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: 8994 $ $Date: 2011-08-02 01:40:59 +0200 (Di, 02 Aug 2011) $

Author:

Werner Guttmann, Ralf Joachim

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

initializeFactory

void initializeFactory(PersistenceFactory factory)
                       throws MappingException

Initialize the concrete factory.

Parameters:

factory - PersistenceFactory needed to construct CastorConnection.

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.

createCastorConnection

CastorConnection createCastorConnection()
                                        throws SQLException

Creates a new CastorConnection instance.

Returns:

A CastorConnection instance.

Throws:

SQLException - If the CastorConnection cannot be created.