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+++ b/artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/ArtifactCollectionFactory.java	Tue Mar 01 12:17:00 2011 +0000
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 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 org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+
+public interface ArtifactCollectionFactory
+{
+    /**
+     * 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
+     * @param data  the data containing more details for the setup of an Artifact.
+     * @return a new {@linkplain de.intevation.artifacts.ArtifactCollection ArtifactCollection}
+     */
+    ArtifactCollection createCollection(String identifier, Object context, Document data);
+
+    /**
+     * Setup the factory with a given configuration
+     * @param config the configuration
+     * @param factoryNode the ConfigurationNode of this Factory
+     */
+    void setup(Document config, Node factoryNode);
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :
+