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 * Copyright (C) 2007 - 2016 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source
 * Software GmbH
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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package org.n52.wps.server;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import net.opengis.wps.x100.ProcessDescriptionType;

import org.n52.wps.io.data.IData;
import org.n52.wps.server.ExceptionReport;

/**
 * @author Bastian Schaeffer, University of Muenster,	Theodor Foerster, ITC
 *
 */
public interface IAlgorithm  {
		
	Map<String, IData> run(Map<String, List<IData>> inputData) throws ExceptionReport;
	
	List<String> getErrors();
	
	ProcessDescriptionType getDescription();
	
	/** Returns some well-known name for the process.
	 *  
	 *  @return Returns some well-known name for the process or algorithm
	 *  if that exists, else returns an empty String, never null.
	 *  @note The fully-qualified class name is gotten via getName();
	 */ 
	String getWellKnownName();
	
	/**
	 * Checks if the processDescription complies to the process itself and fits any schema or other dependencies.
	 */
	boolean processDescriptionIsValid();
	
	Class< ? > getInputDataType(String id);
	
	Class< ? > getOutputDataType(String id);
	
}