/*
 * HA-JDBC: High-Availability JDBC
 * Copyright (C) 2012  Paul Ferraro
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package net.sf.hajdbc;

import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;

/**
 * @author Paul Ferraro
 */
public interface ExecutorServiceProvider
{
	/**
	 * Returns an executor to use for parallel statement execution
	 * @param threadFactory factory for creating threads
	 * @return an executor service
	 */
	ExecutorService getExecutor(ThreadFactory threadFactory);
	
	/**
	 * Shuts down the specified executor.
	 * @param service an executor service
	 */
	void release(ExecutorService service);
}