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+++ b/artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/ArtifactFactory.java	Wed Sep 02 14:03:48 2009 +0000
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+package de.intevation.artifacts;
+
+/**
+ * Interface of an artifact producing factory.
+ *
+ * @author Sascha L. Teichmann (sascha.teichmann@intevation.de)
+ */
+public interface ArtifactFactory
+{
+    /**
+     * The short name of this factory.
+     * @return the name of this factory.
+     */
+    String getName();
+
+    /**
+     * Description of this factory.
+     * @return description of the factory.
+     */
+    String getDescription();
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new artifact of certain type, given a general purpose context and
+     * an identifier.
+     * @param context a context from the ArtifactDatabase.
+     * @param identifier unique identifer for the new artifact
+     * @return a new {@linkplain de.intevation.artifacts.Artifact Artifact}
+     */
+    Artifact createArtifact(Object context, String identifier);
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8: