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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 by Intevation GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software under the LGPL (>=v2.1)
+ * Read the file LGPL.txt coming with the software for details
+ * or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ if it does not exist.
+ */
+
+package de.intevation.artifacts;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+
+/**
+ * The idea is to process some input XML document to produce an output
+ * XML document.
+ * @author <a href="mailto:sascha.teichmann@intevation.de">Sascha L. Teichmann</a>
+ */
+public interface Service
+extends          Serializable
+{
+    interface Output {
+        Object getData();
+
+        String getMIMEType();
+    } // interface Output
+
+    /**
+     * Processes some input XML document
+     * @param data The input data
+     * @param globalContext The global context of the artifact database.
+     * @param callMeta The call meta contex, e.g. preferred languages.
+     * @return The result.
+     */
+    Output process(Document data, GlobalContext globalContext, CallMeta callMeta);
+
+    /**
+     * Setup the concrete processing service. This is done at startup time
+     * of the artifact database system.
+     * @param factory The service factory which created this service.
+     * @param globalContext The global context of the artifact database.
+     */
+    void setup(ServiceFactory factory, GlobalContext globalContext);
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :