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package org.gvsig.fmap.dal.coverage.store;

import org.gvsig.compat.net.ICancellable;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.DataServerExplorer;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.DataStoreParameters;

import org.gvsig.fmap.dal.coverage.exception.ConnectException;

/**

 * RasterDataServerExplorer is an abstraction for a raster server. It allows connecting to the server 

 * and browsing its contents. More specifically, this interface provides a list of the available 

 * data stores in a server.

 * 

 * @author Nacho Brodin (nachobrodin@gmail.com)

 */

public interface RasterDataServerExplorer extends DataServerExplorer {

        public int TIME   = 10000;

        /**

         * Returns the internal parameters, that is, the parameters that

         * are not tiled.

         * @return

         */

        public DataStoreParameters getStoredParameters();

        /**

         * Connect to the server

         * @param cancellable

         * @throws ConnectException

         */

        public void connect(ICancellable cancellable) throws ConnectException;

        /**

         * Checks if the network and host are reachable

         * @param timeout for the host

         * @return true if both are reachable and false if they are not

         */

        public boolean isHostReachable(int timeout);

        /**

         * Checks if the network and host are reachable for a fixed time defined in

         * a constant of this interface.

         * @return true if both are reachable and false if they are not

         */

        public boolean isHostReachable();

}