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/**
 * <BR> <I>$Source: /cvs/glassfish/appserv-core/src/java/com/sun/ejb/containers/util/pool/Pool.java,v $</I>
 * @author     $Author: tcfujii $
 * @version    $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2007/05/05 05:33:00 $
 */
 
package com.sun.ejb.containers.util.pool;

/**
 * Pool defines the methods that can be used by the application to access 
 * pooled objects. The basic assumption is that all objects in the pool are 
 * identical (homogeneous). This interface defines methods for a) getting an
 * object from the pool, b) returning an object back to the pool 
 * and, c) destroying (instead of reusing) an object. In addition to these 
 * methods, the Pool has methods for adding and removing PoolEventListeners.
 * There are six overloaded methods for getting objects from a pool.
 *	
 */
public interface Pool {
    
    /**
       @deprecated  
    */
    public Object getObject(boolean canWait, Object param)
        throws PoolException;
    
    /**
       @deprecated  
    */
    public Object getObject(long maxWaitTime, Object param)
        throws PoolException;
    
    /**
     * Get an object from the pool within the specified time.
     * @param The amount of time the calling thread agrees to wait.
     * @param Some value that might be used while creating the object
     * @return an Object or null if an object could not be returned in 
     *   'waitForMillis' millisecond.
     * @exception Throws PoolException if an object cannot be created
     */
    public Object getObject(Object param)
        throws PoolException;

    /**
     * Return an object back to the pool. An object that is obtained through
     *	getObject() must always be returned back to the pool using either 
     *	returnObject(obj) or through destroyObject(obj).
     */
    public void returnObject(Object obj);
    			
    /**
     * Destroys an Object. Note that applications should not ignore the 
     * reference to the object that they got from getObject(). An object
     * that is obtained through getObject() must always be returned back to
     * the pool using either returnObject(obj) or through destroyObject(obj).
     * This method tells that the object should be destroyed and cannot be
     * reused.
     *	
     */
    public void destroyObject(Object obj);
    	
}