ingo@226: package de.intevation.artifactdatabase.state;
ingo@226: 
ingo@278: import java.io.Serializable;
ingo@278: 
ingo@295: import org.w3c.dom.Document;
ingo@295: import org.w3c.dom.Node;
ingo@295: 
ingo@280: import de.intevation.artifacts.Artifact;
ingo@280: import de.intevation.artifacts.CallContext;
ingo@280: 
ingo@226: 
ingo@226: /**
ingo@226:  * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
ingo@226:  */
ingo@278: public interface Facet extends Serializable {
ingo@226: 
ingo@226:     /**
ingo@277:      * Returns the index of this facet.
ingo@277:      *
ingo@277:      * @return the index of this facet.
ingo@277:      */
ingo@277:     int getIndex();
ingo@277: 
ingo@277:     /**
ingo@226:      * Returns the name of this facet.
ingo@226:      *
ingo@226:      * @return the name of this facet.
ingo@226:      */
ingo@226:     String getName();
ingo@226: 
ingo@226: 
ingo@226:     /**
ingo@226:      * Returns the description of this facet.
ingo@226:      *
ingo@226:      * @return the description of this facet.
ingo@226:      */
ingo@226:     String getDescription();
ingo@280: 
ingo@280: 
ingo@280:     /**
ingo@280:      * Returns the data this facet requires.
ingo@280:      *
ingo@280:      * @param artifact The owner artifact.
ingo@280:      * @param context The CallContext.
ingo@280:      *
ingo@280:      * @return the data.
ingo@280:      */
ingo@280:     Object getData(Artifact artifact, CallContext context);
ingo@295: 
ingo@295: 
ingo@295:     /**
ingo@295:      * Write the internal representation of a facet to a node.
ingo@295:      *
ingo@295:      * @param doc A Document.
ingo@295:      *
ingo@295:      * @return the representation as Node.
ingo@295:      */
ingo@295:     Node toXML(Document doc);
sascha@322: 
sascha@322:     Facet deepCopy();
ingo@226: }
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