/* Copyright (C) 2011, 2012, 2013 by Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde
 * Software engineering by Intevation GmbH
 *
 * This file is Free Software under the GNU AGPL (>=v3)
 * and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! Check out the
 * documentation coming with Dive4Elements River for details.
 */

package org.dive4elements.river.client.client.services;

import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteService;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteServiceRelativePath;

import org.dive4elements.river.client.shared.exceptions.ServerException;
import org.dive4elements.river.client.shared.model.Artifact;

/**
 * This interface provides a method to retrieve an artifact based on its uuid.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
 */
@RemoteServiceRelativePath("getartifact")
public interface GetArtifactService extends RemoteService {

    /**
     * This method inserts new data into the an existing artifact.
     *
     * @param url The url of the artifact server.
     * @param locale The string representation of a locale that is used for the
     * request.
     * @param uuid The artifact's identifier.
     * @param hash The artifact's hash.
     *
     * @return the artifact.
     */
    Artifact getArtifact(String locale, String uuid, String hash)
    throws ServerException;
}
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