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package com.mongodb.binding;

import com.mongodb.connection.Connection;
import com.mongodb.connection.ServerDescription;
import com.mongodb.session.SessionContext;

/**
 * A source of connections to a single MongoDB server.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface ConnectionSource extends ReferenceCounted {

    /**
     * Gets the current description of this source.
     *
     * @return the current details of the server state.
     */
    ServerDescription getServerDescription();

    /**
     * Gets the session context for this source
     *
     * @return the session context, which may not be null
     *
     * @since 3.6
     */
    SessionContext getSessionContext();

    /**
     * Gets a connection from this source.
     *
     * @return the connection
     */
    Connection getConnection();

    @Override
    ConnectionSource retain();
}
