/**
* This file is part of the JCROM project.
* Copyright (C) 2008-2014 - All rights reserved.
* Authors: Olafur Gauti Gudmundsson, Nicolas Dos Santos
*
* 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
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.jcrom;
import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
import javax.jcr.Session;
/**
* Session Factory interface. This interface describes a simplfied contract for retrieving a session.
*
* @author Nicolas Dos Santos
*/
public interface SessionFactory {
/**
* Returns a Session using the credentials and workspace on this SessionFactory implementation. The session
* factory doesn't allow specification of a different workspace name because:
* <p>
*" Each Session object is associated one-to-one with a Workspace object. The Workspace object represents
* a `view` of an actual repository workspace entity as seen through the authorization settings of its
* associated Session." (quote from javax.jcr.Session javadoc).
* </p>
* @return the session.
* @throws RepositoryException
*/
Session getSession() throws RepositoryException;
}