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package com.mongodb.connection;

import com.mongodb.annotations.ThreadSafe;
import com.mongodb.async.SingleResultCallback;

/**
 * A logical connection to a MongoDB server.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
@ThreadSafe
public interface Server {
    /**
     * Gets the description of this server.  Implementations of this method should not block if the server has not yet been successfully
     * contacted, but rather return immediately a @code{ServerDescription} in a @code{ServerConnectionState.CONNECTING} state.
     *
     * @return the description of this server
     */
    ServerDescription getDescription();

    /**
     * <p>Gets a connection to this server.  The connection should be released after the caller is done with it.</p>
     *
     * <p> Implementations of this method are allowed to block while waiting for a free connection from a pool of available connection.</p>
     *
     * <p> Implementations of this method will likely pool the underlying connection, so the effect of closing the returned connection will
     * be to return the connection to the pool. </p>
     *
     * @return a connection this server
     */
    Connection getConnection();

    /**
     * <p>Gets a connection to this server asynchronously.  The connection should be released after the caller is done with it.</p>
     *
     * <p> Implementations of this method will likely pool the underlying connection, so the effect of closing the returned connection will
     * be to return the connection to the pool. </p>
     *
     * @param callback the callback to execute when the connection is available or an error occurs
     */
    void getConnectionAsync(SingleResultCallback<AsyncConnection> callback);
}