01: /*
02: * Distributed as part of c3p0 v.0.9.1.2
03: *
04: * Copyright (C) 2005 Machinery For Change, Inc.
05: *
06: * Author: Steve Waldman <swaldman@mchange.com>
07: *
08: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
09: * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1, as
10: * published by the Free Software Foundation.
11: *
12: * This software 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
15: * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
16: *
17: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
18: * along with this software; see the file LICENSE. If not, write to the
19: * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
20: * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
21: */
22:
23: package com.mchange.v1.util;
24:
25: /**
26: * An interface intended to be shared by the many sorts
27: * of objects that offer some kind of close method to
28: * cleanup resources they might be using. (I wish Sun
29: * had defined, and used, such an interface in the standard
30: * APIs.
31: */
32: public interface ClosableResource {
33: /**
34: * forces the release of any resources that might be
35: * associated with this object.
36: */
37: public void close() throws Exception;
38: }
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