sascha@1: package de.intevation.artifacts;
sascha@1: 
sascha@1: /**
sascha@1:  * Interface of an artifact managing database.
sascha@1:  *
sascha@1:  * @author Sascha L. Teichmann (sascha.teichmann@intevation.de)
sascha@1:  */
sascha@1: public interface ArtifactDatabase
sascha@1: {
sascha@1:     /**
sascha@1:      * List of artifact factories names accessible through the database.
sascha@1:      * @return names of the factories.
sascha@1:      */
sascha@1:     String [] getArtifactFactoryNames();
sascha@1: 
sascha@1:     /**
sascha@1:      * Look up an artifact by its identifier.
sascha@1:      * @return the artifact. null if the artifact is not found.
sascha@1:      */
sascha@1:     Artifact getArtifact(String identifier);
sascha@1: 
sascha@1:     /**
sascha@1:      * Creates new artifact with a certain factory.
sascha@4:      * @param factoryName the name of the factory. Name out of {@link #getArtifactFactoryNames() getArtifactFactoryNames()}.
sascha@1:      */
sascha@1:     Artifact createArtifactWithFactory(String factoryName);
sascha@4: 
sascha@4: 
sascha@4:     /**
sascha@4:      * Returns the global artifact runtime context.
sascha@4:      * @return the runtime context
sascha@4:      */
sascha@4:     Object getArtifactContext();
sascha@1: }
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