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1   package org.apache.torque.dsfactory;
2   
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21  
22  import javax.sql.DataSource;
23  
24  import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
25  import org.apache.torque.TorqueException;
26  
27  /**
28   * A factory that returns a DataSource.
29   *
30   * @author <a href="mailto:jmcnally@apache.org">John McNally</a>
31   * @author <a href="mailto:fischer@seitenbau.de">Thomas Fischer</a>
32   * @version $Id: DataSourceFactory.java 1336091 2012-05-09 11:09:40Z tfischer $
33   */
34  public interface DataSourceFactory
35  {
36      /**
37       * Key for the configuration which contains DataSourceFactories
38       */
39      String DSFACTORY_KEY = "dsfactory";
40  
41      /**
42       *  Key for the configuration which contains the fully qualified name
43       *  of the factory implementation class
44       */
45      String FACTORY_KEY = "factory";
46  
47      /**
48       * @return the <code>DataSource</code> configured by the factory.
49       * @throws TorqueException if the source can't be returned
50       */
51      DataSource getDataSource() throws TorqueException;
52  
53      /**
54       * Initialize the factory.
55       *
56       * @param configuration where to load the factory settings from
57       * @throws TorqueException Any exceptions caught during processing will be
58       *         rethrown wrapped into a TorqueException.
59       */
60      void initialize(Configuration configuration)
61          throws TorqueException;
62  
63      /**
64       * A hook which is called when the resources of the associated DataSource
65       * can be released.
66       * After close() is called, the other methods may not work any more
67       * (e.g. getDataSource() might return null).
68       * It is not guaranteed that this method does anything. For example,
69       * we do not want to close connections retrieved via JNDI, so the
70       * JndiDataSouurceFactory does not close these connections
71       *
72       * @throws TorqueException Any exceptions caught during processing will be
73       *         rethrown wrapped into a TorqueException.
74       */
75      void close()
76          throws TorqueException;
77  }