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+/*
+ * 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.artifacts.httpclient.utils;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+
+
+/**
+ * This interface is used to create new implementation dependend instances of an
+ * <i>Artifact</i>.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
+ */
+public interface ArtifactCreator {
+
+    /**
+     * This method should return a new Artifact object.
+     *
+     * @param doc A document that describes the artifact.
+     *
+     * @return an implementation dependend instance of an <i>Artifact</i>.
+     */
+    public Object create(Document doc);
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8: