org.n52.iceland.ds

Interface ConnectionProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

DataConnectionProvider, UpdateableConnectionProvider

public interface ConnectionProvider

Interface for a connection provider that handles the connection to the underlying data source (e.g. database, web service). Implementation can contain a ConnectionPool.

Since:

1.0.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getConnection() Get a data source connection.
int	getMaxConnections() Get the max connections number
void	returnConnection(Object connection) Return the connection to the provider.

Method Detail

getConnection

Object getConnection()
              throws ConnectionProviderException

Get a data source connection.

Returns:

Connection to the data source

Throws:

ConnectionProviderException - if no connection could be acquired

returnConnection

void returnConnection(Object connection)

Return the connection to the provider.

Parameters:

connection - the connection

getMaxConnections

int getMaxConnections()

Get the max connections number

Returns:

The max connection number