--- a/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/context/FLYSContext.java	Fri Jul 13 08:25:13 2012 +0000
+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/artifacts/context/FLYSContext.java	Fri Jul 13 09:33:16 2012 +0000
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 package de.intevation.flys.artifacts.context;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 
 import de.intevation.artifactdatabase.DefaultArtifactContext;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.CallContext;
+import de.intevation.flys.exports.OutGenerator;
 
 
 /**
@@ -65,5 +69,45 @@
     public FLYSContext(Document config) {
         super(config);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the OutGenerator for a specified <i>type</i>.
+     *
+     * @param name The name of the output type.
+     * @param type Defines the type of the desired OutGenerator.
+     *
+     * @return Instance of an OutGenerator for specified <i>type</i>.
+     */
+    public static OutGenerator getOutGenerator(
+        CallContext context,
+        String      name,
+        String      type)
+    {
+
+        FLYSContext flysContext = context instanceof FLYSContext
+            ? (FLYSContext) context
+            : (FLYSContext) context.globalContext();
+
+        Map<String, Class> generators = (Map<String, Class>)
+            flysContext.get(FLYSContext.OUTGENERATORS_KEY);
+
+        if (generators == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        Class clazz = generators.get(name);
+
+        try {
+            return clazz != null ? (OutGenerator) clazz.newInstance() : null;
+        }
+        catch (InstantiationException ie) {
+            logger.error(ie, ie);
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
+            logger.error(iae, iae);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }
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