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 */
package com.mysql.jdbc;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.SocketException;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * Interface to allow pluggable socket creation in the driver
 * 
 * @author Mark Matthews
 */
public interface SocketFactory {
	// ~ Methods
	// ----------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Called by the driver after issuing the MySQL protocol handshake and
	 * reading the results of the handshake.
	 * 
	 * @throws SocketException
	 *             if a socket error occurs
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if an I/O error occurs
	 * 
	 * @return the socket to use after the handshake
	 */
	Socket afterHandshake() throws SocketException, IOException;

	/**
	 * Called by the driver before issuing the MySQL protocol handshake. Should
	 * return the socket instance that should be used during the handshake.
	 * 
	 * @throws SocketException
	 *             if a socket error occurs
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if an I/O error occurs
	 * 
	 * @return the socket to use before the handshake
	 */
	Socket beforeHandshake() throws SocketException, IOException;

	/**
	 * Creates a new socket using the given properties. Properties are parsed by
	 * the driver from the URL. All properties other than sensitive ones (user
	 * and password) are passed to this method. The driver will instantiate the
	 * socket factory with the class name given in the property
	 * "socketFactory", where the standard is
	 * <code>com.mysql.jdbc.StandardSocketFactory</code> Implementing classes
	 * are responsible for handling synchronization of this method (if needed).
	 * 
	 * @param host
	 *            the hostname passed in the JDBC URL. It will be a single
	 *            hostname, as the driver parses multi-hosts (for failover) and
	 *            calls this method for each host connection attempt.
	 * 
	 * @param portNumber
	 *            the port number to connect to (if required).
	 * 
	 * @param props
	 *            properties passed to the driver via the URL and/or properties
	 *            instance.
	 * 
	 * @return a socket connected to the given host
	 * @throws SocketException
	 *             if a socket error occurs
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             if an I/O error occurs
	 */
	Socket connect(String host, int portNumber, Properties props)
			throws SocketException, IOException;
}