/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2002-2008, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* version 2.1 of the License.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*/
package org.geotools.data.gen.info;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* @author Christian Mueller
*
* Interface for objects creating GeneralizsationInfos
*
*
*
* @source $URL$
*/
public interface GeneralizationInfosProvider {
/**
* @param source ,
* source of the info, concrete class depending on implementation
* @return a GeneralizationInfos object
* @throws IOException
* in case of failure
*
* An implementor of this method must call {@link GeneralizationInfos#validate()} otherwise,
* behavior is unexpected
*/
public GeneralizationInfos getGeneralizationInfos(Object source) throws IOException;
}