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/**

 * gvSIG. Desktop Geographic Information System.

 *

 * Copyright ? 2007-2016 gvSIG Association

 *

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 */

package org.gvsig.gdal.prov.ogr;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.feature.FeatureStoreProviderFactory;

import org.gvsig.tools.dynobject.DynObject;

/**

 * OGR Provider factory to create parameters to create specific server data

 * explorers and specific data store providers.

 * 

 * @author <a href="mailto:lmarques@disid.com">Lluis Marques</a>

 *

 */

public interface OGRDataStoreProviderFactory extends FeatureStoreProviderFactory {

    /**

     * 

     * @return Name of driver used to open sources

     */

    public String getDriver();

    /**

     * Creates specific parameters if factory can open connection object. If it

     * can not open, it will be return null.

     * 

     * @param connectionObject

     *            File or connection string to be opened

     * @return Data explorer parameters If this factory can open connection

     *         object it will be return specific parameters, otherwise return

     *         null.

     */

    public DynObject createParameters(Object connectionObject);

    /**

     * Creates specific data explorer parameters if factory can open connection

     * object. If it

     * can not open, it will be return null.

     * 

     * @param connectionObject

     *            File or connection string to be opened

     * @return Data explorer parameters If this factory can open connection

     *         object it will be return specific data explrer parameters,

     *         otherwise return

     *         null.

     */

    public DynObject createDataExplorerParameters(Object connectionObject);

}