ConnectionProvider (52°North Iceland 9.1.1 API)

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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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