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package com.netscape.certsrv.ldap;

import netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection;

/**
 * Maintains a pool of connections to the LDAP server.
 * Multiple threads use this interface to utilize and release
 * the Ldap connection resources.
 *
 * @version $Revision$, $Date$
 */
public interface ILdapConnFactory {

    /**
     *
     * Used for disconnecting all connections.
     * Used just before a subsystem
     * shutdown or process exit.
     *
     * @exception EldapException on Ldap failure when closing connections.
     */
    public void reset()
            throws ELdapException;

    /**
     * Returns the number of free connections available from this pool.
     *
     * @return Integer number of free connections.
     */

    public int freeConn();

    /**
     * Returns the number of total connections available from this pool.
     * Includes sum of free and in use connections.
     *
     * @return Integer number of total connections.
     */
    public int totalConn();

    /**
     * Returns the maximum number of connections available from this pool.
     *
     * @return Integer maximum number of connections.
     */
    public int maxConn();

    /**
     * Request access to a Ldap connection from the pool.
     *
     * @exception ELdapException if any error occurs, such as a
     * @return Ldap connection object.
     *         connection is not available
     */
    public LDAPConnection getConn()
            throws ELdapException;

    /**
     * Return connection to the factory. mandatory after a getConn().
     *
     * @param conn Ldap connection object to be returned to the free list of the pool.
     * @exception ELdapException On any failure to return the connection.
     */
    public void returnConn(LDAPConnection conn)
            throws ELdapException;

}
