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package org.teiid.translator.infinispan.dsl;

import java.util.Map;

import org.infinispan.query.dsl.QueryFactory;
import org.teiid.translator.TranslatorException;

import com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor;

/**
 * Each InfinispanConnection implementation represents a connection to one or more
 * remote caches to be searched
 * 
 * @author vhalbert
 */
public interface InfinispanConnection {
	
		
	/**
	 * Return the root class type stored in the specified cache
	 * @param cacheName 
	 * @return Class
	 * @throws TranslatorException
	 */
	public Class<?> getType(String cacheName) throws TranslatorException;
	
	/**
	 * Returns the name of the primary key to the cache
	 * @param cacheName
	 * @return String key name
	 * @throws TranslatorException 
	 */
	public String getPkField(String cacheName) throws TranslatorException;
		
	/**
	 * Returns a map of all defined caches, and their respective root object class type,
	 * that are accessible using this connection.
	 * @return Map<String, Class>  --> CacheName, ClassType
	 * @throws TranslatorException 
	 */
	public Map<String, Class<?>> getCacheNameClassTypeMapping() throws TranslatorException;
	

	/**
	 * Returns the protobuf descriptor that desribes the messages being serialized
	 * @param cacheName
	 * @return Descriptor
	 * @throws TranslatorException
	 */
	public Descriptor getDescriptor(String cacheName) throws TranslatorException;
	
	/**
	 * Call to obtain the cache object
	 * @param cacheName
	 * @return Map cache
	 * @throws TranslatorException 
	 */
	public Map<Object, Object> getCache(String cacheName) throws TranslatorException;
	
	/**
	 * Return the QueryFactory used by the cache.
	 * @param cacheName
	 * @return QueryFactory
	 * @throws TranslatorException
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
	public QueryFactory getQueryFactory(String cacheName) throws TranslatorException;
	
	/**
	 * Return the ClassRegistry that contains which classes and their methods.
	 * @return ClassRegistry
	 */
	public ClassRegistry getClassRegistry();
	
	
}
