1 /* 2 * @(#)ConnectionEventListener.java 1.9 03/12/19 3 * 4 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. 6 */ 7 8 package javax.sql; 9 10 /** 11 * <P> 12 * An object that registers to be notified of events generated by a 13 * <code>PooledConnection</code> object. 14 * <P> 15 * The <code>ConnectionEventListener</code> interface is implemented by a 16 * connection pooling component. A connection pooling component will 17 * usually be provided by a JDBC driver vendor or another system software 18 * vendor. A JDBC driver notifies a <code>ConnectionEventListener</code> 19 * object when an application is finished using a pooled connection with 20 * which the listener has registered. The notification 21 * occurs after the application calls the method <code>close</code> on 22 * its representation of a <code>PooledConnection</code> object. A 23 * <code>ConnectionEventListener</code> is also notified when a 24 * connection error occurs due to the fact that the <code>PooledConnection</code> 25 * is unfit for future use---the server has crashed, for example. 26 * The listener is notified by the JDBC driver just before the driver throws an 27 * <code>SQLException</code> to the application using the 28 * <code>PooledConnection</code> object. 29 * 30 * @since 1.4 31 */ 32 33 public interface ConnectionEventListener extends java.util.EventListener { 34 35 /** 36 * Notifies this <code>ConnectionEventListener</code> that 37 * the application has called the method <code>close</code> on its 38 * representation of a pooled connection. 39 * 40 * @param event an event object describing the source of 41 * the event 42 */ 43 void connectionClosed(ConnectionEvent event); 44 45 /** 46 * Notifies this <code>ConnectionEventListener</code> that 47 * a fatal error has occurred and the pooled connection can 48 * no longer be used. The driver makes this notification just 49 * before it throws the application the <code>SQLException</code> 50 * contained in the given <code>ConnectionEvent</code> object. 51 * 52 * @param event an event object describing the source of 53 * the event and containing the <code>SQLException</code> that the 54 * driver is about to throw 55 */ 56 void connectionErrorOccurred(ConnectionEvent event); 57 58 } 59 60 61 62 63 64