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package org.databene.benerator;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;

import org.databene.benerator.factory.GeneratorFactory;
import org.databene.benerator.wrapper.ProductWrapper;
import org.databene.commons.Context;

/**
 * Provides configuration and variable space for {@link Generator}s.<br/><br/>
 * Created: 14.03.2010 13:14:00
 * @since 0.6.0
 * @author Volker Bergmann
 */
public interface GeneratorContext extends Context {

	// global properties -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	
    String getDefaultEncoding();
    String getDefaultLineSeparator();
	Locale getDefaultLocale();
	String getDefaultDataset();
	long getDefaultPageSize();
    String getDefaultScript();
    boolean isDefaultNull();
	char getDefaultSeparator();
	String getDefaultErrorHandler();
	String getContextUri();
	boolean isValidate();
	Long getMaxCount();

	// other features --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	
    GeneratorFactory getGeneratorFactory();
	Object getSetting(String name);
    Class<?> forName(String className);
	ExecutorService getExecutorService();
	String resolveRelativeUri(String relativeUri);

	ProductWrapper<?> getCurrentProduct();
	void setCurrentProduct(ProductWrapper<?> currentProduct);
	
}