/*
* GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit
* http://geotools.org
*
* (C) 2004-2008, 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;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.opengis.filter.Filter;
import org.opengis.feature.simple.SimpleFeature;
import org.opengis.feature.simple.SimpleFeatureType;
/**
* DataStore represents a single file of content.
* <p>
* Allows developer to skip refering to the typeName when a file contains
* only a single set of content.
*
* @source $URL$
*/
public interface FileDataStore extends DataStore {
/**
* FeatureType for the file being read.
* <p>
* This is the same as getSchema( getTypeName[0] )
* </p>
*
* @return FeatureType of the file being read
* @see org.geotools.data.DataStore#getSchema(java.lang.String)
*/
SimpleFeatureType getSchema() throws IOException;
/**
* @see org.geotools.data.DataStore#updateSchema(java.lang.String,SimpleFeatureType)
*/
void updateSchema(SimpleFeatureType featureType) throws IOException;
/**
* @see org.geotools.data.DataStore#getFeatureSource(java.lang.String)
*/
FeatureSource<SimpleFeatureType, SimpleFeature> getFeatureSource() throws IOException;
/**
* @see org.geotools.data.DataStore#getFeatureReader(java.lang.String)
*/
FeatureReader<SimpleFeatureType, SimpleFeature> getFeatureReader() throws IOException;
/**
* @see org.geotools.data.DataStore#getFeatureWriter(Filter,Transaction)
*/
FeatureWriter<SimpleFeatureType, SimpleFeature> getFeatureWriter(Filter filter,
Transaction transaction) throws IOException;
/**
* @see org.geotools.data.DataStore#getFeatureWriter(java.lang.String,
* org.geotools.data.Transaction)
*/
FeatureWriter<SimpleFeatureType, SimpleFeature> getFeatureWriter(Transaction transaction)
throws IOException;
/**
* @see org.geotools.data.DataStore#getFeatureWriterAppend(java.lang.String,
* org.geotools.data.Transaction)
*/
FeatureWriter<SimpleFeatureType, SimpleFeature> getFeatureWriterAppend(Transaction transaction)
throws IOException;
}