Application: gvSIG desktop

public interface FeatureStoreProviderFactory extends DataStoreProviderFactory {

    /**

     * Returns a list of {@link DataTypes} supported

     * by this FeatureStoreProviderFactory

     * @return  list of {@link DataTypes} supported

     * by this FeatureStoreProviderFactory or null

     * if it has no restrictions on data types

     */

    public List getSupportedDataTypes();

	/**

	 * {@link Geometry}

	 * Return a matrix (list of pairs) (int, int]

	 * [Geometry.TYPE,GEOMETRY.SUBTYPE]

	 * with types and subtypes supported by this provider.

	 * If the provider has not vector support

	 * or has not restrictions over geometry types return null.

	 * @return Matrix of Geometry.TYPES, SUBTYPES or null

	 */

	public List getSupportedGeometryTypesSubtypes();

	/**

	 * @return whether this factory allows mandatory attributes

	 */

	public boolean allowsMandatoryAttributes();

	/**

     * @return whether this factory allows primary key attributes

	 */

	public boolean allowsPrimaryKeyAttributes();

	/**

	 * @return a new instance of a default feature type

	 * (changes to that feature type do not affect following calls)

	 */

	public FeatureType createDefaultFeatureType();

	/**

	 * @return whether stores created by this factory

	 * allow several geometry types.

	 * Actually redundant after adding

	 * getSupportedGeometryTypesSubtypes())

	 */

	// public int allowMultipleGeometryTypes();

	public int allowEditableFeatureType();

}