1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2007 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 * Subinterface of {@link java.sql.Connection} to be implemented by 23 * Connection proxies. Allows access to the underlying target Connection. 24 * 25 * <p>This interface can be checked when there is a need to cast to a 26 * native JDBC Connection such as Oracle's OracleConnection. Spring's 27 * {@link org.springframework.jdbc.support.nativejdbc.NativeJdbcExtractorAdapter} 28 * automatically detects such proxies before delegating to the actual 29 * unwrapping for a specific connection pool. 30 * 31 * @author Juergen Hoeller 32 * @since 1.1 33 * @see TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy 34 * @see LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy 35 */ 36 public interface ConnectionProxy extends Connection { 37 38 /** 39 * Return the target Connection of this proxy. 40 * <p>This will typically be the native driver Connection 41 * or a wrapper from a connection pool. 42 * @return the underlying Connection (never <code>null</code>) 43 */ 44 Connection getTargetConnection(); 45 46 } 47