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package org.sdmxsource.sdmx.api.factory;

import org.sdmxsource.sdmx.api.builder.DataQueryBuilder;
import org.sdmxsource.sdmx.api.model.format.DataQueryFormat;

/**
 * A DataQueryFactory is responsible fore creating a DataQueryBuilder that build a query that can be used for services external to the SdmxSource framework
 */
public interface DataQueryFactory {

    /**
     * Returns a DataQueryBuilder only if this factory understands the DataQueryFormat.  If the format is unknown, null will be returned
     *
     * @param     the type parameter
     * @param format the format
     * @return DataQueryBuilder is this factory knows how to build this query format, or null if it doesn't
     */
     DataQueryBuilder getDataQueryBuilder(DataQueryFormat format);

}