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package javax.resource.spi;

import java.util.EventListener;
import javax.resource.ResourceException;

/**  The <code>ConnectionEventListener</code> interface provides an event
 *   callback mechanism to enable an application server to receive 
 *   notifications from a <code>ManagedConnection</code> instance. 
 *
 *   <p>An application server uses these event notifications to manage 
 *   its connection pool, to clean up any invalid or terminated connections
 *   and to manage local transactions.
 *
 *   <p>An application server implements the 
 *   <code>ConnectionEventListener</code> interface. It registers a connection 
 *   listener with a <code>ManagedConnection</code> instance by using 
 *   <code>ManagedConnection.addConnectionEventListener</code> method.
 *  
 *   @version     0.5
 *   @author      Rahul Sharma
 *
 *   @see         javax.resource.spi.ConnectionEvent
 **/

public interface ConnectionEventListener
                 extends java.util.EventListener {

  /** Notifies that an application component has closed the connection.
   *
   *  <p>A ManagedConnection instance notifies its registered set of 
   *  listeners by calling ConnectionEventListener.connectionClosed method
   *  when an application component closes a connection handle. The 
   *  application server uses this connection close event to put the
   *  ManagedConnection instance back in to the connection pool.
   *
   *  @param    event     event object describing the source of 
   *                      the event
   */
  public
  void connectionClosed(ConnectionEvent event);

  /** Notifies that a Resource Manager Local Transaction was started on
   *  the ManagedConnection instance.
   *
   *  @param    event     event object describing the source of 
   *                      the event
   */
  public
  void localTransactionStarted(ConnectionEvent event);

  /** Notifies that a Resource Manager Local Transaction was committed 
   *  on the ManagedConnection instance.
   *
   *  @param    event     event object describing the source of 
   *                      the event
   */
  public
  void localTransactionCommitted(ConnectionEvent event);

  /** Notifies that a Resource Manager Local Transaction was rolled back 
   *  on the ManagedConnection instance.
   *
   *  @param    event     event object describing the source of 
   *                      the event
   */
  public
  void localTransactionRolledback(ConnectionEvent event);
       
  /** Notifies a connection related error. 

   *  The ManagedConnection instance calls the method
   *  ConnectionEventListener.connectionErrorOccurred to notify 
   *  its registered listeners of the occurrence of a physical 
   *  connection-related error. The event notification happens 
   *  just before a resource adapter throws an exception to the 
   *  application component using the connection handle.
   *
   *  The connectionErrorOccurred method indicates that the 
   *  associated ManagedConnection instance is now invalid and 
   *  unusable. The application server handles the connection 
   *  error event notification by initiating application 
   *  server-specific cleanup (for example, removing ManagedConnection 
   *  instance from the connection pool) and then calling
   *  ManagedConnection.destroy method to destroy the physical 
   *  connection.
   *
   * @param     event     event object describing the source of 
   *                      the event
   */
  public
  void connectionErrorOccurred(ConnectionEvent event);

}