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comparison artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/ArtifactDatabase.java @ 1:11c82d3f125e
Checked in the central interfaces of the artifact system.
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| author | Sascha L. Teichmann <sascha.teichmann@intevation.de> |
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| date | Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:03:48 +0000 |
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| 1 package de.intevation.artifacts; | |
| 2 | |
| 3 /** | |
| 4 * Interface of an artifact managing database. | |
| 5 * | |
| 6 * @author Sascha L. Teichmann (sascha.teichmann@intevation.de) | |
| 7 */ | |
| 8 public interface ArtifactDatabase | |
| 9 { | |
| 10 /** | |
| 11 * List of artifact factories names accessible through the database. | |
| 12 * @return names of the factories. | |
| 13 */ | |
| 14 String [] getArtifactFactoryNames(); | |
| 15 | |
| 16 /** | |
| 17 * Look up an artifact by its identifier. | |
| 18 * @return the artifact. null if the artifact is not found. | |
| 19 */ | |
| 20 Artifact getArtifact(String identifier); | |
| 21 | |
| 22 /** | |
| 23 * Creates new artifact with a certain factory. | |
| 24 * @param factoryName the name of the factory. Name out of {@see #getArtifactFactoryNames() getArtifactFactoryNames()}. | |
| 25 */ | |
| 26 Artifact createArtifactWithFactory(String factoryName); | |
| 27 } | |
| 28 // vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8: |