FeatureTable.java

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package org.deegree.igeo.views;

import java.util.List;

import org.deegree.igeo.mapmodel.Layer;
import org.deegree.igeo.views.swing.objectinfo.FeatureTablePanel;
import org.deegree.model.feature.Feature;
import org.deegree.model.feature.FeatureCollection;
import org.deegree.model.filterencoding.Filter;

/**
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
 * @author last edited by: $Author$
 * 
 * @version $Revision$, $Date$
 * 
 */
public interface FeatureTable {

    /**
     * selects n passed features
     * 
     * @param idList
     */
    void select( FeatureCollection fc );

    /**
     * selects n features (rows) matching passed filter expression
     * 
     * @param filter
     */
    void select( Filter filter );

    /**
     * 
     * @return
     */
    List<Feature> getSelected();

    /**
     * sets a new FeatureCollection to be displayed with a {@link FeatureTablePanel}
     * 
     * @param layer
     * @param featureCollection
     */
    void setFeatureCollection( Layer layer, FeatureCollection featureCollection );

    /**
     * Reload the features etc.
     */
    void refresh();
    
    /**
     * removes all rows 
     */
    void clear();

}