ingo@100: /*
ingo@100:  * Copyright (c) 2010 by Intevation GmbH
ingo@100:  *
ingo@100:  * This program is free software under the LGPL (>=v2.1)
ingo@100:  * Read the file LGPL.txt coming with the software for details
ingo@100:  * or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ if it does not exist.
ingo@100:  */
ingo@100: 
sascha@4: package de.intevation.artifacts;
sascha@4: 
sascha@4: import org.w3c.dom.Document;
sascha@4: 
sascha@4: /**
sascha@4:  * Interface of a factory that produces a global artifact context in the artifact data base.
sascha@4:  *
sascha@77:  * @author <a href="mailto:sascha.teichmann@intevation.de">Sascha L. Teichmann</a>
sascha@4:  */
sascha@4: public interface ArtifactContextFactory
sascha@4: {
sascha@4:     /**
sascha@4:      * Creates a global context given a configuration in the artifact data base.
sascha@4:      * @param config the configuration.
sascha@4:      * @return The global context.
sascha@78:      *   {@link de.intevation.artifacts.ArtifactFactory#createArtifact(String, Object, Document) createArtifact()}
sascha@4:      *   {@link de.intevation.artifacts.Artifact Artifact}
sascha@4:      */
sascha@4:     Object createArtifactContext(Document config);
sascha@4: }
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