--- a/ChangeLog	Thu Mar 10 08:25:30 2011 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Thu Mar 10 08:26:08 2011 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-03-10  Ingo Weinzierl <ingo@intevation.de>
+
+	* artifacts-common/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/common/utils/ClientProtocolUtils.java:
+	  New method that creates the document for a FEED operation.
+
 2011-03-10  Ingo Weinzierl <ingo@intevation.de>
 
 	* artifacts-common/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/common/utils/XMLUtils.java:

--- a/artifacts-common/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/common/utils/ClientProtocolUtils.java	Thu Mar 10 08:25:30 2011 +0000
+++ b/artifacts-common/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/common/utils/ClientProtocolUtils.java	Thu Mar 10 08:26:08 2011 +0000
@@ -90,6 +90,59 @@
 
 
     /**
+     * This method creates a new FEED document.
+     *
+     * @param theUuid The identifier of the artifact.
+     * @param theHash The hash of the artifact.
+     * @param theData An array that contains key/value pairs that represent the
+     * data that should be included in the FEED document.
+     *
+     * @return the FEED document.
+     */
+    public static Document newFeedDocument(
+        String     theUuid,
+        String     theHash,
+        String[][] theData)
+    {
+        Document doc = XMLUtils.newDocument();
+
+        XMLUtils.ElementCreator cr = new XMLUtils.ElementCreator(
+            doc,
+            ArtifactNamespaceContext.NAMESPACE_URI,
+            ArtifactNamespaceContext.NAMESPACE_PREFIX);
+
+        Element action = cr.create("action");
+        Element type   = cr.create("type");
+        Element uuid   = cr.create("uuid");
+        Element hash   = cr.create("hash");
+        Element data   = cr.create("data");
+
+        // XXX It is not nice that the type has no attribute namespace, but to
+        // be backward compatible, we don't change this now.
+        cr.addAttr(type, "name", "feed", false);
+        cr.addAttr(uuid, "value", theUuid, true);
+        cr.addAttr(hash, "value", theHash, true);
+
+        for (String[] kvp: theData) {
+            Element input = cr.create("input");
+            cr.addAttr(input, "name", kvp[0], true);
+            cr.addAttr(input, "value", kvp[1], true);
+
+            data.appendChild(input);
+        }
+
+        action.appendChild(type);
+        action.appendChild(uuid);
+        action.appendChild(hash);
+        action.appendChild(data);
+
+        doc.appendChild(action);
+
+        return doc;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
      * This method creates a new document that is used to create new artifact
      * collections in the artifact server.
      *