com.ontotext.ordi
Interface DataSource

All Superinterfaces:

WarningAware, Wrapper

All Known Subinterfaces:

TSource, WsmoSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

DataSourceImpl, RDBMSAdapter, RemoteWsmoSource, TRREEAdapter, TSourceImpl, WsmoSourceImpl

public interface DataSource
extends Wrapper, WarningAware

A factory for connections to the physical data source that this DataSource represents. An object that implements the DataSource interface will typically be registered with a naming service based on the JavaTM Naming and Directory (JNDI) API.

Author:

vassil

Method Summary

Connection	getConnection() Creates new connection with default values.
Connection	getConnection(String user, String pass) Creates a new connection with specified user name and password.
Map<Object,Object>	getMetaData() Retrieves the meta-data properties used to create this DataSource.
boolean	isShutdown() Verifies whether the server instance is shutdown.
void	shutdown() Sends a signal to the server for shutdown.

Methods inherited from interface com.ontotext.ordi.Wrapper

isWrapperFor, unwrap

Methods inherited from interface com.ontotext.ordi.WarningAware

clearWarnings, getWarning

Method Detail

getMetaData

Map<Object,Object> getMetaData()

Retrieves the meta-data properties used to create this DataSource.

Returns:

collection of key/values

getConnection

Connection getConnection()
                         throws ORDIException

Creates new connection with default values.

Returns:

connection to the physical data source.

Throws:

ORDIException

getConnection

Connection getConnection(String user,
                         String pass)
                         throws ORDIException

Creates a new connection with specified user name and password.

Parameters:

user - name to be used.

pass - of the specified user.

Returns:

connection to the physical data source.

Throws:

ORDIException

shutdown

void shutdown()

Sends a signal to the server for shutdown. There is no strict definition how the different implementation have to process it.

isShutdown

boolean isShutdown()

Verifies whether the server instance is shutdown.

Returns: