Java Enterprise in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

Connection

Synopsis

A Connection represents a reference to a physical connection to a resource. Connections are obtained using the getConnection() method on a ConnectionFactory, and are used to initiate one or more Interactions with the target resource.

public interface Connection {
// Public Instance Methods
   public abstract void close() throws ResourceException;  
   public abstract Interaction createInteraction(
        ) throws ResourceException;  
   public abstract javax.resource.cci.LocalTransaction getLocalTransaction(
        ) throws ResourceException;  
   public abstract javax.resource.cci.ConnectionMetaData getMetaData(
        ) throws ResourceException;  
   public abstract ResultSetInfo getResultSetInfo(
        ) throws ResourceException;  
}

Returned By

javax.resource.cci.ConnectionFactory.getConnection(), Interaction.getConnection()