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25 
26 package javax.sql;
27 
28 import java.sql.Connection;
29 import java.sql.SQLException;
30 
31 /**
32  * An object that provides hooks for connection pool management.
33  * A <code>PooledConnection</code> object
34  * represents a physical connection to a data source.  The connection
35  * can be recycled rather than being closed when an application is
36  * finished with it, thus reducing the number of connections that
37  * need to be made.
38  * <P>
39  * An application programmer does not use the <code>PooledConnection</code>
40  * interface directly; rather, it is used by a middle tier infrastructure
41  * that manages the pooling of connections.
42  * <P>
43  * When an application calls the method <code>DataSource.getConnection</code>,
44  * it gets back a <code>Connection</code> object.  If connection pooling is
45  * being done, that <code>Connection</code> object is actually a handle to
46  * a <code>PooledConnection</code> object, which is a physical connection.
47  * <P>
48  * The connection pool manager, typically the application server, maintains
49  * a pool of <code>PooledConnection</code> objects.  If there is a
50  * <code>PooledConnection</code> object available in the pool, the
51  * connection pool manager returns a <code>Connection</code> object that
52  * is a handle to that physical connection.
53  * If no <code>PooledConnection</code> object is available, the
54  * connection pool manager calls the <code>ConnectionPoolDataSource</code>
55  * method <code>getPoolConnection</code> to create a new physical connection.  The
56  *  JDBC driver implementing <code>ConnectionPoolDataSource</code> creates a
57  *  new <code>PooledConnection</code> object and returns a handle to it.
58  * <P>
59  * When an application closes a connection, it calls the <code>Connection</code>
60  * method <code>close</code>. When connection pooling is being done,
61  * the connection pool manager is notified because it has registered itself as
62  * a <code>ConnectionEventListener</code> object using the
63  * <code>ConnectionPool</code> method <code>addConnectionEventListener</code>.
64  * The connection pool manager deactivates the handle to
65  * the <code>PooledConnection</code> object and  returns the
66  * <code>PooledConnection</code> object to the pool of connections so that
67  * it can be used again.  Thus, when an application closes its connection,
68  * the underlying physical connection is recycled rather than being closed.
69  * <P>
70  * The physical connection is not closed until the connection pool manager
71  * calls the <code>PooledConnection</code> method <code>close</code>.
72  * This method is generally called to have an orderly shutdown of the server or
73  * if a fatal error has made the connection unusable.
74  *
75  * <p>
76  * A connection pool manager is often also a statement pool manager, maintining
77  *  a pool of <code>PreparedStatement</code> objects.
78  *  When an application closes a prepared statement, it calls the
79  *  <code>PreparedStatement</code>
80  * method <code>close</code>. When <code>Statement</code> pooling is being done,
81  * the pool manager is notified because it has registered itself as
82  * a <code>StatementEventListener</code> object using the
83  * <code>ConnectionPool</code> method <code>addStatementEventListener</code>.
84  *  Thus, when an application closes its  <code>PreparedStatement</code>,
85  * the underlying prepared statement is recycled rather than being closed.
86  * <P>
87  *
88  * @since 1.4
89  */
90 
91 public interface PooledConnection {
92 
93   /**
94    * Creates and returns a <code>Connection</code> object that is a handle
95    * for the physical connection that
96    * this <code>PooledConnection</code> object represents.
97    * The connection pool manager calls this method when an application has
98    * called the method <code>DataSource.getConnection</code> and there are
99    * no <code>PooledConnection</code> objects available. See the
100    * {@link PooledConnection interface description} for more information.
101    *
102    * @return  a <code>Connection</code> object that is a handle to
103    *          this <code>PooledConnection</code> object
104    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
105    * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
106    * this method
107    * @since 1.4
108    */
getConnection()109   Connection getConnection() throws SQLException;
110 
111   /**
112    * Closes the physical connection that this <code>PooledConnection</code>
113    * object represents.  An application never calls this method directly;
114    * it is called by the connection pool module, or manager.
115    * <P>
116    * See the {@link PooledConnection interface description} for more
117    * information.
118    *
119    * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
120    * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
121    * this method
122    * @since 1.4
123    */
close()124   void close() throws SQLException;
125 
126   /**
127    * Registers the given event listener so that it will be notified
128    * when an event occurs on this <code>PooledConnection</code> object.
129    *
130    * @param listener a component, usually the connection pool manager,
131    *        that has implemented the
132    *        <code>ConnectionEventListener</code> interface and wants to be
133    *        notified when the connection is closed or has an error
134    * @see #removeConnectionEventListener
135    */
addConnectionEventListener(ConnectionEventListener listener)136   void addConnectionEventListener(ConnectionEventListener listener);
137 
138   /**
139    * Removes the given event listener from the list of components that
140    * will be notified when an event occurs on this
141    * <code>PooledConnection</code> object.
142    *
143    * @param listener a component, usually the connection pool manager,
144    *        that has implemented the
145    *        <code>ConnectionEventListener</code> interface and
146    *        been registered with this <code>PooledConnection</code> object as
147    *        a listener
148    * @see #addConnectionEventListener
149    */
removeConnectionEventListener(ConnectionEventListener listener)150   void removeConnectionEventListener(ConnectionEventListener listener);
151 
152         /**
153          * Registers a <code>StatementEventListener</code> with this <code>PooledConnection</code> object.  Components that
154          * wish to be notified when  <code>PreparedStatement</code>s created by the
155          * connection are closed or are detected to be invalid may use this method
156          * to register a <code>StatementEventListener</code> with this <code>PooledConnection</code> object.
157          * <p>
158          * @param listener      an component which implements the <code>StatementEventListener</code>
159          *                                      interface that is to be registered with this <code>PooledConnection</code> object
160          * <p>
161          * @since 1.6
162          */
addStatementEventListener(StatementEventListener listener)163         public void addStatementEventListener(StatementEventListener listener);
164 
165         /**
166          * Removes the specified <code>StatementEventListener</code> from the list of
167          * components that will be notified when the driver detects that a
168          * <code>PreparedStatement</code> has been closed or is invalid.
169          * <p>
170          * @param listener      the component which implements the
171          *                                      <code>StatementEventListener</code> interface that was previously
172          *                                      registered with this <code>PooledConnection</code> object
173          * <p>
174          * @since 1.6
175          */
removeStatementEventListener(StatementEventListener listener)176         public void removeStatementEventListener(StatementEventListener listener);
177 
178  }
179