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package org.springframework.batch.item.database.support;
import org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.DataFieldMaxValueIncrementer;
/**
* Factory for creating {@link DataFieldMaxValueIncrementer} implementations
* based upon a provided string.
*
* @author Lucas Ward
*
*/
public interface DataFieldMaxValueIncrementerFactory {
/**
* Return the {@link DataFieldMaxValueIncrementer} for the provided database type.
*
* @param databaseType string represented database type
* @param incrementerName incrementer name to create. In many cases this may be the
* sequence name
* @return incrementer
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if databaseType is invalid type, or incrementerName
* is null.
*/
public DataFieldMaxValueIncrementer getIncrementer(String databaseType, String incrementerName);
/**
* Returns boolean indicated whether or not the provided string is supported by this
* factory.
*/
public boolean isSupportedIncrementerType(String databaseType);
/**
* Returns the list of supported database incrementer types
*/
public String[] getSupportedIncrementerTypes();
}