01: /*
02: * CoadunationUtil: The coadunation util library.
03: * Copyright (C) 2007 Rift IT Contracting
04: *
05: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
06: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
07: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
08: * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
09: *
10: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14: *
15: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17: * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
18: *
19: * Connection.java
20: */
21:
22: // package path
23: package com.rift.coad.util.connection;
24:
25: /**
26: * This object defines the connection interface that will be used to manage a
27: * connection to a object.
28: *
29: * @author Brett Chaldecott
30: */
31: public interface Connection {
32: /**
33: * This object returns the connection to the object.
34: *
35: * @return The retrieve connection to the object.
36: * @param type The type of object to narrow.
37: * @exception ConnectionException
38: * @exception java.lang.ClassCastException
39: */
40: public Object getConnection(Class type) throws ConnectionException,
41: java.lang.ClassCastException;
42: }
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