org.gvsig.gazetteer.drivers

Interface IGazetteerServiceDriver

All Superinterfaces:

IDiscoveryServiceDriver

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractGazetteerServiceDriver, ADLGazetteerServiceDriver, ADLSearchByName, GeonamesServiceDriver, IDECGazetteerServiceDriver, WFSGServiceDriver, WFSServiceDriver

public interface IGazetteerServiceDriver
extends IDiscoveryServiceDriver

This interface contains the common methods that have to be implemented by all the gazetteer drivers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
FeatureTypeAttribute[]	describeFeatureType(java.net.URI uri, java.lang.String featureType) It returns feature properties
Feature[]	getFeature(java.net.URI uri, GazetteerQuery query) It returns the foubd records
java.lang.String	getProjection()
java.lang.String	getUsername() Returns username for protocol
boolean	isDescribeFeatureTypeNeeded() There are protocols that need to invoke the describeFeatureType operation before to do a getFeature.
boolean	needsUsername(java.lang.String protocol) Indicates if the protocol requires a username
void	setProjection(java.lang.String projection)
void	setUsername(java.lang.String username) Saves username for protocol

Methods inherited from interface org.gvsig.catalog.drivers.IDiscoveryServiceDriver

createQuery, getAditionalSearchPanel, getCapabilities, getDefaultPort, getDefaultSchema, getOneServer, getServerAnswerReady, getServiceName, isProtocolSupported, setServerAnswerReady, toString

Method Detail

describeFeatureType

FeatureTypeAttribute[] describeFeatureType(java.net.URI uri,
                                           java.lang.String featureType)
                                    throws java.lang.Exception

It returns feature properties

Parameters:

uri - Server URI

feature - Feature name

Returns:

Array of the attributes of a feature

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

isDescribeFeatureTypeNeeded

boolean isDescribeFeatureTypeNeeded()

There are protocols that need to invoke the describeFeatureType operation before to do a getFeature.

Returns:

if the describeFeatureType operation is needed.

getFeature

Feature[] getFeature(java.net.URI uri,
                     GazetteerQuery query)
              throws java.lang.Exception

It returns the foubd records

Parameters:

uri - Server URI

query - Query with the search parameters

Returns:

The features

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getProjection

java.lang.String getProjection()

Returns:

the projection

setProjection

void setProjection(java.lang.String projection)

Parameters:

projection - the projection to set

needsUsername

boolean needsUsername(java.lang.String protocol)

Indicates if the protocol requires a username

Parameters:

protocol -

Returns:

getUsername

java.lang.String getUsername()

Returns username for protocol

Returns:

setUsername

void setUsername(java.lang.String username)

Saves username for protocol