01: /**
02: * Library name : Primrose - A Java Database Connection Pool.
03: * Published by Ben Keeping, http://primrose.org.uk .
04: * Copyright (C) 2004 Ben Keeping, primrose.org.uk
05: * Email: Use "Contact Us Form" on website
06: *
07: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
08: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
09: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
10: * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11: *
12: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
15: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
16: *
17: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
18: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
19: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
20: */package uk.org.primrose.pool.core;
21:
22: /**
23: * Class allows you to provide your own config for a certain pool
24: * at startup - rather than maintaining a text file with required pool
25: * settings.
26: * For example, you may wish to store all pool settings in a central
27: * repository, accessed by LDAP.
28: * By implementing this class, you may do so.
29: *
30: * For each setting used by primrose, the pool when loading, will call
31: * the getConfigItem() method - passing the pool name its loading, and the
32: * name of the item required.
33: *
34: * For an example, see the uk.org.primrose.test.ExamplePoolConfigProvider class.
35: *
36: */
37: import uk.org.primrose.GeneralException;
38:
39: public interface ExternalPoolConfigProvider {
40:
41: /**
42: * Given a pool name, and an item name, return the value
43: * of the item.
44: */
45: public String getConfigItem(String poolName, String itemName)
46: throws GeneralException;
47: }
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