--- a/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/httpclient/http/HttpClientImpl.java	Thu Feb 17 10:51:37 2011 +0000
+++ b/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/httpclient/http/HttpClientImpl.java	Thu Feb 17 11:19:02 2011 +0000
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.objects.Artifact;
 import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.objects.ArtifactFactory;
 import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.utils.ArtifactProtocolUtils;
-import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.utils.XMLUtils;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.utils.ArtifactCreator;
+
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
@@ -68,15 +69,30 @@
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * This method creates a new artifact in the artifact server and returns
+     * this artifact. The new artifact is created using <i>creator</i>. If no
+     * {@link ArtifactCreator} is given (null), an {@link Artifact} is returned.
+     *
+     * @param doc The CREATE document.
+     * @param creator The {@link ArtifactCreator} that is used to extract the
+     * new artifact from response document of the server.
+     *
+     * @return the new artifact.
+     */
     @Override
-    public Artifact create(Document doc) throws ConnectionException {
+    public Object create(Document doc, ArtifactCreator creator)
+    throws ConnectionException
+    {
         ResponseHandler handler = new DocumentResponseHandler();
 
         try {
             String   url    = serverUrl + "/create";
             Document result = (Document) handler.handle(doPost(url, doc));
 
-            return ArtifactProtocolUtils.extractArtifact(result);
+            return creator == null
+                ? ArtifactProtocolUtils.extractArtifact(result)
+                : creator.create(result);
         }
         catch (IOException ioe) {
             throw new ConnectionException(