/*
  Copyright (C) 2000-2005 SKYRIX Software AG

  This file is part of SOPE.

  SOPE is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
  the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
  Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
  later version.

  SOPE is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
  License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License along with SOPE; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
  Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
  02111-1307, USA.
*/

#ifndef __EOControl_EODataSource_H__
#define __EOControl_EODataSource_H__

#import <Foundation/NSObject.h>

@class NSArray, NSEnumerator;
@class EOClassDescription;

@interface EODataSource : NSObject

/* reflection */

- (EOClassDescription *)classDescriptionForObjects;

/* master-detail */

- (EODataSource *)dataSourceQualifiedByKey:(NSString *)_relKey;
- (void)qualifyWithRelationshipKey:(NSString *)_relKey ofObject:(id)_object;

/* operations */

- (NSArray *)fetchObjects;
- (void)deleteObject:(id)_object;
- (void)insertObject:(id)_object;
- (id)createObject;

- (NSEnumerator *)fetchEnumerator;

@end

#endif /* __EOControl_EODataSource_H__ */