IConnectionProvider.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Josef Hardi <josef.hardi@gmail.com>
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package com.obidea.semantika.database.connection;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.Properties;

import com.obidea.semantika.exception.ConfigurationException;

/**
 * A strategy for obtaining JDBC connections.
 *
 * Implementors might also implement connection pooling.
 */
public interface IConnectionProvider
{
   void configure(Properties properties) throws ConfigurationException;

   Connection getConnection() throws SQLException;

   void closeConnection(Connection conn) throws SQLException;

   void close() throws SQLException;

   String getName();
}