/*
* Copyright 2001-2009 Terracotta, Inc.
*
* 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
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* WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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*
*/
package org.quartz.utils;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.SQLException;
/**
* Implementations of this interface used by <code>DBConnectionManager</code>
* to provide connections from various sources.
*
* @see DBConnectionManager
* @see PoolingConnectionProvider
* @see JNDIConnectionProvider
* @see org.quartz.utils.weblogic.WeblogicConnectionProvider
*
* @author Mohammad Rezaei
*/
public interface ConnectionProvider {
/*
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*
* Interface.
*
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*/
/**
* @return connection managed by this provider
* @throws SQLException
*/
Connection getConnection() throws SQLException;
void shutdown() throws SQLException;
void initialize() throws SQLException;
}