Java Enterprise in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

DataSource

Synopsis

A factory for java.sql.Connection objects. Can be registered with a JNDI service, so that an application can get the name of a database from a name service.

public interface DataSource {
// Public Instance Methods
   public abstract java.sql.Connection getConnection(
        ) throws java.sql.SQLException;  
   public abstract java.sql.Connection getConnection(
        String username, 
        String password) throws java.sql.SQLException;  
   public abstract int getLoginTimeout(
        ) throws java.sql.SQLException;  
   public abstract PrintWriter getLogWriter(
        ) throws java.sql.SQLException;  
   public abstract void setLoginTimeout(
        int seconds) throws java.sql.SQLException;  
   public abstract void setLogWriter(
        PrintWriter out) throws java.sql.SQLException;  
}