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+++ b/artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/ArtifactDatabase.java	Wed Sep 02 14:03:48 2009 +0000
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+package de.intevation.artifacts;
+
+/**
+ * Interface of an artifact managing database.
+ *
+ * @author Sascha L. Teichmann (sascha.teichmann@intevation.de)
+ */
+public interface ArtifactDatabase
+{
+    /**
+     * List of artifact factories names accessible through the database.
+     * @return names of the factories.
+     */
+    String [] getArtifactFactoryNames();
+
+    /**
+     * Look up an artifact by its identifier.
+     * @return the artifact. null if the artifact is not found.
+     */
+    Artifact getArtifact(String identifier);
+
+    /**
+     * Creates new artifact with a certain factory.
+     * @param factoryName the name of the factory. Name out of {@see #getArtifactFactoryNames() getArtifactFactoryNames()}.
+     */
+    Artifact createArtifactWithFactory(String factoryName);
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8: