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import java.util.Locale;

 * This interface represents a FeatureAttributeDescriptor in editable state. To

 * edit a FeatureAttributeDescriptor you have to obtain its instance of

 * FeatureAttributeDescriptor. This is the only way to edit a

 * FeatureAttributeDescriptor.

public interface EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor

        extends FeatureAttributeDescriptor {

  /**

   * Checks attribute integrity

   *

   * @throws

   * org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature.exception.AttributeFeatureTypeIntegrityException

   */

  void checkIntegrity() throws AttributeFeatureTypeIntegrityException;

  @Override

  public EditableForeingKey getForeingKey();

  /**

   * 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);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setDataType(DataType dataType);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setDataProfileName(String dataProfile);

  /**

   * 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);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setScale(int scale);

  /**

   * 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 the {@link FeatureAttributeEmulator} that is used to update the

   * presentation of a field.

   *

   * @param featureAttributeEmulator the {@link FeatureAttributeEmulator} to

   * set.

   * @return

   */

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setFeatureAttributeEmulator(FeatureAttributeEmulator featureAttributeEmulator);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setFeatureAttributeEmulator(Expression expression);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setFeatureAttributeEmulator(String expression);

  /**

   * 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);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setSRS(String SRS);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setInterval(Interval interval);

  /**

   * Sets the geometry type

   *

   * @param geometryType

   *

   * @return this

   * @deprecated use {@link #setGeometryType(GeometryType)} instead

   */

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setGeometryType(int geometryType);

  /**

   * Sets the geometry subtype

   *

   * @param geometrySubType

   *

   * @return this

   * @deprecated use {@link #setGeometryType(GeometryType)} instead

   */

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setGeometrySubType(

          int geometrySubType);

  /**

   * Sets the geometry type

   *

   * @param geometryType

   *

   * @return this

   */

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setGeometryType(

          GeometryType geometryType);

  /**

   * Sets the geometry type and subtype. The format is:

   * <code>{geometryType}{sep}[geometrySubtype}</code> where:

   * <ul>

   * <li>geometryType is the name of the type of geometry.</li>

   * <li>sep is a character from ":/-!;#@".</li>

   * <li>geometrySubtype is the name of the subtype of geometry.</li>

   * </ul>

   *

   * @param geometryType

   * @return

   */

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setGeometryType(String geometryType);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setGeometryType(int geometryType, int geometrySubType);

  /**

   * Sets the default value

   *

   * @param defaultValue

   *

   * @return this

   */

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setDefaultValue(

          Object defaultValue);

  /**

   * Sets additional information of the attribute

   *

   * @param infoName

   * @param value

   * @return

   */

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setAdditionalInfo(String infoName, Object value);

  /**

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

   * primary key

   *

   * @param isAutomatic 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);

  /**

   * Sets if this attribute is indexed in the table.

   *

   * @param isIndexed

   * @return this

   */

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setIsIndexed(boolean isIndexed);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setAllowIndexDuplicateds(boolean allowDuplicateds);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setIsIndexAscending(boolean ascending);

  /**

   * Returns the attribute descriptor's name before it was changed or null if

   * never changed

   *

   * @return

   */

  public String getOriginalName();

  /**

   * If this attribute is of type Date, then this method set the date format set

   * by the data store.

   *

   * @param dateFormat

   * @return

   */

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setDateFormat(DateFormat dateFormat);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor set(String name, Object value);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setRoundMode(int roundMode);

  public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setLocale(Locale locale);