--- a/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/server/ArtifactHelper.java	Fri Sep 28 08:52:53 2012 +0000
+++ b/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/server/ArtifactHelper.java	Fri Sep 28 08:57:48 2012 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package de.intevation.flys.client.server;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -14,13 +15,14 @@
 import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.exceptions.ConnectionException;
 import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.http.HttpClient;
 import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.http.HttpClientImpl;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.utils.ArtifactNamespaceContext;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.utils.XMLUtils;
 
 import de.intevation.flys.client.shared.exceptions.ServerException;
 import de.intevation.flys.client.shared.model.Artifact;
 
 import de.intevation.flys.client.shared.model.Recommendation;
 
-
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
  */
@@ -33,6 +35,11 @@
      * creation.*/
     public static final String ERROR_CREATE_ARTIFACT = "error_create_artifact";
 
+    /**
+     * Name of the factory to generate a GaugeDischargeCurveArtifact
+     */
+    private static final String GAUGE_DISCHARGE_CURVE_ARTIFACT = "gaugedischargecurve";
+
 
     private ArtifactHelper() {
     }
@@ -68,10 +75,58 @@
         Document create = ClientProtocolUtils.newCreateDocument(
             factory, uuid, ids, filter);
 
+        return sendCreate(serverUrl, locale, create);
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new GaugeDischargeCurverArtifact
+     *
+     * @param river the name of the river
+     * @param reference the reference id of the gauge (official number)
+     */
+    public static Artifact createGaugeDischargeCurveArtifact(
+            String serverUrl,
+            String locale,
+            String river,
+            Long   reference)
+    throws ServerException
+    {
+        Document create = ClientProtocolUtils.newCreateDocument(
+                GAUGE_DISCHARGE_CURVE_ARTIFACT);
+
+        XMLUtils.ElementCreator ec = new XMLUtils.ElementCreator(
+            create,
+            ArtifactNamespaceContext.NAMESPACE_URI,
+            ArtifactNamespaceContext.NAMESPACE_PREFIX);
+
+        Element root = create.getDocumentElement();
+
+        Element eriver = ec.create("river");
+        ec.addAttr(eriver, "name", river);
+
+        Element egauge = ec.create("gauge");
+        ec.addAttr(egauge, "reference", reference.toString());
+
+        root.appendChild(eriver);
+        root.appendChild(egauge);
+
+        return sendCreate(serverUrl, locale, create);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends a create document to the artifact server
+     */
+    private static Artifact sendCreate(
+            String   serverUrl,
+            String   locale,
+            Document doc)
+    throws ServerException
+    {
         HttpClient client = new HttpClientImpl(serverUrl, locale);
 
         try {
-            return (Artifact) client.create(create, new FLYSArtifactCreator());
+            return (Artifact) client.create(doc, new FLYSArtifactCreator());
         }
         catch (ConnectionException ce) {
             logger.error(ce, ce);