /**

         * Checks attribute integrity

         */

        void checkIntegrity() throws AttributeFeatureTypeIntegrityException;

        /**

         * Sets the name

         * @param

         *                 name to set

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setName(String name);

        /**

         * Sets the data type

         * @param

         *                 type one of the constants defined in {@link DataTypes}

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setDataType(int type);

        /**

         * Sets the size

         * @param size

         *                         a size of type int

         * @return this

         *

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setSize(int size);

        /**

         * Sets the precision

         *

         * @param

         *                 precision of type int

         *

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setPrecision(int precision);

        /**

         * Sets the Class to which the related FeatureAttribute can be cast

         *

         * @param theClass

         *                                 Class to which the related FeatureAttribute can be cast

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setObjectClass(Class theClass);

        /**

         * Sets the number of minimum occurrences

         *

         * @param minimumOccurrences

         *

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setMinimumOccurrences(

                        int minimumOccurrences);

        /**

         * Sets the maximum number of occurrences

         *

         * @param maximumOccurrences

         *

         * @return

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setMaximumOccurrences(

                        int maximumOccurrences);

        /**

         * Sets whether the related FeatureAttribute is part of the FeatureType's primary key

         *

         * @param isPrimaryKey

         *                                 true if is part of the primary key

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setIsPrimaryKey(

                        boolean isPrimaryKey);

        /**

         * Sets the expression evaluator that the FeatureAttribute will use

         * @param evaluator

         *                                 an implementation of DAL's Evaluator interface

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setEvaluator(Evaluator evaluator);

        /**

         * Sets whether the related FeatureAttribute is read only

         *

         * @param isReadOnly

         *

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setIsReadOnly(boolean isReadOnly);

        /**

         * Sets whether the related FeatureAttribute can have a null value

         *

         * @param allowNull

         *                                 a boolean value determining whether the FeatureAttribute can be null

         *

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setAllowNull(boolean allowNull);

        /**

         * Sets the SRS.

         *

         * @param SRS

         *

         * @return

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setSRS(IProjection SRS);

        /**

         * Sets the geometry type

         *

         * @param geometryType

         *

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setGeometryType(int geometryType);

        /**

         * Sets the geometry subtype

         * 

         * @param geometrySubType

         * 

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setGeometrySubType(

                        int geometrySubType);

        /**

         * Sets the default value

         *

         * @param defaultValue

         *

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setDefaultValue(

                        Object defaultValue);

        /**

         * Sets additional information of the attribute

         * @return TODO

         *

         *

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setAdditionalInfo(String infoName, Object value);

        /**

         * Sets whether the related FeatureAttribute is part of the FeatureType's

         * primary key

         *

         * @param isPrimaryKey

         *            true if is part of the primary key

         * @return this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setIsAutomatic(

                        boolean isAutomatic);

        /**

         * Sets is the attribute is a temporal attribute.

     *

          * @param isTime

          *        <code>true</code> if the attribute is temporal

         * @return

         *         this

         */

        public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setIsTime(boolean isTime);

}