1. /*
  2. * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
  3. *
  4. * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  5. * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  6. * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  7. *
  8. * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  9. *
  10. * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  11. * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  12. * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  13. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  14. * limitations under the License.
  15. */
  16. package org.apache.commons.dbcp;
  17. import java.sql.Connection;
  18. import java.sql.SQLException;
  19. /**
  20. * Abstract factory interface for creating {@link java.sql.Connection}s.
  21. *
  22. * @author Rodney Waldhoff
  23. * @version $Revision: 1.6 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 12:18:17 $
  24. */
  25. public interface ConnectionFactory {
  26. /**
  27. * Create a new {@link java.sql.Connection} in an
  28. * implementation specific fashion.
  29. *
  30. * @return a new {@link java.sql.Connection}
  31. */
  32. public abstract Connection createConnection() throws SQLException;
  33. }