/*
 *    GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
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 *
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 *
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package org.geotools.index.quadtree;

import org.geotools.data.shapefile.shp.IndexFile;

/**
 * DOCUMENT ME!
 * 
 * @author Tommaso Nolli
 *
 * @source $URL$
 */
public interface IndexStore {
    /**
     * Stores a <code>QuadTree</code>
     * 
     * @param tree
     *                the <code>QuadTree</code> to store
     * 
     * @throws StoreException
     */
    public void store(QuadTree tree) throws StoreException;

    /**
     * Loads a <code>QuadTree</code>
     * 
     * @return the loaded <code>QuadTree</code>
     * 
     * @throws StoreException
     */
    public QuadTree load(IndexFile indexfile, boolean useMemoryMapping) throws StoreException;
}