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package com.sun.jndi.ldap.pool;

import javax.naming.NamingException;

/**

 * Represents a factory that creates PooledConnection.

 *

 * The user of the connection pool should provide an implementation of this

 * interface and pass it to the Pool.getPooledConnection() method.

 * The implementation of the factory should contain all the information

 * necessary to create a PooledConnection.

 *

 * @author Rosanna Lee

 */

public interface PooledConnectionFactory {

    /**

     * Creates a pooled connection.

     * @param pcb callback responsible for removing and releasing the pooled

     * connection from the pool.

     */

    public abstract PooledConnection createPooledConnection(PoolCallback pcb)

        throws NamingException;

};