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/*
* Created on Mar 3, 2012
*/
package com.bigdata.rdf.sparql.ast.service;
import org.openrdf.query.BindingSet;
/**
* Interface for objects which can construct a valid SPARQL query for execution
* against a remote SPARQL end point.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:thompsonbry@users.sourceforge.net">Bryan Thompson</a>
* @version $Id: IRemoteSparqlQueryBuilder.java 6071 2012-03-04 18:08:57Z
* thompsonbry $
*/
public interface IRemoteSparqlQueryBuilder {
// /**
// * When <code>true</code>, the implementation will process all source
// * solutions. Otherwise, it must be invoked for each source solution in
// * turn.
// *
// * @return
// */
// boolean isVectored();
/**
* Return the SPARQL query that will be sent to the remote SPARQL end point.
*
* @param bindingSets
* The solutions to flow into the remote SPARQL end point.
*
* @return The query.
*/
String getSparqlQuery(final BindingSet[] bindingSets);
// /**
// * If necessary, decorrelate, filter, or otherwise translate the solutions
// from the service. For
// * example, this may be used to "reverse" the UNION pattern in which the
// * variables were rewritten. If the query was produced using the simplest
// * transform (no correlated blank nodes in the solutions and the end point
// * supports BINDINGS) then just return the argument.
// *
// * @param bindingSets
// * The solutions received from the remote SPARQL end point.
// *
// * @return The solutions.
// */
// BindingSet[] getSolutions(final BindingSet[] serviceSolutions);
}