--- a/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/state/Section.java	Wed Dec 14 09:41:44 2011 +0000
+++ b/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/state/Section.java	Wed Dec 14 12:20:06 2011 +0000
@@ -12,6 +12,36 @@
 public interface Section extends Serializable {
 
     /**
+     * Returns an ID for this Section.
+     *
+     * @return an ID for this Section.
+     */
+    String getId();
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new subsection to this Section object.
+     *
+     * @param subsection the new Section.
+     */
+    void addSubsection(Section subsection);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of subsections in this Section.
+     *
+     * @return the number of subsections.
+     */
+    int getSubsectionCount();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a subsection at position <i>pos</i>.
+     *
+     * @param pos The position of the target subsection.
+     *
+     * @return the subsection at position <i>pos</i>.
+     */
+    Section getSubsection(int pos);
+
+    /**
      * Adds a new Attribute to this Section.
      *
      * @param key The key that is used to store/retrieve the Attribute.
@@ -37,7 +67,7 @@
 
     /**
      * Transforms this Section into XML using Attribute.toXML() for each
-     * Attribute stored in this Section.
+     * Attribute and Section.toXML() for each subsection stored in this Section.
      *
      * @param parent The parent node.
      */