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package org.infinispan.loaders.jdbc.connectionfactory;
import org.infinispan.loaders.CacheLoaderException;
import org.infinispan.util.Util;
import java.sql.Connection;
/**
* Defines the functionality a connection factory should implement.
*
* @author Mircea.Markus@jboss.com
*/
public abstract class ConnectionFactory {
/**
* Constructs a {@link org.infinispan.loaders.jdbc.connectionfactory.ConnectionFactory} based on the supplied class
* name.
*/
public static ConnectionFactory getConnectionFactory(String connectionFactoryClass, ClassLoader classLoader) throws CacheLoaderException {
return (ConnectionFactory) Util.getInstance(connectionFactoryClass, classLoader);
}
/**
* Starts the connection factory. A pooled factory might be create connections here.
*/
public abstract void start(ConnectionFactoryConfig config, ClassLoader classLoader) throws CacheLoaderException;
/**
* Closes the connection factory, including all allocated connections etc.
*/
public abstract void stop();
/**
* Fetches a connection from the factory.
*/
public abstract Connection getConnection() throws CacheLoaderException;
/**
* Destroys a connection. Important: null might be passed in, as an valid argument.
*/
public abstract void releaseConnection(Connection conn);
}