/**
* Copyright 2007-2010 Arthur Blake
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package net.sf.log4jdbc;
/**
* Common interface that all Spy classes can implement.
* This is used so that any class that is being spied upon can transmit generic information about
* itself to the whoever is doing the spying.
*
* @author Arthur Blake
*/
public interface Spy
{
/**
* Get the type of class being spied upon. For example, "Statement", "ResultSet", etc.
*
* @return a description of the type of class being spied upon.
*/
public String getClassType();
/**
* Get the connection number. In general, this is used to track which underlying connection is being
* used from the database. The number will be incremented each time a new Connection is retrieved from the
* real underlying jdbc driver. This is useful for debugging and tracking down problems with connection pooling.
*
* @return the connection instance number.
*/
public Integer getConnectionNumber();
}