--- a/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/server/MetaDataServiceImpl.java	Wed May 11 14:29:35 2011 +0000
+++ b/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/server/MetaDataServiceImpl.java	Wed May 11 14:34:15 2011 +0000
@@ -1,21 +1,65 @@
 package de.intevation.flys.client.server;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 
 import com.google.gwt.user.server.rpc.RemoteServiceServlet;
 
+import de.intevation.artifacts.common.ArtifactNamespaceContext;
+
+import de.intevation.artifacts.common.utils.XMLUtils;
+
 import de.intevation.flys.client.shared.exceptions.ServerException;
 
 import de.intevation.flys.client.client.services.MetaDataService;
 
+import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.exceptions.ConnectionException;
+
+import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.http.HttpClient;
+import de.intevation.artifacts.httpclient.http.HttpClientImpl;
+
 public class MetaDataServiceImpl
 extends      RemoteServiceServlet
 implements   MetaDataService
 {
-    public List getMetaData(String url, String name) 
+    public static final String ERROR_NO_META_DATA_FOUND =
+        "error_no_meta_data_found";
+
+    public List getMetaData(String url, String locale, String river) 
     throws ServerException
     {
-        return null;
+        System.out.println("MetaDataService.getDistanceInfo");
+
+        Document doc = XMLUtils.newDocument();
+
+        XMLUtils.ElementCreator ec = new XMLUtils.ElementCreator(
+            doc,
+            ArtifactNamespaceContext.NAMESPACE_URI,
+            ArtifactNamespaceContext.NAMESPACE_PREFIX);
+
+        Element riverEl = ec.create("river");
+
+        riverEl.setTextContent(river);
+
+        doc.appendChild(riverEl);
+
+        HttpClient client = new HttpClientImpl(url, locale);
+
+        try {
+            Document result = client.callService(url, "metadata", doc);
+
+            return new ArrayList();
+        }
+        catch (ConnectionException ce) {
+            System.err.println(ce.getLocalizedMessage());
+        }
+
+        throw new ServerException(ERROR_NO_META_DATA_FOUND);
     }
 }
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