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com.sas.services.connection
Interface ConnectionFactoryShellInterface

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConnectionFactoryInterface, PlatformConnectionFactoryInterface

public interface ConnectionFactoryShellInterface

Methods common to all connection factory interfaces.

Method Summary

void	addConnectionFactoryEventListener(ConnectionFactoryEventListener listener) Add a listener for connection factory events.
ConnectionFactoryAdminInterface	getAdminInterface(Credential adminLogin) Get the factory administrator's interface.
ConnectionInterface	getConnection(Credential login) Get a connection to a server.
ConnectionInterface	getConnection(Credential login, long waitMilliseconds) Get a connection to a server.
java.util.List	getDomains() Get the list of authentication domains supported by this factory.
void	removeConnectionFactoryEventListener(ConnectionFactoryEventListener listener) Remove a listener for connection factory events.

Method Detail

addConnectionFactoryEventListener

void addConnectionFactoryEventListener(ConnectionFactoryEventListener listener)

Add a listener for connection factory events.

Parameters:

listener - a listener for connection factory events

removeConnectionFactoryEventListener

void removeConnectionFactoryEventListener(ConnectionFactoryEventListener listener)

Remove a listener for connection factory events.

Parameters:

listener - a listener for connection factory events

getDomains

java.util.List getDomains()

Get the list of authentication domains supported by this factory. The domains are listed in order of increasing estimated time to connect.

Returns:

the list of authentication domains supported by this factory

getConnection

ConnectionInterface getConnection(Credential login)
                                  throws ConnectionFactoryException

Get a connection to a server. If the factory has allocated all the connections it is allowed to manage to users when this call is made, then this call will block until another user returns a connection to the factory's pool.

Parameters:

login - credentials for someone allowed to use this factory

Returns:

a connection

Throws:

ConnectionFactoryException - if the factory cannot create a connection to satisfy this request or if the request times out or if the factory has been shutdown

getConnection

ConnectionInterface getConnection(Credential login,
                                  long waitMilliseconds)
                                  throws ConnectionFactoryException

Get a connection to a server. If the factory has allocated all the connections it is allowed to manage to users when this call is made, then this call will behave as instructed by the value of waitMilliseconds.

Parameters:

login - credentials for someone allowed to use this factory

waitMilliseconds - a flag indicating how the call should behave if the factory has allocated all the connections it is allowed to manage to other users.

<0

throw an exception immediately

0

wait until another user returns a connection to the factory's pool

>0

wait up to waitMilliseconds milliseconds for another user to return a connection to the factory's pool and throw an exception if a connection is not returned in the alloted time.

Returns:

a connection

Throws:

ConnectionFactoryException - if the factory cannot create a connection to satisfy this request or if the request times out or if the factory has been shutdown

getAdminInterface

ConnectionFactoryAdminInterface getAdminInterface(Credential adminLogin)
                                                  throws ConnectionFactoryException

Get the factory administrator's interface. The administrator's interface allows you to manipulate factory logging and to shutdown or destroy the factory. Actions performed on the administrator's interface may impact other users of this factory.

Parameters:

login - credentials for someone allowed to administer this factory or null

Returns:

the factory administrator's interface

Throws:

ConnectionFactoryException

*** This interface provides Binary Compatibility only, not Source Compatibility ***