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    /**

     * 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. Used for arrays (byte, char/string,...)

     *

     * @param size a size of type int

     * @return this

     *

     */

    public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setSize(int size);

    /**

     * Set the required bytes to store this attribute.

     *

     * This value is dependent of the store type.

     *

     * @param size

     * @return

     */

    public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setDisplaySize(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);

    public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setAvoidCachingAvailableValues(boolean avoidCachingAvailableValues);

    /**

     * 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, String value);

    @Deprecated

    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);

    public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setForeingkey(

            boolean isForeingkey,

            boolean isClosedList,

            String tableName,

            String codeName,

            String labelFormula

    );

    public EditableFeatureAttributeDescriptor setTag(String name, Object value);