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030     Prof. Dr. Klaus Greve
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038    
039    package org.deegree.crs.configuration;
040    
041    import java.util.List;
042    
043    import org.deegree.crs.coordinatesystems.CoordinateSystem;
044    import org.deegree.crs.exceptions.CRSConfigurationException;
045    
046    /**
047     * The <code>CRSProvider</code> will allow the support for different crs-definitions formats within the crs package.
048     * All implementation should consider the fact that the deegree-crs package will assume all incoming and outgoing
049     * latitude/longitude coordinates in <u>radians</u>.
050     * 
051     * @author <a href="mailto:bezema@lat-lon.de">Rutger Bezema</a>
052     * 
053     * @author last edited by: $Author:$
054     * 
055     * @version $Revision:$, $Date:$
056     * 
057     */
058    
059    public interface CRSProvider {
060    
061        /**
062         * @param id
063         *            string representation of the CoordinateSystem
064         * @return the identified CRS or <code>null</code> if no such CRS was found.
065         * @throws CRSConfigurationException
066         *             if the implementation was confronted by an exception and could not deliver the requested crs. This
067         *             exception should not be thrown if the given id wasn't found, in this case <code>null</code> should
068         *             be returned.
069         */
070        public CoordinateSystem getCRSByID( String id )
071                                                       throws CRSConfigurationException;
072    
073        /**
074         * @return all configured CRSs.
075         * @throws CRSConfigurationException
076         *             if the implementation was confronted by an exception and could not deliver the requested crs. This
077         *             exception should not be thrown if no CoordinateSystems were found, in this an empty List ( a list
078         *             with size == 0 ) should be returned.
079         */
080        public List<CoordinateSystem> getAvailableCRSs()
081                                                        throws CRSConfigurationException;
082    
083        /**
084         * Exports the crs to the implemented format. Try calling {@link #canExport()} before executing this method.
085         * 
086         * @param sb
087         *            the StringBuilder which will contain the exported version of the given crs.
088         * @param crsToExport
089         *            the CoordinateSystems to export.
090         * @see #canExport()
091         */
092        public void export( StringBuilder sb, List<CoordinateSystem> crsToExport );
093    
094        /**
095         * @return true if this provider can export a given crs.
096         */
097        public boolean canExport();
098    
099    }