org.castor.cpa.persistence.sql.connection
Interface ConnectionFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DataSourceConnectionFactory, DriverConnectionFactory, JNDIConnectionFactory

public interface ConnectionFactory

Interface for creation of new JDBC Connection instances.

Since:

0.9.9

Version:

$Revision: 8111 $ $Date: 2005-07-24 14:37:16 -0600 (Sun, 24 Jul 2005) $

Author:

Werner Guttmann, Ralf Joachim

Method Summary

Connection	createConnection() Creates a new JDBC Connection instance.
void	initializeFactory() Initialize the concrete factory.

Method Detail

initializeFactory

void initializeFactory()
                       throws MappingException

Initialize the concrete factory.

Throws:

MappingException - If concrete factory could not be initialized.

createConnection

Connection createConnection()
                            throws SQLException

Creates a new JDBC Connection instance.

Returns:

A JDBC Connection.

Throws:

SQLException - If the JDBC connection cannot be created.