--- a/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/DefaultArtifactFactory.java	Fri Mar 26 16:16:32 2010 +0000
+++ b/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/DefaultArtifactFactory.java	Fri Mar 26 17:59:50 2010 +0000
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 import de.intevation.artifacts.ArtifactSerializer;
 
 /**
+ * Trivial implementation of the ArtifactFactory interface.
+ * Time to live (ttl), name and description are configured
+ * via the Node given to #setup(Document, Node) with attributes
+ * of same name. The class name of the artifacts to be build by this
+ * factory is configures with the attribute 'artifact'.
+ *
  * @author <a href="mailto:sascha.teichmann@intevation.de">Sascha L. Teichmann</a>
  */
 public class DefaultArtifactFactory
@@ -17,25 +23,60 @@
     private static Logger logger =
         Logger.getLogger(DefaultArtifactFactory.class);
 
+    /**
+     * XPath to access the TTL of this artifact.
+     */
     public static final String XPATH_TTL         = "@ttl";
+    /**
+     * XPath to access the name of this factory.
+     */
     public static final String XPATH_NAME        = "@name";
+    /**
+     * XPath to access the description of this artifact factory.
+     */
     public static final String XPATH_DESCRIPTION = "@description";
+    /**
+     * XPath to access the class name of the artifacts to be build
+     * by this factory.
+     */
     public static final String XPATH_ARTIFACT    = "@artifact";
 
+    /**
+     * Default description of this factory if none is given by the
+     * configuration.
+     */
     public static final String DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION =
         "No description available";
 
+    /**
+     * Class to load if no artifact class is given in the configuration.
+     */
     public static final String DEFAULT_ARTIFACT =
         "de.intevation.artifactdatabase.DefaultArtifact";
 
+    /**
+     * The Time to live of the artifacts build by this factory.
+     */
     protected Long   ttl;
 
+    /**
+     * The name of this factory.
+     */
     protected String name;
 
+    /**
+     * The description of this factory.
+     */
     protected String description;
 
+    /**
+     * The class of the artifacts to be build by this factory.
+     */
     protected Class  artifactClass;
 
+    /**
+     * Default constructor.
+     */
     public DefaultArtifactFactory() {
     }
 
@@ -47,10 +88,11 @@
         return description;
     }
 
-    public Artifact createArtifact(String identifier,
-                                   Object context,
-                                   Document data) {
-
+    public Artifact createArtifact(
+        String   identifier,
+        Object   context,
+        Document data
+    ) {
         try {
             Artifact artifact =
                 (Artifact)artifactClass.newInstance();