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package net.sf.jasperreports.engine.query;

import java.util.Map;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRDataset;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRValueParameter;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRProperties;


/**
 * Factory classes used to create query executers.
 * <p/>
 * For each query language, a query executer factory must be created and registered as a JR property.
 * <p/>
 * Query executer factory instances must be thread-safe as they are cached and used as singletons.
 * 
 * @author Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)
 * @version $Id: JRQueryExecuterFactory.java 3034 2009-08-27 11:58:04Z teodord $
 * @see net.sf.jasperreports.engine.query.JRQueryExecuter
 */
public interface JRQueryExecuterFactory
{

	
	/**
	 * Prefix for query executer factory properties.
	 * <p/>
	 * To obtain query executer factories, a property having the query language appended to this prefix is used 
	 * to get the query executer factory name.
	 */
	public static final String QUERY_EXECUTER_FACTORY_PREFIX = JRProperties.PROPERTY_PREFIX + "query.executer.factory.";

	
	/**
	 * Returns the built-in parameters associated with this query type.
	 * <p/>
	 * These parameters will be created as system-defined parameters for each 
	 * report/dataset having a query of this type.
	 * <p/>
	 * The returned array should contain consecutive pairs of parameter names and parameter classes
	 * (e.g. <code>{"Param1", String.class, "Param2", "List.class"}</code>).
	 * 
	 * @return array of built-in parameter names and types associated with this query type
	 */
	public Object[] getBuiltinParameters();
	
	
	/**
	 * Creates a query executer.
	 * <p/>
	 * This method is called at fill time for reports/datasets having a query supported by
	 * this factory.
	 * 
	 * @param dataset the dataset containing the query, fields, etc
	 * @param parameters map of value parameters (instances of {@link JRValueParameter JRValueParameter})
	 * 	indexed by name
	 * 
	 * @return a query executer
	 * @throws JRException
	 */
	public JRQueryExecuter createQueryExecuter(JRDataset dataset, Map parameters) throws JRException;

	
	/**
	 * Decides whether the query executers created by this factory support a query parameter type.
	 * <p/>
	 * This check is performed for all $P{..} parameters in the query.
	 * 
	 * @param className the value class name of the parameter
	 * @return whether the parameter value type is supported
	 */
	public boolean supportsQueryParameterType(String className);


}
