1 /* 2 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation 3 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 4 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 5 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 6 * 7 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 8 * 9 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 10 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 11 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 12 * implied. 13 * 14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15 * limitations under the License. 16 */ 17 package org.apache.excalibur.mpool; 18 19 /** 20 * This interface is for a PoolManager that creates pools that are managed 21 * asynchronously. The contract is that the controller type is specified in 22 * the constructor. 23 * 24 * @author <a HREF="mailto:dev@avalon.apache.org">Avalon Development Team</a> 25 * @version CVS $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 11:47:33 $ 26 * @since 4.1 27 */ 28 public interface PoolManager 29 { 30 String ROLE = PoolManager.class.getName(); 31 32 /** 33 * Return a managed pool that has a controller. 34 */ 35 Pool getManagedPool( ObjectFactory factory, int initialEntries ) 36 throws Exception; 37 } 38