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+++ b/artifacts/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/artifacts/services/ServerInfoService.java	Wed Jun 26 23:07:24 2013 +0200
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+package org.dive4elements.river.artifacts.services;
+
+import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.dive4elements.artifacts.CallMeta;
+import org.dive4elements.artifacts.GlobalContext;
+import org.dive4elements.artifacts.common.ArtifactNamespaceContext;
+import org.dive4elements.artifacts.common.utils.Config;
+import org.dive4elements.artifacts.common.utils.XMLUtils;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * Through this service the client can retrieve basic information about or
+ * configuration of the artifact server.
+ * Currently it only returns the help-url (wiki) to the client.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:christian.lins@intevation.de">Christian Lins</a>
+ */
+public class ServerInfoService extends D4EService {
+
+    /** The logger used in this service.*/
+    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ServerInfoService.class);
+
+    private static final String XPATH_HELP_URL = "/artifact-database/help-url/text()";
+
+    @Override
+    protected Document doProcess(Document data, GlobalContext globalContext,
+            CallMeta callMeta) {
+        logger.debug("ServerInfoService.process");
+
+        Document result = XMLUtils.newDocument();
+
+        XMLUtils.ElementCreator ec = new XMLUtils.ElementCreator(
+            result,
+            ArtifactNamespaceContext.NAMESPACE_URI,
+            ArtifactNamespaceContext.NAMESPACE_PREFIX);
+
+        Element serverInfo = ec.create("server");
+
+        String helpUrl = (String) XMLUtils.xpath(
+                Config.getConfig(),
+                XPATH_HELP_URL,
+                XPathConstants.STRING);
+
+        Element info = ec.create("info");
+        ec.addAttr(info, "key", "help-url", true);
+        ec.addAttr(info, "value", helpUrl, true);
+
+        result.appendChild(serverInfo);
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+}