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//  2007/01/25  Martin D. Flynn
//     -Initial release
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package org.opengts.geocoder;

import org.opengts.util.*;

public interface GeocodeProvider
{

    /** 
    *** Returns the name of this GeocodeProvider 
    **/
    public String getName();

    /**
    *** Returns true if this GeocodeProvider is enabled
    *** @return True if this GeocodeProvider is enabled, false otherwise
    **/
    public boolean isEnabled();

    /** 
    *** Return true if this operation will take less than 20ms to complete 
    *** (The returned value is used to determine whether the 'getGeocode' operation
    *** should be performed immediately, or lazily.)
    **/
    public boolean isFastOperation();

    /**
    *** Returns GeoPoint of specified address
    **/
    public GeoPoint getGeocode(String address, String country);

}