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package org.apache.geode.cache.client.internal;

import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.ServerLocation;
import org.apache.geode.security.GemFireSecurityException;

/**
 * A factory for creating new connections.
 * 
 * @since GemFire 5.7
 *
 */
public interface ConnectionFactory {

  /**
   * Create a client to server connection to the given server
   * 
   * @param location the server to connection
   * @return a connection to that server, or null if a connection could not be established.
   * @throws GemFireSecurityException if there was a security exception while trying to establish a
   *         connections.
   */
  Connection createClientToServerConnection(ServerLocation location, boolean forQueue)
      throws GemFireSecurityException;

  /**
   * Returns the best server for this client to connect to. Returns null if no servers exist.
   * 
   * @param currentServer if non-null then we are trying to replace a connection that we have to
   *        this server.
   * @param excludedServers the list of servers to skip over when finding a server to connect to
   */
  ServerLocation findBestServer(ServerLocation currentServer, Set excludedServers);

  /**
   * Create a client to server connection to any server that is not in the excluded list.
   * 
   * @param excludedServers the list of servers to skip over when finding a server to connect to
   * @return a connection or null if a connection could not be established.
   * @throws GemFireSecurityException if there was a security exception trying to establish a
   *         connection.
   */
  Connection createClientToServerConnection(Set excludedServers) throws GemFireSecurityException;

  ClientUpdater createServerToClientConnection(Endpoint endpoint, QueueManager qManager,
      boolean isPrimary, ClientUpdater failedUpdater);

  ServerBlackList getBlackList();
}