WFSCapabilitiesEvaluator.java

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package org.deegree.igeo.dataadapter.wfs;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

import org.deegree.framework.xml.XMLFragment;
import org.deegree.framework.xml.XMLParsingException;

/**
 * Definiton of convenience methods for accessing request target URLs from a WFS capabilities
 * document. These methods are defined within an interface because concrete realization depends on
 * WFS version
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
 * @author last edited by: $Author$
 * 
 * @version. $Revision$, $Date$
 */
public interface WFSCapabilitiesEvaluator {

    /**
     * sets XML document representing WFS capabilities
     * 
     * @param xml
     */
    void setCapabilities( XMLFragment xml );

    /**
     * URL for performing GetFeature requests
     * 
     * @return URL for performing GetFeature requests
     * @throws XMLParsingException
     * @throws MalformedURLException
     */
    URL getGetFeatureURL()
                            throws XMLParsingException, MalformedURLException;

    /**
     * 
     * @return URL for performing DescribeFeatureType requests
     * @throws XMLParsingException
     * @throws MalformedURLException
     */
    URL getDescribeFeatureTypeURL()
                            throws XMLParsingException, MalformedURLException;

    /**
     * 
     * @return URL for performing Transaction requests
     * @throws XMLParsingException
     * @throws MalformedURLException
     */
    URL getTransactionURL()
                            throws XMLParsingException, MalformedURLException;

}