org.apache.ojb.broker.accesslayer
Interface ConnectionFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConnectionFactoryAbstractImpl

public interface ConnectionFactory

ConnectionFactory is responsible to lookup and release the connections used by the ConnectionManagerIF implementation.

Version:

$Id: ConnectionFactory.java 364787 2005-04-26 03:41:37Z mkalen $

See Also:

ConnectionFactoryPooledImpl, ConnectionFactoryNotPooledImpl, ConnectionFactoryDBCPImpl, ConnectionFactoryManagedImpl

Method Summary

java.sql.Connection	lookupConnection(JdbcConnectionDescriptor jcd) Lookup a connection from the connection factory implementation.
void	releaseAllResources() Release all resources used by the implementing class (e.g.
void	releaseConnection(JdbcConnectionDescriptor jcd, java.sql.Connection con) Release connection - CAUTION: Release every connection after use to avoid abandoned connections.

Method Detail

lookupConnection

public java.sql.Connection lookupConnection(JdbcConnectionDescriptor jcd)
                                     throws LookupException

Lookup a connection from the connection factory implementation.

Throws:

LookupException

releaseConnection

public void releaseConnection(JdbcConnectionDescriptor jcd,
                              java.sql.Connection con)

Release connection - CAUTION: Release every connection after use to avoid abandoned connections. Depending on the used implementation connection will be closed, returned to pool, ...

releaseAllResources

public void releaseAllResources()

Release all resources used by the implementing class (e.g. connection pool, ...) for the given connection descriptor.