1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors. 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.springframework.jdbc.datasource; 18 19 import java.sql.Connection; 20 21 /** 22 * Simple interface to be implemented by handles for a JDBC Connection. 23 * Used by JdoDialect, for example. 24 * 25 * @author Juergen Hoeller 26 * @since 1.1 27 * @see SimpleConnectionHandle 28 * @see ConnectionHolder 29 * @see org.springframework.orm.jdo.JdoDialect#getJdbcConnection 30 */ 31 public interface ConnectionHandle { 32 33 /** 34 * Fetch the JDBC Connection that this handle refers to. 35 */ 36 Connection getConnection(); 37 38 /** 39 * Release the JDBC Connection that this handle refers to. 40 * @param con the JDBC Connection to release 41 */ 42 void releaseConnection(Connection con); 43 44 } 45