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+/*
+ * This file is part of PetaScope.
+ *
+ * PetaScope 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, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * PetaScope 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.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with PetaScope. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * For more information please see <http://www.PetaScope.org>
+ * or contact Peter Baumann via <baumann@rasdaman.com>.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2009 Jacobs University Bremen, Peter Baumann.
+ */
+package petascope.wcps.server.core;
+
+import petascope.wcps.server.exceptions.ResourceException;
+import petascope.wcps.server.exceptions.InvalidWcpsRequestException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * A IMetadataSource is anything that can read metadata for a given coverage
+ * name. It must be able to list all coverages which it knows, return Metadata
+ * for each one, and also map a format (e.g. "png") to its formatToMimetype
+ * (e.g. "image/png").
+ */
+public interface IMetadataSource {
+
+    public Set<String> coverages() throws ResourceException;
+
+    public String formatToMimetype(String format);
+
+    public Metadata read(String coverageName) throws InvalidWcpsRequestException, ResourceException;
+
+    public Collection<String> getAxisNames();
+}