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 17 package org.apache.commons.pool; 18 19 /** 20 * A factory interface for creating {@link ObjectPool}s. 21 * 22 * @see ObjectPool 23 * 24 * @author Rodney Waldhoff 25 * @version $Revision$ $Date: 2005-02-26 05:13:28 -0800 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $ 26 */ 27 public interface ObjectPoolFactory { 28 /** 29 * Create and return a new {@link ObjectPool}. 30 * @return a new {@link ObjectPool} 31 */ 32 ObjectPool createPool(); 33 } 34