--- a/ChangeLog	Wed Mar 02 07:36:00 2011 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Wed Mar 02 09:06:05 2011 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+2011-03-02  Ingo Weinzierl <ingo@intevation.de>
+
+	* artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/BaseResource.java:
+	  Added a new method getArtifactDatabase() that retrieves the artifact
+	  database which is used in all subclasses of this resource.
+
+	* artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/CreateUserResource.java:
+	  Use getArtifactDatabase() to retrieve the artifact database.
+
+	* artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/CreateResource.java:
+	  New. A resource that is used to create new users. The information about
+	  the user need to be included in the POST data of the request.
+
+	* artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/RestApp.java:
+	  Added the CreateUserResource.
+
 2011-03-02  Ingo Weinzierl <ingo@intevation.de>
 
 	* artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/DefaultUserFactory.java,

--- a/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/BaseResource.java	Wed Mar 02 07:36:00 2011 +0000
+++ b/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/BaseResource.java	Wed Mar 02 09:06:05 2011 +0000
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import de.intevation.artifactdatabase.DefaultCallMeta;
 import de.intevation.artifactdatabase.DefaultPreferredLocale;
 
+import de.intevation.artifacts.ArtifactDatabase;
 import de.intevation.artifacts.CallMeta;
 import de.intevation.artifacts.PreferredLocale;
 
@@ -146,5 +147,16 @@
 
         return new DefaultCallMeta(languages);
     }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the artifact database stored in the context of the REST
+     * application.
+     *
+     * @return the artifact database.
+     */
+    protected ArtifactDatabase getArtifactDatabase() {
+        return (ArtifactDatabase) getContext().getAttributes().get("database");
+    }
 }
 // vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :

--- a/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/CreateResource.java	Wed Mar 02 07:36:00 2011 +0000
+++ b/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/CreateResource.java	Wed Mar 02 09:06:05 2011 +0000
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@
             logger.debug("Create artifact with factory '" + factory + "'");
         }
 
-        ArtifactDatabase db = (ArtifactDatabase)getContext()
-            .getAttributes().get("database");
+        ArtifactDatabase db = getArtifactDatabase();
 
         try {
             return new DomRepresentation(

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/CreateUserResource.java	Wed Mar 02 09:06:05 2011 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 by Intevation GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software under the LGPL (>=v2.1)
+ * Read the file LGPL.txt coming with the software for details
+ * or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ if it does not exist.
+ */
+package de.intevation.artifactdatabase.rest;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import org.restlet.Response;
+import org.restlet.data.MediaType;
+import org.restlet.data.Status;
+import org.restlet.ext.xml.DomRepresentation;
+import org.restlet.representation.EmptyRepresentation;
+import org.restlet.representation.Representation;
+import org.restlet.resource.ResourceException;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+
+import de.intevation.artifacts.ArtifactDatabase;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.ArtifactDatabaseException;
+
+
+/**
+ * Resource to create a new users within the artifact database.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
+ */
+public class CreateUserResource
+extends      BaseResource
+{
+    /** The logger used in this class.*/
+    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(CreateUserResource.class);
+
+    /** The URL part for this resource.*/
+    public static final String PATH = "/create-user";
+
+
+    @Override
+    protected Representation innerPost(Representation requestRepr)
+    throws    ResourceException
+    {
+        Document input = null;
+
+        try {
+            DomRepresentation in = new DomRepresentation(requestRepr);
+            in.setNamespaceAware(true);
+            input = in.getDocument();
+        }
+        catch (IOException ioe) {
+            logger.error(ioe.getLocalizedMessage(), ioe);
+
+            Response response = getResponse();
+            response.setStatus(Status.CLIENT_ERROR_BAD_REQUEST, ioe);
+            return new EmptyRepresentation();
+        }
+
+        logger.debug("Create user");
+
+        ArtifactDatabase db = getArtifactDatabase();
+
+        try {
+            return new DomRepresentation(
+                MediaType.APPLICATION_XML,
+                db.createUser(input, getCallMeta()));
+        }
+        catch (ArtifactDatabaseException adbe) {
+            Response response = getResponse();
+            response.setStatus(
+                Status.CLIENT_ERROR_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, adbe.getMessage());
+            return new EmptyRepresentation();
+        }
+    }
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :

--- a/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/RestApp.java	Wed Mar 02 07:36:00 2011 +0000
+++ b/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/RestApp.java	Wed Mar 02 09:06:05 2011 +0000
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
         router.attach(ArtifactOutResource.PATH, ArtifactOutResource.class);
         router.attach(ExportResource.PATH,      ExportResource.class);
         router.attach(ImportResource.PATH,      ImportResource.class);
+        router.attach(CreateUserResource.PATH,  CreateUserResource.class);
 
         return router;
     }