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+++ b/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/httpclient/http/HttpClient.java	Thu Feb 17 10:51:37 2011 +0000
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 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.http;
+
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+
+import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.exceptions.ConnectionException;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.http.response.ResponseHandler;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.objects.Artifact;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.objects.ArtifactFactory;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
+ */
+public interface HttpClient {
+
+    ArtifactFactory[] getArtifactFactories()
+    throws ConnectionException;
+
+    Artifact create(Document createDocument)
+    throws ConnectionException;
+
+    Object describe(
+        Artifact        artifact,
+        Document        describeDocument,
+        ResponseHandler handler)
+    throws ConnectionException;
+
+    Object feed(Artifact artifact, Document feedDocument, ResponseHandler handler)
+    throws ConnectionException;
+
+    Object advance(
+        Artifact        artifact,
+        Document        advanceDocument,
+        ResponseHandler handler)
+    throws ConnectionException;
+
+    void out(
+        Artifact     artifact,
+        Document     outDocument,
+        String       target,
+        OutputStream out)
+    throws ConnectionException;
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8: