org.geotools.data
Interface FileDataStoreFactorySpi

All Superinterfaces:

DataStoreFactorySpi, Factory

All Known Implementing Classes:

GMLDataStoreFactory, IndexedShapefileDataStoreFactory, ShapefileDataStoreFactory

public interface FileDataStoreFactorySpi

extends DataStoreFactorySpi

This interface includes some new functionality, and acts as a method of discovery for DataStoreFactories which support singular files.

Author:

dzwiers

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class org.geotools.data.DataStoreFactorySpi

DataStoreFactorySpi.Param

Method Summary

boolean	canProcess(java.net.URL f) DOCUMENT ME!
DataStore	createDataStore(java.net.URL url) DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.String[]	getFileExtensions() DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.String	getTypeName(java.net.URL url) DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from interface org.geotools.data.DataStoreFactorySpi

canProcess, createDataStore, createNewDataStore, getDescription, getDisplayName, getParametersInfo, isAvailable

Methods inherited from interface org.geotools.factory.Factory

getImplementationHints

Method Detail

getFileExtensions

public java.lang.String[] getFileExtensions()

DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

An ordered list of file extensions which can be read by this dataStore.

canProcess

public boolean canProcess(java.net.URL f)

DOCUMENT ME!

Parameters:

f - URL a url to a real file (may not be local)

Returns:

True when this dataStore can resolve and read the data specified by the URL.

createDataStore

public DataStore createDataStore(java.net.URL url)
                          throws java.io.IOException

DOCUMENT ME!

Parameters:

url - A URL to the data location for the single featureType of this DataStore

Returns:

Returns an AbstractFileDataStore created from the data source provided.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

See Also:

AbstractFileDataStore

getTypeName

public java.lang.String getTypeName(java.net.URL url)
                             throws java.io.IOException

DOCUMENT ME!

Parameters:

url - The location of the datum to parse into features

Returns:

Returns the typename of the datum specified (on occasion this may involve starting the parse as well to get the FeatureType -- may not be instantanious).

Throws:

java.io.IOException