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package org.gvsig.proj.catalogue;

import java.io.File;

import java.util.List;

/**

 * This class is responsible of the management of the CRSCatalog

 * library's business logic.

 * 

 * It is the library's main entry point, and provides all the services to manage

 * {@link CRSDefinition}s and {@link TransformationDefinition}s.

 * 

 * @author gvSIG team

 * @author Cesar Martinez Izquierdo

 */

public interface CRSCatalogManager {

        /**

         * Returns a List of String values with the available authority names.

         * 

         * @return the available authority names

         */

        List<String> getAuthorityNames();

        /**

         * Returns a List of String values with the codes available for all the

         * available authorities

         *

         * @return the list of available codes, using the AUTHORITY:CODE format

         */

        List<String> getCodes();

        /**

         * Returns a List of String values with the codes available for a given

         * Authority,

         * 

         * @param authorityName

         *            name of the authority to get the codes of

         * @return the list of available codes, using the AUTHORITY:CODE format

         */

        List<String> getCodes(String authorityName);

        /**

         * Returns a list of codes that match the provided search string.

         * Examples of valid searchString: "4326", "EPSG:4326", "ESRI:4326", etc.

         * Depending on the implementation of the catalogue, it may search only

         * codes or it may search on several CRS fields (name, description,

         * area description, etc)

         * 

         * @param searchString

         * @return

         */

        List<String> search(String searchString);

        /**

         * Returns a list of codes that match the provided search string.

         * Examples of valid searchString: "4326", "EPSG:4326", "ESRI:4326", etc.

         * Depending on the implementation of the catalog, it may only search for

         * codes or it may search on several CRS fields (name, description,

         * area description, etc)

         * 

         * @param searchString

         * @return

         */

        List<String> search(String authority, String searchString);

        /**

         * Gets the CRSDefinition for the provided code

         * @param code The CRS code (e.g. "EPSG:4326", "ESRI:4326")

         * 

         * @return

         */

        CRSDefinition getCRSDefinition(String code);

        /**

         * Parses the provided WKT CRS definition to create a

         * CRSDefinition object 

         * @param wkt The WKT CRS definition

         * 

         * @return

         */

        CRSDefinition getCRSDefinitionFromWKT(String wkt); // anyadir formato

        /**

         * Gets the TransformationDefinition for the provided code

         * @param code The operation code (e.g. "EPSG:1633", "EPSG:1632")

         * 

         * @return

         */

        TransformationDefinition getTransformationDefinition(String code);

        /**

         * Parses the provided WKT transformation definition to create a

         * TransformationDefinition object

         * @param wkt The WKT coordinate operation definition

         * 

         * @return

         */

        TransformationDefinition getTransformationDefinitionFromWKT(String wkt);

        /**

         * Register a user-defined CRS from an WKT definition

         * 

         * @param wktDefinition The WKT definition of the CRS to register

         * @param description A human-readable description of the CRS

         * @return The code assigned to the registered CRS on the USER

         * namespace

         */

        String registerCoordinateReferenceSystem(String wktDefinition, String description);

        /**

         * Register a user-defined coordinate operation

         * 

         * @param wktDefinition The WKT definition of the operation to register

         * @param description A human-readable description of the CRS

         * @return The code assigned to the registered CRS on the USER

         * namespace

         */

        String registerTransformation(String wktDefinition, String description);

        /**

         * Register a user-defined coordinate transformation using the Position

         * Vector Transformation method

         * 

         * @param definition The WKT definition of the operation to register

         * @return The code assigned to the registered CRS on the USER

         * namespace

         * @see #registerCoordinateTransformationCFR(String, String, String, float, float, float, float, float, float, float)

         */

        String registerCoordinateTransformationPVT(String sourceCRS, String targetCRS,

                        String description,

                        float xTraslation, float yTraslation, float zTraslation,

                        float xRotation, float yRotation, float zRotation,

                        float scaleDifference);

        /**

         * Register a user-defined coordinate transformation using the Coordinate

         * Frame Rotation method

         * 

         * @param definition The WKT definition of the operation to register

         * @return The code assigned to the registered CRS on the USER

         * namespace

         * @see #registerCoordinateTransformationPVT(String, String, String, float, float, float, float, float, float, float)

         */

        String registerCoordinateTransformationCFR(String sourceCRS, String targetCRS,

                        String description,

                        float xTraslation, float yTraslation, float zTraslation,

                        float xRotation, float yRotation, float zRotation,

                        float scaleDifference);

        /**

         * Register a user-defined coordinate transformation using a

         * transformation grid in NTv2 format

         * 

         * @param definition The WKT definition of the operation to register

         * @return The code assigned to the registered CRS on the USER

         * namespace

         */

        String registerCoordinateTransformation(String sourceCRS, String targetCRS,

                        String description, File ntv2Grid);

        /**

         * Gets the list of available TransformationDefinition to transform or

         * convert coordinates from the source CoordinateReferenceSystem to

         * the target one. 

         * @param source

         * @param target

         * @return

         */

        List<TransformationDefinition> getCoordinateTransformations(CRSDefinition source, CRSDefinition target);

        /**

         * Gets the list of available TransformationDefinition to transform or

         * convert coordinates from the source CoordinateReferenceSystem to

         * the target one.

         * 

         * @param source The code of the source CRS (e.g. "ESPG:25830")

         * @param target The code of the target CRS (e.g. "ESPG:4230")

         * @return

         */

        List<TransformationDefinition> getCoordinateTransformations(String source, String target);

}