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package javax.resource.cci;

import javax.resource.ResourceException;
import javax.resource.NotSupportedException;


/** A Connection represents an application-level handle that is used 
 *  by a client to access the underlying physical connection. The actual 
 *  physical connection associated with a Connection instance is 
 *  represented by a ManagedConnection instance.
 *
 *  <p>A client gets a Connection instance by using the 
 *  <code>getConnection</code> method on a <code>ConnectionFactory</code> 
 *  instance. A connection can be associated with zero or more Interaction
 *  instances.
 * 
 *  @author  Rahul Sharma
 *  @version 0.8
 *  @see     javax.resource.cci.ConnectionFactory
 *  @see     javax.resource.cci.Interaction
 **/

public interface Connection {
  
  /** Creates an Interaction associated with this Connection. An
   *  Interaction enables an application to execute EIS functions. 
   *
   *  @return  Interaction instance  
   *  @throws  ResourceException     Failed to create an Interaction
  **/
  public
  Interaction createInteraction() 
			    throws ResourceException;

  /** Returns an LocalTransaction instance that enables a component to
   *  demarcate resource manager local transactions on the Connection.
   *  If a resource adapter does not allow a component to demarcate 
   *  local transactions on an Connection using LocalTransaction 
   *  interface, then the method getLocalTransaction should throw a 
   *  NotSupportedException.
   *
   *  @return   LocalTransaction instance
   *           
   *  @throws   ResourceException   Failed to return a LocalTransaction
   *                                instance because of a resource
   *                                adapter error
   *  @throws   NotSupportedException Demarcation of Resource manager 
   *                                local transactions is not supported
   *                                on this Connection
   *  @see javax.resource.cci.LocalTransaction
  **/

  public
  LocalTransaction getLocalTransaction() throws ResourceException;
  
  /** Gets the information on the underlying EIS instance represented
   *  through an active connection.
   *
   *  @return   ConnectionMetaData instance representing information 
   *            about the EIS instance
   *  @throws   ResourceException  
   *                        Failed to get information about the 
   *                        connected EIS instance. Error can be
   *                        resource adapter-internal, EIS-specific
   *                        or communication related.
  **/
  public
  ConnectionMetaData getMetaData() throws ResourceException;

  /** Gets the information on the ResultSet functionality supported by
   *  a connected EIS instance.
   *
   *  @return   ResultSetInfo instance
   *  @throws   ResourceException     Failed to get ResultSet related 
   *                                  information
   *  @throws   NotSupportedException ResultSet functionality is not
   *                                  supported
  **/
  public
  ResultSetInfo getResultSetInfo() throws ResourceException;
  
  
  /** Initiates close of the connection handle at the application level.
   *  A client should not use a closed connection to interact with 
   *  an EIS.
   *  
   *  @throws  ResourceException  Exception thrown if close
   *                              on a connection handle fails.
   *           <p>Any invalid connection close invocation--example,
   *              calling close on a connection handle that is 
   *              already closed--should also throw this exception.
   *  
  **/
  public
  void close() throws ResourceException;

}