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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();
}