sascha@115: /*
sascha@115:  * Copyright (c) 2011 by Intevation GmbH
sascha@115:  *
sascha@115:  * This program is free software under the LGPL (>=v2.1)
sascha@115:  * Read the file LGPL.txt coming with the software for details
sascha@115:  * or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ if it does not exist.
sascha@115:  */
sascha@115: package de.intevation.artifacts;
sascha@115: 
sascha@170: import java.util.Date;
sascha@170: 
sascha@115: import org.w3c.dom.Document;
sascha@115: import org.w3c.dom.Node;
sascha@115: 
sascha@170: 
sascha@115: public interface ArtifactCollectionFactory
sascha@115: {
sascha@115:     /**
sascha@115:      * The short name of this factory.
sascha@115:      * @return the name of this factory.
sascha@115:      */
sascha@115:     String getName();
sascha@115: 
sascha@115:     /**
sascha@115:      * Description of this factory.
sascha@115:      * @return description of the factory.
sascha@115:      */
sascha@115:     String getDescription();
sascha@115: 
sascha@115:     /**
sascha@115:      * Create a new artifact of certain type, given a general purpose context and
sascha@115:      * an identifier.
sascha@115:      * @param context a context from the ArtifactDatabase.
sascha@115:      * @param identifier unique identifer for the new artifact
sascha@115:      * @param data  the data containing more details for the setup of an Artifact.
sascha@115:      * @return a new {@linkplain de.intevation.artifacts.ArtifactCollection ArtifactCollection}
sascha@115:      */
sascha@159:     ArtifactCollection createCollection(
sascha@159:         String   identifier, 
sascha@170:         String   name,
sascha@170:         Date     creationTime,
sascha@159:         Document data, 
sascha@159:         Object   context);
sascha@115: 
sascha@115:     /**
sascha@115:      * Setup the factory with a given configuration
sascha@115:      * @param config the configuration
sascha@115:      * @param factoryNode the ConfigurationNode of this Factory
sascha@115:      */
sascha@115:     void setup(Document config, Node factoryNode);
sascha@120: 
sascha@120:     /**
sascha@120:      * Tells how long a collection should survive if it is
sascha@120:      * not touched. This is put in the factory because
sascha@120:      * life time is nothing a collection should handle it self.
sascha@120:      * This method is only called once directly after the
sascha@120:      * artifact is created.
sascha@120:      * @param artifact The artifact to be rated.
sascha@120:      * @param context  The global context.
sascha@120:      * @return time to live in ms. null means eternal.
sascha@120:      */
sascha@120:     Long timeToLiveUntouched(ArtifactCollection collection, Object context);
sascha@115: }
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