sascha@1: package de.intevation.artifacts;
sascha@1: 
sascha@1: /**
sascha@1:  * Interface of an artifact producing factory.
sascha@1:  *
sascha@1:  * @author Sascha L. Teichmann (sascha.teichmann@intevation.de)
sascha@1:  */
sascha@1: public interface ArtifactFactory
sascha@1: {
sascha@1:     /**
sascha@1:      * The short name of this factory.
sascha@1:      * @return the name of this factory.
sascha@1:      */
sascha@1:     String getName();
sascha@1: 
sascha@1:     /**
sascha@1:      * Description of this factory.
sascha@1:      * @return description of the factory.
sascha@1:      */
sascha@1:     String getDescription();
sascha@1: 
sascha@1:     /**
sascha@1:      * Create a new artifact of certain type, given a general purpose context and
sascha@1:      * an identifier.
sascha@1:      * @param context a context from the ArtifactDatabase.
sascha@1:      * @param identifier unique identifer for the new artifact
sascha@1:      * @return a new {@linkplain de.intevation.artifacts.Artifact Artifact}
sascha@1:      */
sascha@1:     Artifact createArtifact(Object context, String identifier);
sascha@1: }
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