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+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you 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 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+package org.libreoffice.report;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Allows to query the data repository and returns a datasource for the
+ * specified name and parameters. The parameters-map can be null, if there
+ * are no parameters required.
+ *
+ */
+public interface DataSourceFactory
+{
+
+    DataSource queryData(String name, Map<String,Object> parameters)
+            throws DataSourceException;
+}