--- a/ChangeLog	Wed Mar 02 11:26:19 2011 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Wed Mar 02 11:48:34 2011 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2011-03-02  Ingo Weinzierl <ingo@intevation.de>
+
+	* artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/CreateCollectionResource.java:
+	  New. A Rest resource that might be used to create new collection that
+	  are owned by a specific user.
+
+	* artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/RestApp.java:
+	  Added the CreateCollectionResource.
+
 2011-03-02	Sascha L. Teichmann	<sascha.teichmann@intevation.de>
 
 	* artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/BaseResource.java,

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/CreateCollectionResource.java	Wed Mar 02 11:48:34 2011 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * 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 de.intevation.artifacts.ArtifactDatabase;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.ArtifactDatabaseException;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+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.restlet.Response;
+import org.restlet.Request;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+
+/**
+ * Resource to create a new collections within the artifact database.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
+ */
+public class CreateCollectionResource
+extends      BaseResource
+{
+    /** The logger used in this class.*/
+    private static Logger logger =
+        Logger.getLogger(CreateCollectionResource.class);
+
+    /** The URL part for this resource.*/
+    public static final String PATH = "/create-collection/{ownerid}";
+
+
+    @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();
+        }
+
+        ArtifactDatabase db = getArtifactDatabase();
+
+        Request request     = getRequest();
+
+        String ownerId      = (String) request.getAttributes().get("ownerid");
+
+        logger.info("Create new collection owned by: " + ownerId);
+
+        try {
+            return new DomRepresentation(
+                MediaType.APPLICATION_XML,
+                db.createCollection(ownerId, input, getCallMeta()));
+        }
+        catch (ArtifactDatabaseException adbe) {
+            logger.warn(adbe.getLocalizedMessage(), 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 11:26:19 2011 +0000
+++ b/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/rest/RestApp.java	Wed Mar 02 11:48:34 2011 +0000
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
         router.attach(CreateUserResource.PATH,  CreateUserResource.class);
         router.attach(ListUsersResource.PATH,   ListUsersResource.class);
         router.attach(UserResource.PATH,        UserResource.class);
+        router.attach(
+            CreateCollectionResource.PATH, CreateCollectionResource.class);
 
         return router;
     }