/*
* 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.balancer;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Set;
import net.sf.hajdbc.Database;
import net.sf.hajdbc.Identifiable;
/**
* Factory for creating balancers.
* @author Paul Ferraro
*/
public interface BalancerFactory extends Identifiable, Serializable
{
/**
* Create a balancer.
* @param <Z> database connection source
* @param <D> database descriptor
* @param databases set of initial databases
* @return a new balancer.
*/
<Z, D extends Database<Z>> Balancer<Z, D> createBalancer(Set<D> databases);
}