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package org.pentaho.reporting.engine.classic.core.modules.misc.datafactory.sql;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.SQLException;
/**
* Creation-Date: Dec 12, 2006, 1:53:44 PM
*
* @author Thomas Morgner
*/
public interface ConnectionProvider extends Serializable {
/**
* Although named getConnection() this method should always return a new connection when being queried or should wrap
* the connection in a way so that calls to "close()" on that connection do not prevent subsequent calls to this
* method to fail.
*
* @param user
* the user name.
* @param password
* the password.
* @return the connection.
* @throws SQLException
* if the connection has errors.
*/
public Connection createConnection( String user, String password ) throws SQLException;
public Object getConnectionHash();
}