/*
* 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.coverage.grid.io;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.geotools.factory.OptionalFactory;
/**
* Constructs a live GridCoverageFormat.
*
* <p>
* In addition to implementing
* this interface datastores should have a services file:
* </p>
*
* <p>
* <code>META-INF/services/org.geotools.data.GridCoverageFormatFactorySpi</code>
* </p>
*
* <p>
* The file should contain a single line which gives the full name of the
* implementing class.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* example:<br/><code>e.g.
* org.geotools.data.arcgrid.ArcGridFormatFactory</code>
* </p>
*
* <p>
* The factories are never called directly by users, instead the
* GridFormatFinder class is used.
* </p>
*
* @author Jody Garnett, Refractions Research
* @author Simone Giannecchini, GeoSolutions
*
* @source $URL$
*/
public interface GridFormatFactorySpi extends OptionalFactory {
/**
* Construct a live grid format.
*
*
* @throws IOException (Warning: the rest of the javadoc comment was wrong)
* if there were any problems creating or connecting
* the datasource.
*/
AbstractGridFormat createFormat();
}