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+++ b/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/shared/model/ArtifactDescription.java	Fri Feb 11 13:48:17 2011 +0000
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+package de.intevation.flys.client.shared.model;
+
+/**
+ * The artifact description describes a state of an artifact. There are
+ * operations defined that return former inserted data, possible input values
+ * and output targets that are available in the current state of the artifact.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
+ */
+public interface ArtifactDescription {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the data that have been inserted in former states of the
+     * artifact.
+     *
+     * @return the old data of former states.
+     */
+    public Data[] getOldData();
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the data with all its options that might be inserted in the
+     * current state of the artifact.
+     *
+     * @return the current data.
+     */
+    public Data getCurrentData();
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current state as string.
+     *
+     * @return the current state.
+     */
+    public String getCurrentState();
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the reachable states as string.
+     *
+     * @return the reachable states.
+     */
+    public String[] getReachableStates();
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :