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You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017 018 package org.apache.commons.pool; 019 020 /** 021 * An interface defining life-cycle methods for 022 * instances to be served by an {@link ObjectPool}. 023 * <p> 024 * By contract, when an {@link ObjectPool} 025 * delegates to a {@link PoolableObjectFactory}, 026 * <ol> 027 * <li> 028 * {@link #makeObject makeObject} 029 * is called whenever a new instance is needed. 030 * </li> 031 * <li> 032 * {@link #activateObject activateObject} 033 * is invoked on every instance that has been 034 * {@link #passivateObject passivated} before it is 035 * {@link ObjectPool#borrowObject borrowed} from the pool. 036 * </li> 037 * <li> 038 * {@link #validateObject validateObject} 039 * is invoked on {@link #activateObject activated} instances to make sure 040 * they can be {@link ObjectPool#borrowObject borrowed} from the pool. 041 * <code>validateObject</code> <strong>may</strong> also be used to test an 042 * instance being {@link ObjectPool#returnObject returned} to the pool 043 * before it is {@link #passivateObject passivated}. It will only be invoked 044 * on an activated instance. 045 * </li> 046 * <li> 047 * {@link #passivateObject passivateObject} 048 * is invoked on every instance when it is returned to the pool. 049 * </li> 050 * <li> 051 * {@link #destroyObject destroyObject} 052 * is invoked on every instance when it is being "dropped" from the 053 * pool (whether due to the response from <code>validateObject</code>, 054 * or for reasons specific to the pool implementation.) There is no 055 * guarantee that the instance being destroyed will 056 * be considered active, passive or in a generally consistent state. 057 * </li> 058 * </ol> 059 * </p> 060 * <p> 061 * {@link PoolableObjectFactory} must be thread-safe. The only promise 062 * an {@link ObjectPool} makes is that the same instance of an object will not 063 * be passed to more than one method of a <code>PoolableObjectFactory</code> 064 * at a time. 065 * </p> 066 * 067 * @see ObjectPool 068 * 069 * @author Rodney Waldhoff 070 * @author Sandy McArthur 071 * @version $Revision: 777748 $ $Date: 2009-05-22 20:00:44 -0400 (Fri, 22 May 2009) $ 072 * @since Pool 1.0 073 */ 074 public interface PoolableObjectFactory { 075 /** 076 * Creates an instance that can be served by the pool. 077 * Instances returned from this method should be in the 078 * same state as if they had been 079 * {@link #activateObject activated}. They will not be 080 * activated before being served by the pool. 081 * 082 * @return an instance that can be served by the pool. 083 * @throws Exception if there is a problem creating a new instance, 084 * this will be propagated to the code requesting an object. 085 */ 086 Object makeObject() throws Exception; 087 088 /** 089 * Destroys an instance no longer needed by the pool. 090 * <p> 091 * It is important for implementations of this method to be aware 092 * that there is no guarantee about what state <code>obj</code> 093 * will be in and the implementation should be prepared to handle 094 * unexpected errors. 095 * </p> 096 * <p> 097 * Also, an implementation must take in to consideration that 098 * instances lost to the garbage collector may never be destroyed. 099 * </p> 100 * 101 * @param obj the instance to be destroyed 102 * @throws Exception should be avoided as it may be swallowed by 103 * the pool implementation. 104 * @see #validateObject 105 * @see ObjectPool#invalidateObject 106 */ 107 void destroyObject(Object obj) throws Exception; 108 109 /** 110 * Ensures that the instance is safe to be returned by the pool. 111 * Returns <code>false</code> if <code>obj</code> should be destroyed. 112 * 113 * @param obj the instance to be validated 114 * @return <code>false</code> if <code>obj</code> is not valid and should 115 * be dropped from the pool, <code>true</code> otherwise. 116 */ 117 boolean validateObject(Object obj); 118 119 /** 120 * Reinitialize an instance to be returned by the pool. 121 * 122 * @param obj the instance to be activated 123 * @throws Exception if there is a problem activating <code>obj</code>, 124 * this exception may be swallowed by the pool. 125 * @see #destroyObject 126 */ 127 void activateObject(Object obj) throws Exception; 128 129 /** 130 * Uninitialize an instance to be returned to the idle object pool. 131 * 132 * @param obj the instance to be passivated 133 * @throws Exception if there is a problem passivating <code>obj</code>, 134 * this exception may be swallowed by the pool. 135 * @see #destroyObject 136 */ 137 void passivateObject(Object obj) throws Exception; 138 }