Searcher.h

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#ifndef SEARCHER_H_
#define SEARCHER_H_

#include <spectrallines/Splatalogue/SplatResult.h>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

namespace casa {

//Interface needed to support molecular line searching and identification.

class Searcher {
public:
        Searcher();

        //Set all search parameters back to their defaults.
        virtual void reset() = 0;

        //Returns whether or not a connection has been established to the database
        //provider.
        virtual bool isConnected() const = 0;

        //Provide a way to interrupt long searches.
        virtual void stopSearch() = 0;

        //Search Parameters
        virtual void setChemicalNames( const std::vector<string>& chemNames ) = 0;
        virtual void setSpeciesNames( const std::vector<string>& speciesNames ) = 0;
        virtual void setFrequencyRange( double minValue, double maxValue ) = 0;
        virtual void setIntensityRange( double minValue, double maxValue ) = 0;
        virtual void setSmu2Range( double minValue, double maxValue ) = 0;
        virtual void setLogaRange( double minValue, double maxValue ) = 0;
        virtual void setElRange( double minValue, double maxValue ) = 0;
        virtual void setEuRange( double minValue, double maxValue ) = 0;
        virtual void setQNS( const std::vector<string>& qns ) = 0;


        //Filters
        virtual void setFilterTop20( bool filter = true) = 0;
        virtual void setFilterPlanetaryAtmosphere( bool filter = true ) = 0;
        virtual void setFilterHotCores(bool filter = true) = 0;
        virtual void setFilterDarkClouds(bool filter = true) = 0;
        virtual void setFilterDiffuseClouds( bool filter = true) = 0;
        virtual void setFilterComets(bool filter = true) = 0;
        virtual void setFilterAgbPpnPn(bool filter = true) = 0;
        virtual void setFilterExtragalactic(bool filter = true) = 0;

        //Support for scolling
        virtual void setSearchResultLimit( int limit ) = 0;

        //Doing the search
        virtual std::vector<SplatResult> doSearch(string& errorMsg, int offset ) = 0;
        virtual long doSearchCount( string& errorMsg ) = 0;

        //Information about the database
        virtual string getCreatedDate() const = 0;
        virtual string tableInfo( const string& tableName, string& errorMessage ) const= 0;

        virtual ~Searcher();
};

} /* namespace casa */
#endif /* SEARCHER_H_ */